Exam 2: Culture

According to conflict theory, cultural diversity and multiculturalism have emerged from the ongoing struggle between a privileged majority and disadvantaged minorities. What is the term for this struggle for equal treatment?

Rationalization and consumerism are examples of which of the following?

Relate the meaning of ethnocentrism to functionalist theory.

Which of the following terms best describes the central elements of culture that a sociologist would define as abstract?

What tool in the human cultural survival kit allows humans to create a complex social life by sharing resources?

Which of the following do folkways specify?

Explain how consumerism shapes our lives.

What is the term for people's tendency to judge other cultures by the standards of their own culture?

Outline the three concerns attributed in the text to those who critique multicultural education.

According to the text, culture provides people with opportunities to exercise their freedom. Which of the following does culture also do?

Advocates of multiculturalism have argued that schools at all levels need to present a more balanced picture of Canadian history, culture, and society-one that shows Canada's ethnic and racial uniformity.

Research a current event in the news. Adopt a sociological orientation to interpret this event and explain the sociological elements of the news item.

Define culture. Distinguish culture, high culture, and popular culture from each other.

According to the text, cooperation is accomplished within cultures by establishing which of the following?

What characteristic of postmodernism is manifested in the demise of big historical projects, such as communism?

Explain what is meant by the rights revolution. Identify how it has impacted Canadian culture.

Sociologists from all perspectives discussed in this chapter agree that we can best understand culture as a dependent variable; in other words, that culture is solely the effect of underlying social factors.

Compare and contrast folkways, mores, and taboos.

According to Émile Durkheim, deviation from prescribed practices is encouraged during primitive religious rituals.

Which of the following was a "big historical project" of the twentieth century?