Exam 14: Culture

Compare and contrast sacred and profane consumption.

In many cultures, stories feature talking animals that act as mediating figures.

Compare and contrast the trickle-down, trickle-up, and trickle-across theories.

In the cultural production process, the people who control the flow of information between producers and customers are called ________.

Carl Thorne has just passed the final test to become a member of a college fraternity. This rite of passage has moved Carl from being an individual to being a member of a bonded group. When Carl receives his fraternity pin in a final ceremony and joins his new brothers, he will have passed through the final stage of a rite of passage. According to the text, what is this stage called?

Which of the following is NOT one of the three distinct stages of gift-giving rituals?

Use cultural ideas about food and eating as examples to explain the differences between the three types of crescive norms discussed in the book.

A professor was given a warning after he made a bad joke about Princess Diana shortly after her death. Students were likely upset because they now saw Princess Di as a profane character worthy of special attention and respect.

Which of the following best supports the argument that tourism can be seen as a sacred experience?

Profane consumption involves consumer objects and events that are ordinary.

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

Sharon is upset with her secretary. Though everyone in the office agreed not to give Christmas presents this year, Sharon's secretary gave her an expensive bottle of perfume. Which of the following best identifies the source of Sharon's feelings?

Several years ago, a new Lincoln Mark VIII automobile design was introduced with several features added that had never been seen in a car before. The car had a ten-cartridge CD changer (stored in the trunk), a special garage door-opener button, technology allowing the driver to talk on a car phone without having to use her hands, and an air-suspension ride that raised and lowered the car for different driving conditions. Which of the following best describes the type of innovations included in the Lincoln Mark VIII?

In the diffusion of innovation process, the ________ are the one-sixth of the population that is very slow to adopt.

Through the process of ________, objects associated with sacred events or people become sacred in their own right.

Use the example of a political campaign to discuss the relationship between various cultural formulas and reality engineering.

The Macah, a Native American tribe from the Northwest, built functional seagoing canoes that are considered works of art by modern shipbuilders. By definition, these boats would be considered ________.

Describe the difference between an enacted norm and a crescive norm. Indicate forms that the crescive norm may take.

Suppose that it became fashionable to be overweight. How would the four models of fashion (derived from the behavioral science perspective of fashion) explain how the fashion norm would change from being underweight to being overweight?

Define rites of passage and indicate the various stages of role transition that can occur. Give at least two examples of rites of passage.