Exam 2: Culture

Some public religious rituals involve elaborate body decoration, carefully orchestrated chants, and precise movements. What are these rituals examples of?

What are a baptism, a wedding, and a graduation ceremony all examples of?

Describe the main tools in the human cultural survival kit. Explain how culture, rather than biological programming, has enabled human survival and possibly a mastery of nature.

Our houses, the cell phones we use to stay in touch with each other, and the clothes we wear are examples of which form of culture?

Which of the following is the best example of a violation of a folkway?

Choose a consumer item that plays a big role in your life, and describe how it acts as both a constraint on you and yet expands your freedom.

Today, people refuse to allow themselves to associate their status and identity with commercial products.

The first efforts to improve productivity through rationalization occurred with the installation of public clocks in town squares.

Compare and contrast the main tools in the human cultural survival kit. Comment on their importance versus their importance during either pre-industrial or industrial times.

Identify and describe a counterculture that has had an impact on society in your lifetime.

Which of the following describes the generally accepted ways of doing things within a culture?

In June of 1752, Benjamin Franklin flew a kite attached to a key in order to see if the lightning would transmit its power through a metal object, a key. If it did so, he reasoned, it would behave as electricity does, demonstrating that lightning is in fact electrical in nature, a fact that was unknown at the time. In which of the following was he engaged?

Daryl was a charismatic leader of a local anti-consumerist movement. His highly vocal, tattooed, and pierced presence was a constant nuisance to police and local politicians. He would regularly post clips he called "Speak Out, Don't Buy In" on YouTube. The clips soon received several million hits and brought Daryl to the attention of the marketing division of a large multinational clothing company that targeted youth. A representative of the company contacted Daryl and they worked out a deal to use some of his better-known slogans on a new line of t-shirts the company was producing in exchange for a large amount of cash. What process occurred in bringing Daryl from public nuisance to countercultural icon?

Due to recent changes in Canadian culture, such as a significant decreases in the percentage of Canadians who claim to believe in God, who have confidence in government, and who express a high degree of deference to authority, many sociologists believe that Canada can be called the first postmodern nation.

Phoenix believes women and men should receive equal pay for work of equal value, and that gay and lesbian couples should have all the same rights as heterosexual coupes. According to the textbook, which of the following nationalities is Phoenix most likely to be?

What do sociologists call the norms that people feel are essential for the survival of their group or society?

Outline the key points of the Sapir-Whorf thesis.

Marketers have discovered that they can stimulate demand for a product by doing which of the following?

Failing to present a more balanced picture of our history, cultures, and society that reflects Canada's ethnic and racial diversity in our school and college curricula is an example of which of the following?

According to sociologists, how is culture transmitted?