Question 1

The Sapir-Whorf thesis states that the language we use shapes the reality we perceive.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The term _____ refers to a shared way of life, and the term ____ refers to a political entity.

Accepted Answer

A)  culture; society 
B)  country; nation 
C)  nation; culture 
D)  culture; nation 
A)  culture; society 
B)  country; nation 
C)  nation; culture 
D)  culture; nation

Question 3

Sociologists refer to tangible or physical human creations as

Accepted Answer

A)  nonmaterial culture. 
B)  artifacts. 
C)  technology. 
D)  values. 
A)  nonmaterial culture. 
B)  artifacts. 
C)  technology. 
D)  values.

Question 4

Culture is a source of human freedom because

Accepted Answer

A)  culture does not guide behaviour. 
B)  all culture changes very quickly. 
C)  as cultural creatures, humans make and remake the world for themselves. 
D)  all humans are able to choose their own subculture. 
A)  culture does not guide behaviour. 
B)  all culture changes very quickly. 
C)  as cultural creatures, humans make and remake the world for themselves. 
D)  all humans are able to choose their own subculture.

Question 5

Mores are norms that have great moral significance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Subculture is more at odds with dominant culture than counterculture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Cultural values in Canada always go together-they are all consistent with one another.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What is the difference between high culture and popular culture?

Accepted Answer

High culture and popular culture are two

Question 9

Who, of the following, would be most likely to say that "cultural patterns are rooted in a society's system of economic production"?

Accepted Answer

A)  a structural functionalist 
B)  a conflict theorist 
C)  a sociobiologist 
D)  a symbolic interactionist 
A)  a structural functionalist 
B)  a conflict theorist 
C)  a sociobiologist 
D)  a symbolic interactionist

Question 10

What is the term for the beliefs, values, behaviour, and material objects that together make up a people's way of life?

Accepted Answer

A)  social structure 
B)  social system 
C)  culture 
D)  society 
A)  social structure 
B)  social system 
C)  culture 
D)  society

Question 11

A person who criticizes the Amish farmer as "backward" for tilling his fields with horses and a plow instead of using a tractor is displaying

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnocentrism. 
B)  cultural relativism. 
C)  cultural diffusion. 
D)  cultural integration. 
A)  ethnocentrism. 
B)  cultural relativism. 
C)  cultural diffusion. 
D)  cultural integration.

Question 12

Which of the following statements about technology is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nations with more advanced technology are always superior to nations with less advanced technology. 
B)  Advanced technology improves life in some ways but also threatens it in other ways. 
C)  Access to technology is evenly distributed across any society's population. 
D)  Technology does not contribute to or detract from everyday life. 
A)  Nations with more advanced technology are always superior to nations with less advanced technology. 
B)  Advanced technology improves life in some ways but also threatens it in other ways. 
C)  Access to technology is evenly distributed across any society's population. 
D)  Technology does not contribute to or detract from everyday life.

Question 13

Write an essay that highlights the different insights about culture that come from the structural-functional approach, the social-conflict approach, and the sociobiology approach. Is one theoretical approach more right than another? Or does each approach offer insights that are complementary? Explain your position.

Accepted Answer

Culture is a complex and multifaceted co

Question 14

What is the difference between subculture and counterculture? Define your terms carefully.

Accepted Answer

Subculture and counterculture are both t

Question 15

Give an example of each of the following: (a) folkways, (b) mores, (c) a prescriptive norm, and (d) a proscriptive norm.

Accepted Answer

(a) Folkways: Folkways are informal norm

Question 16

All cultures have some common elements.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which theoretical approach explains why the sexual "double standard" is found around the world?

Accepted Answer

A)  the structural-functional approach 
B)  the social-conflict approach 
C)  the symbolic-interaction approach 
D)  the sociobiology approach 
A)  the structural-functional approach 
B)  the social-conflict approach 
C)  the symbolic-interaction approach 
D)  the sociobiology approach

Question 18

Which of the following statements is a good example of cultural lag?

Accepted Answer

A)  gaining the ability to modify genetic patterns before understanding the possible social consequences of this kind of work 
B)  a slowing in the rate of invention in the computer industry 
C)  older people trying to make younger people respect tradition 
D)  virtual culture replacing traditional culture 
A)  gaining the ability to modify genetic patterns before understanding the possible social consequences of this kind of work 
B)  a slowing in the rate of invention in the computer industry 
C)  older people trying to make younger people respect tradition 
D)  virtual culture replacing traditional culture

Question 19

Cultural universals refer to patterns that are held by everyone in a society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Cars, computers, and iPhones are all examples of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  high culture 
B)  material culture 
C)  norms 
D)  nonmaterial culture 
A)  high culture 
B)  material culture 
C)  norms 
D)  nonmaterial culture

Exam 3: Culture

The Sapir-Whorf thesis states that the language we use shapes the reality we perceive.

The term _____ refers to a shared way of life, and the term ____ refers to a political entity.

Sociologists refer to tangible or physical human creations as

Culture is a source of human freedom because

Mores are norms that have great moral significance.

Subculture is more at odds with dominant culture than counterculture.

Cultural values in Canada always go together-they are all consistent with one another.

What is the difference between high culture and popular culture?

Who, of the following, would be most likely to say that "cultural patterns are rooted in a society's system of economic production"?

What is the term for the beliefs, values, behaviour, and material objects that together make up a people's way of life?

A person who criticizes the Amish farmer as "backward" for tilling his fields with horses and a plow instead of using a tractor is displaying

Which of the following statements about technology is true?

What is the difference between subculture and counterculture? Define your terms carefully.

Give an example of each of the following: (a) folkways, (b) mores, (c) a prescriptive norm, and (d) a proscriptive norm.

All cultures have some common elements.

Which theoretical approach explains why the sexual "double standard" is found around the world?

Which of the following statements is a good example of cultural lag?

Cultural universals refer to patterns that are held by everyone in a society.

Cars, computers, and iPhones are all examples of which of the following?

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