Exam 2: Culture and Social Structure

A fork is an example of __________.

Edward Banfield described the lower classes as attaching high value to __________.

Attitudes about a group may result from people's value judgments about social class.

According to the concept of "persistent subcultures," all ethnic groups avoid any assimilation with the dominant culture.

What did the first "Droodle" in your text represent?

Jeremy knows very little about his family's heritage, and as a fourth generation Irish-American, most people simply assume he is a white American. It is safe to say that Jeremy's family has been __________.

__________ would likely lead to culture shock.

The Thomas Theorem states that __________.

When people create meaning and significance in life through the use of language or symbols, they are creating __________.

Barry believes that most poor people are caught in a cycle where they end up developing bad habits and belief systems which keep them in poverty. He is a supporter of Moynihan's interpretation of the __________ theory.

Moynihan believed that the explanation for high unemployment, welfare dependency and other social problems was __________.

When Juan arrived in Milan he was surprised to find that people drank wine during working lunches. This is an example of __________.

Explain how, according to Thomas Sowell, the compatibility of a group's cultural characteristics with the dominant culture determines the group's level of economic success.

Paralinguistic signals include sounds but not words.

Ralph Linton calculated that any given culture contains about 90 percent borrowed elements.

As the text suggests, white values and behavior patterns might be unrealized by group members because __________.

__________ is one of the four social categories proposed by Milton Gordon that play a part in forming ethclasses.

Cultural differentiation refers to __________.

The greater and more visible the __________, the greater the likelihood that conflict will occur.

Researchers note that whites tend to categorize __________.