Question 1

What are norms?

Accepted Answer

Norms are generally

Question 2

Compare and contrast the position advocated by Sociobiologists and evolutionary psychologists.

Accepted Answer

Sociobiologists and evolutionary psychol

Question 3

Religious rituals that involve elaborate body decoration,carefully orchestrated chants,precise movements,and are conducted in public are examples of:

Accepted Answer

A) cultural relativism 
B) ethnocentrism 
C) cultural reproduction 
D) multiculturalism 
E) rites of passage 
A) cultural relativism 
B) ethnocentrism 
C) cultural reproduction 
D) multiculturalism 
E) rites of passage

Question 4

According to Brym and Lie,social control is needed to ensure stable patterns of interaction,however ____ is also needed to ensure cultural innovation and social renewal.

Accepted Answer

A) production of social control 
B) individual acceptance 
C) acceptance of social control 
D) cooperation with social control 
E) resistance to social control 
A) production of social control 
B) individual acceptance 
C) acceptance of social control 
D) cooperation with social control 
E) resistance to social control

Question 5

What is cultural relativism?

Accepted Answer

Cultural relativism

Question 6

Today people refuse to allow themselves to associate their status and identity with commercial products.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

You overhear an argument where one person claims that social behavior is determined by the same biological patterns as those that determine the color of your eyes.This position is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) sociology 
B) sociobiology 
C) sociometrics 
D) social biology 
E) all of these choices 
A) sociology 
B) sociobiology 
C) sociometrics 
D) social biology 
E) all of these choices

Question 8

Folkways are the most important norms and they evoke the most severe punishment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Every culture has a set of shared rules called ____ that guide the behavior of its members by specifying what behavior is appropriate and inappropriate.

Accepted Answer

A) beliefs 
B) values 
C) norms 
D) attitudes 
E) symbols 
A) beliefs 
B) values 
C) norms 
D) attitudes 
E) symbols

Question 10

Sociobiologists and evolutionary psychologists deny that genes---chemical units that carry traits from parents to children---account not just for physical characteristics but also for specific behaviors and social practices.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

If you were going to oppose consumerism in your personal life,what would you do? How would you explain your position to others? How successful do you believe you would be?

Accepted Answer

If I were going to oppose consumerism in

Question 12

What are sanctions?

Accepted Answer

Sanctions are reward

Question 13

The common way that people do things such as raise children,build homes,and work is governed by:

Accepted Answer

A) abstractions 
B) symbols 
C) norms 
D) methods 
E) sociology 
A) abstractions 
B) symbols 
C) norms 
D) methods 
E) sociology

Question 14

If a group of teenagers have distinctive dress,beliefs,ideas,and language that separates them from others in a society,they can be said to belong to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) rationalization group 
B) subculture 
C) consumerist collective 
D) culture 
E) purchased identity 
A) rationalization group 
B) subculture 
C) consumerist collective 
D) culture 
E) purchased identity

Question 15

When humans make and use tools and techniques that improve their ability to take what they want from nature,they are engaged in ____.

Accepted Answer

A) production 
B) abstraction 
C) cooperation 
D) conflict 
E) none of these choices 
A) production 
B) abstraction 
C) cooperation 
D) conflict 
E) none of these choices

Question 16

If someone is able to create the idea of gravity without having to have an apple fall on their head,they are engaging in which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) abstractions 
B) culture 
C) norms 
D) methods 
E) sociology 
A) abstractions 
B) culture 
C) norms 
D) methods 
E) sociology

Question 17

Ceremonies that mark the transition from one stage of life to another are called:

Accepted Answer

A) cultural relativism 
B) ethnocentrism 
C) rites of passage 
D) multiculturalism 
E) cultural diversification 
A) cultural relativism 
B) ethnocentrism 
C) rites of passage 
D) multiculturalism 
E) cultural diversification

Question 18

When Nomar Garciaparra of Major League Baseball developed the practice of pulling at his gloves and kicking the dirt with the toes of his cleats before swinging the bat,he invented a/n ____ practice.

Accepted Answer

A) abstracted 
B) cultural 
C) normal 
D) methodological 
E) sociological 
A) abstracted 
B) cultural 
C) normal 
D) methodological 
E) sociological

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT an aspect of modernity?

Accepted Answer

A) inevitability of progress 
B) respect for authority 
C) consensus around core values 
D) decline of consensus around core values 
E) none of the above 
A) inevitability of progress 
B) respect for authority 
C) consensus around core values 
D) decline of consensus around core values 
E) none of the above

Question 20

Explain Max Weber's concept of rationalization,giving examples from your own life experience.

Accepted Answer

Max Weber's concept of rationalization r

Exam 3: Culture

What are norms?

Compare and contrast the position advocated by Sociobiologists and evolutionary psychologists.

Religious rituals that involve elaborate body decoration,carefully orchestrated chants,precise movements,and are conducted in public are examples of:

According to Brym and Lie,social control is needed to ensure stable patterns of interaction,however ____ is also needed to ensure cultural innovation and social renewal.

What is cultural relativism?

Today people refuse to allow themselves to associate their status and identity with commercial products.

You overhear an argument where one person claims that social behavior is determined by the same biological patterns as those that determine the color of your eyes.This position is known as:

Folkways are the most important norms and they evoke the most severe punishment.

Every culture has a set of shared rules called ____ that guide the behavior of its members by specifying what behavior is appropriate and inappropriate.

Sociobiologists and evolutionary psychologists deny that genes---chemical units that carry traits from parents to children---account not just for physical characteristics but also for specific behaviors and social practices.

If you were going to oppose consumerism in your personal life,what would you do? How would you explain your position to others? How successful do you believe you would be?

What are sanctions?

The common way that people do things such as raise children,build homes,and work is governed by:

If a group of teenagers have distinctive dress,beliefs,ideas,and language that separates them from others in a society,they can be said to belong to which of the following?

When humans make and use tools and techniques that improve their ability to take what they want from nature,they are engaged in ____.

If someone is able to create the idea of gravity without having to have an apple fall on their head,they are engaging in which of the following?

Ceremonies that mark the transition from one stage of life to another are called:

When Nomar Garciaparra of Major League Baseball developed the practice of pulling at his gloves and kicking the dirt with the toes of his cleats before swinging the bat,he invented a/n ____ practice.

Which of the following is NOT an aspect of modernity?

Explain Max Weber's concept of rationalization,giving examples from your own life experience.

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