Exam 14: Culture

Thomas and his family recently toured the Gettysburg Battlefield on their vacation. The area was rich in history. While walking, Thomas remembered all the accounts of the battle that he had read in school. He finally understood why this place had such a special meaning in American history and to Americans in general. Gettysburg Battlefield is best classified as ________.

________ is/are the mental characteristics of people and the way they relate to their environment and social group.

Anna's best friend, Aubrey ,was getting married. Anna spent a lot of time thinking of the perfect gift and was so excited about the gift that she gave it to Aubrey before the wedding. Aubrey cried and told Anna she could never have a better friend. Reformulation best describes the gift-giving stage in this situation.

________ refers to the set of individuals and organizations that create and market cultural products.

A style typically begins as a risky or unique statement by a relatively small group of people.

Pavel is an inventor. He read that there were several million people who could not sleep at night until they looked under the bed. He invented a light that could be put under the bed and went on automatically when someone looked there. Pavel's product is designed to help people perform a ________.

A set of multiple symbolic behaviors that occur in a fixed sequence and tend to be repeated is called a ________.

An interrelated function in culture that maintains social order because it authorizes a social cope for members of a culture to follow is called psychological.

All of the following are subsystems in a culture production system EXCEPT a ________ subsystem.

________ is the way people maintain an orderly social life.

A story containing symbolic elements that express the shared emotions and ideals of a culture is called a ________.

Once a culture is established, it doesn't change. An apparent change in a culture is simply the emergence of a new culture.