Exam 3: Culture

Postmodernism is characterized by an eclectic mixing of cultural elements and the erosion of consensus.

In Weber's sense of the term,rationalization is:

The practitioners of ____ claim that genes account not just for physical characteristics but also for specific behaviors and social practices.

The problem with evolutionary psychology is that behavior that is assumed to be universal and part of survival is:

The central argument of conflict theory states that the ongoing struggle between more and less advantaged groups is called ____.

Brym and Lie define cultural lag as:

According to Charles Darwin,the species members who are best adapted to their environments are most likely to live long enough to have offspring.This is known as:

An approach to education that gives substantial weight to the achievements of non-whites and non-Europeans in American society is known as:

What is the tendency to define ourselves in terms of the goods we purchase called?

Marvin Harris argues that ethnocentrism misleads many western scholars and observers from completely understanding cow worship in rural India.When examining cow worship from the point of view of the functions it provides in Indian culture,cow worship can be understood as:

Popular culture is culture that is consumed by:

Which of the following is not a criticism of multiculturalism?

What kind of culture is represented by the opera?

Define rationalization.

Rationalization and consumerism are examples of:

Our houses,the tools we use,and the clothes we wear,are all examples of ____ culture.

Sociologists say that culture is shared because it is:

How do sociologists define culture?

What is ethnocentrism?

The necessity to understand that other people have values that differ from ours and that we should not see these values as inferior but merely different is known as: