Exam 3: Culture

The term "culture wars" refers to the extreme clashes in values that occur when there are conflicting viewpoints about efforts to change core values in society. Give an example of how social commentators in the media can facilitate a culture war.

One of the functions of symbolic culture is that

When cultures that were once distinct become increasingly similar, they are experiencing the phenomenon of

Countercultural groups such as the hippies of the 1960s

________ is taboo in American society.

Describe an example of how mainstream values can change or fall out of favor.

In the movie Mean Girls, students identify each other using categories like "jocks," "cheerleaders," "skaters," and "nerds." These classifications of different groups represent what aspect of culture?

When the dominant culture persuades the rest of society that its ideas are the only or best ideas without the use of force, it has achieved

Western companies are powerful enough to impose their products on markets worldwide because of their economic strength. This phenomenon is known as

How are ideal culture and real culture different? Provide an example of a situation in which ideal culture and real culture contradict one another.

President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law in 2010. Fox News and CNN presented vastly different viewpoints of the ACA, appealing to either conservative or liberal viewers, respectively. The media's handling of this law is an example of

Oftentimes, a larger number of people claim that they voted in their recent local elections than the number that actually did vote. This is perhaps because more people believed that they should have voted. This belief is an example of

Examples of ________ are designer labels on purses and logos on shirts.

Only an authoritative body or formal institution can impose negative sanctions.

Signs are symbols that stand for or convey an idea.

An employee who has a special relationship with his boss is promoted instead of a more deserving co-worker. This is an example of the

Ethnocentrism has no positive consequences, while cultural relativism has no negative consequences.

A married man in the United States with several mistresses is violating a ________, but he is violating a ________ if he is married to more than one woman at the same time.

Which of the following is an example of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?

List at least four examples of symbolic culture.