Exam 2: Culture and Society

In a couple of sentences, please compare hunting and gathering societies to civilizations. In your answer, discuss power and wealth differences.

Scholars have argued that immigrant groups like the Irish and Italians were initially considered a race apart from native-born Anglo-Saxon white Americans. However, over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Irish and Italian immigrants managed to become part of dominant white culture. This historical context reveals how different cultures are absorbed into a single mainstream culture, a process also known as:

Pablo studies clothing choices in subcultural groups. He is investigating:

In a short paragraph, please define culture and give one example of how it affects your daily life.

Chen studies the process through which Brazil is shifting from workers mostly working in fields and living in rural villages to people living in cities and working in factories, offices, and the like. He is noting how Brazil is becoming a(n) ________ society.

A ________ is used to describe any vehicle of meaning-any set of elements used to communicate, including all types of communication.

Danny studies winks, waves, language, smiles, frowns, laughs, and any other kind of symbolic communication. What is he researching?

In a couple of sentences, please describe the difference between values and norms. What are some examples of each?

Johann is from the United Kingdom. He sees that women in Afghanistan are often expected to wear head scarves, but women in the United Kingdom are not. He concludes, then, that women in Afghanistan would be freer if their culture were more like that of the United Kingdom. How might sociologists likely critique Johann's position?

Juliana notes in her research that new means of communicating seem to be creating the possibility for a new global culture and have even been helpful in organizing protests and social movement actions in places such as Tunisia, Egypt, and Kuwait. It is likely that Juliana will be studying ________ as part of this research project.

Yang is researching how certain groups that live in Spain seem to have their own sets of norms and values that are at times different from mainstream Spanish norms and values. Which sociological concept best describes what he is studying?

Sweta studies how Britain came to control large parts of India before the Indian independence movement. It could be said that she is studying:

Why might sociologists criticize the idea that the world is made up of many isolated cultures?

________ is one of the best examples for demonstrating both the unity and the diversity of human culture, because there are no cultures without it.

Karl notes that in all human societies, people use symbols to communicate ideas to one another. Karl is taking note of:

Candace is doing a comparative study to compare different societies' expectations of how husbands should treat their in-laws. Candace will be analyzing:

According to the textbook, a key difference between subcultures and countercultures is that:

An American begins to take an interest in the culture of India and starts wearing saris and bindis in public. Another American likes to wear elaborate feathered headdresses to music festivals. These individuals are engaging in what social scientists call:

Lucinda hears about the common practice among Nordic parents of leaving babies in their strollers outside of restaurants and shops. Although this is an accepted practice in Nordic society, Lucinda concludes that Nordic parents are neglectful and that this behavior should lead to arrest. Lucinda is engaging in:

Although the majority of developing countries lag behind industrialized societies, some have now successfully embarked on a process of industrialization. These are sometimes referred to as: