Exam 3: Culture

If you were going to oppose consumerism in your personal life, how would you do it? How would you explain your position to others? How successful do you believe you would be?

Which of the following processes has made a difference between modernity and postmodernity?

Research has shown that children who have close relatives who are homosexual are somewhat more likely to be homosexual themselves when they grow up. Which of the following would a sociologist use to explain this finding?

What results from the abstraction process?

Hip-hop is an example of how mass consumption is an expression of rebellion.

How has the rights revolution affected culture? Illustrate your answer with an example.

Who stated that, due to processes of rationalization, life in the modern world is akin to living in an "iron cage"?

Language is a key component of the survival of any culture. Discuss this idea with regard to the impact of residential schools for First Nations children in Canada.

Marilyn goes to the mall to buy a few things because she is feeling depressed and she knows that purchasing a few nice things will make her feel better. What is Marilyn engaged in?

Imagine a student develops her own "shorthand" for taking lecture notes. Which of the following statements correctly identifies a feature of her shorthand?

What connects cultural capital to privilege?

Theft is one of the widest spread taboos.

Describe the argument for Canada being a postmodern culture.

Explain what ethnocentrism is and two ways to overcome it.

How does each aspect of postmodernism affect Canadian society today?

How are laws different from mores?

Multiculturalists claim that national unity is important for reducing racial and ethnic inequality in Canada.

What do sociologists call the belief that all cultures and all cultural practices have equal value?

How does culture give meaning to concrete experience?

How do people in society gain cultural capital and how do they use it? Illustrate your answer with examples.