Question 1

Cow worship in India seems irrational to most Canadians.What is this typical Canadian perspective an example of?

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnocentrism 
B)  cultural dissonance 
C)  cultural shock 
D)  cultural entropy 
A)  ethnocentrism 
B)  cultural dissonance 
C)  cultural shock 
D)  cultural entropy

Question 2

What do symbolic interactionists claim that people do?

Accepted Answer

A)  People accept culture as it is given to them. 
B)  People shape culture only when they care about an issue. 
C)  People focus on all aspects of culture. 
D)  People shape the culture in which they live. 
A)  People accept culture as it is given to them. 
B)  People shape culture only when they care about an issue. 
C)  People focus on all aspects of culture. 
D)  People shape the culture in which they live.

Question 3

Marvin Harris argues that ethnocentrism misleads many Western scholars and observers from completely understanding cow worship in rural India.When examining cow worship from the point of view of the functions it provides to Indian culture,what can cow worship be understood as?

Accepted Answer

A)  a rational economic practice 
B)  a meaningful religious practice 
C)  a strange and non-useful practice 
D)  a sentimental emotional practice 
A)  a rational economic practice 
B)  a meaningful religious practice 
C)  a strange and non-useful practice 
D)  a sentimental emotional practice

Question 4

What is the opposite of ethnocentrism?

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural relativism 
B)  intolerance 
C)  cultural production 
D)  multiculturalism 
A)  cultural relativism 
B)  intolerance 
C)  cultural production 
D)  multiculturalism

Question 5

Culture both liberates and constrains people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The regulation of our lives by the clock came into use approximately 700 years ago.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Who consumes mass culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  all social classes 
B)  primarily the middle class 
C)  primarily the lower class 
D)  women more so than men 
A)  all social classes 
B)  primarily the middle class 
C)  primarily the lower class 
D)  women more so than men

Question 8

What discipline makes the claim that genes account not just for physical characteristics but also for specific behaviours and social practices?

Accepted Answer

A)  socio-archaeology 
B)  evolutionary psychology 
C)  anthropological sociometrics 
D)  social biology 
A)  socio-archaeology 
B)  evolutionary psychology 
C)  anthropological sociometrics 
D)  social biology

Question 9

What accounts for the significance of culture among humans? Feel free to compare humans to other animals if you wish.

Accepted Answer

The significance of culture among humans

Question 10

Where does the meaning of symbols reside?

Accepted Answer

A)  in the symbol itself 
B)  in the symbol's referents 
C)  in some other symbol 
D)  in your mind 
A)  in the symbol itself 
B)  in the symbol's referents 
C)  in some other symbol 
D)  in your mind

Question 11

Which of the following categories does Rap music fit into,according to the textbook's definitions?

Accepted Answer

A)  High culture and popular culture. 
B)  Culture and popular culture. 
C)  High culture but not popular culture. 
D)  Ppopular culture but not culture. 
A)  High culture and popular culture. 
B)  Culture and popular culture. 
C)  High culture but not popular culture. 
D)  Ppopular culture but not culture.

Question 12

Explain what a subculture is and provide an example of one,explaining how it fits the criteria.

Accepted Answer

A subculture is a smaller, distinct grou

Question 13

Look carefully at the following term: gutergemeinschaft.What is the principal reason most Canadian-born English speakers do not understand what this term means?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their command of English is poor. 
B)  Their education is deficient. 
C)  They did not read this textbook with sufficient care. 
D)  Their culture is restricted. 
A)  Their command of English is poor. 
B)  Their education is deficient. 
C)  They did not read this textbook with sufficient care. 
D)  Their culture is restricted.

Question 14

What process is the implementation of the work clock an example of?

Accepted Answer

A)  postmodernism 
B)  rationalization 
C)  consumerism 
D)  McDonaldization 
A)  postmodernism 
B)  rationalization 
C)  consumerism 
D)  McDonaldization

Question 15

Many have argued that educational curricula should present a more balanced picture of Canada's history,cultures,and society by reflecting Canada's ethnic and racial diversity.What does this perspective advocate?

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural solidarity 
B)  ethnocentrism 
C)  cultural production 
D)  multiculturalism 
A)  cultural solidarity 
B)  ethnocentrism 
C)  cultural production 
D)  multiculturalism

Question 16

What do we call the era during which the overwhelming majority of people of Western culture believed in the inevitability of progress,respected authority,and formed a consensus around core values?

Accepted Answer

A)  premodernism 
B)  sociological analysis 
C)  modernity 
D)  postmodernity 
A)  premodernism 
B)  sociological analysis 
C)  modernity 
D)  postmodernity

Question 17

According to the textbook,at what levels do symbols exist?

Accepted Answer

A)  the concrete and artificial levels 
B)  the abstract and supernatural levels 
C)  the concrete and abstract levels 
D)  the supernatural and artificial levels 
A)  the concrete and artificial levels 
B)  the abstract and supernatural levels 
C)  the concrete and abstract levels 
D)  the supernatural and artificial levels

Question 18

Language influences people's experiences and the ways they see the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What do we call the capacity to create a complex social life by establishing norms?

Accepted Answer

A)  abstraction 
B)  cooperation 
C)  production 
D)  distribution 
A)  abstraction 
B)  cooperation 
C)  production 
D)  distribution

Question 20

Explain the cultural influence of hip-hop music.

Accepted Answer

Hip-hop music has had a significant cult

Exam 3: Culture

Cow worship in India seems irrational to most Canadians.What is this typical Canadian perspective an example of?

What do symbolic interactionists claim that people do?

Marvin Harris argues that ethnocentrism misleads many Western scholars and observers from completely understanding cow worship in rural India.When examining cow worship from the point of view of the functions it provides to Indian culture,what can cow worship be understood as?

What is the opposite of ethnocentrism?

Culture both liberates and constrains people.

The regulation of our lives by the clock came into use approximately 700 years ago.

Who consumes mass culture?

What discipline makes the claim that genes account not just for physical characteristics but also for specific behaviours and social practices?

What accounts for the significance of culture among humans? Feel free to compare humans to other animals if you wish.

Where does the meaning of symbols reside?

Which of the following categories does Rap music fit into,according to the textbook's definitions?

Explain what a subculture is and provide an example of one,explaining how it fits the criteria.

Look carefully at the following term: gutergemeinschaft.What is the principal reason most Canadian-born English speakers do not understand what this term means?

What process is the implementation of the work clock an example of?

Many have argued that educational curricula should present a more balanced picture of Canada's history,cultures,and society by reflecting Canada's ethnic and racial diversity.What does this perspective advocate?

What do we call the era during which the overwhelming majority of people of Western culture believed in the inevitability of progress,respected authority,and formed a consensus around core values?

According to the textbook,at what levels do symbols exist?

Language influences people's experiences and the ways they see the world.

What do we call the capacity to create a complex social life by establishing norms?

Explain the cultural influence of hip-hop music.

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