Question 1

Is culture a predominantly liberating or a predominantly constraining influence in your life? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

Culture can be both a liberating and a c

Question 2

Which of the following terms refers to serious rules that people believe are essential for the survival of their group?

Accepted Answer

A) production 
B) mores 
C) folkways 
D) cooperation 
A) production 
B) mores 
C) folkways 
D) cooperation

Question 3

Research has shown that working-class audiences are often critical of middle-class characters on film and television.Which understanding of culture can best explain this finding?

Accepted Answer

A) conflict 
B) feminist 
C) structural-functionalist 
D) symbolic-interactionist 
A) conflict 
B) feminist 
C) structural-functionalist 
D) symbolic-interactionist

Question 4

Research has shown that children who have close relatives who are homosexual are somewhat more likely to be homosexual themselves when they grow up.Which of the following would a sociologist use to explain this finding?

Accepted Answer

A) genetics 
B) cultural values 
C) survival value 
D) utility 
A) genetics 
B) cultural values 
C) survival value 
D) utility

Question 5

By themselves, how are concrete sensations experienced?

Accepted Answer

A) as harmless 
B) as harmful 
C) as meaningful 
D) as meaningless 
A) as harmless 
B) as harmful 
C) as meaningful 
D) as meaningless

Question 6

How does culture relate to concrete experience?

Accepted Answer

A) It gives it sequence. 
B) It gives it meaning. 
C) It gives it substance. 
D) It gives it appeal. 
A) It gives it sequence. 
B) It gives it meaning. 
C) It gives it substance. 
D) It gives it appeal.

Question 7

Which of the following locations goes against the trend toward globalization of English?

Accepted Answer

A) Nunavut 
B) Quebec 
C) continental Europe 
D) North America 
A) Nunavut 
B) Quebec 
C) continental Europe 
D) North America

Question 8

When a father tells his son, "You should brush your teeth before going to bed," what is the father expressing?

Accepted Answer

A) a fact 
B) a value 
C) a norm 
D) a belief 
A) a fact 
B) a value 
C) a norm 
D) a belief

Question 9

The growth of different religious beliefs and practices is a characteristic of which form of culture?

Accepted Answer

A) premodern 
B) industrial 
C) modernism 
D) postmodern 
A) premodern 
B) industrial 
C) modernism 
D) postmodern

Question 10

Who stated that, due to processes of rationalization, life in the modern world is akin to living in an "iron cage"?

Accepted Answer

A) Charles Darwin 
B) Marshall McLuhan 
C) Karl Marx 
D) Max Weber 
A) Charles Darwin 
B) Marshall McLuhan 
C) Karl Marx 
D) Max Weber

Question 11

Why do countercultures and subcultures often end up integrated into the mainstream culture? Illustrate your answer with an example of a well-known counterculture or subculture.

Accepted Answer

Countercultures and subcultures often en

Question 12

Explain what a subculture is and provide an example of one, explaining how it fits the characteristics of this concept.

Accepted Answer

A subculture is a smaller, distinct grou

Question 13

Imagine a student develops her own "shorthand" for taking lecture notes.Which of the following statements correctly identifies a feature of her shorthand?

Accepted Answer

A) The shorthand is composed of symbols but is not part of culture. 
B) The shorthand does not constitute symbols but is part of culture. 
C) The shorthand is composed of symbols and is part of culture. 
D) The shorthand does not constitute symbols and is not part of culture. 
A) The shorthand is composed of symbols but is not part of culture. 
B) The shorthand does not constitute symbols but is part of culture. 
C) The shorthand is composed of symbols and is part of culture. 
D) The shorthand does not constitute symbols and is not part of culture.

Question 14

Explain the differences among folkways, mores, and taboos.Give one example of each.

Accepted Answer

Folkways, mores, and taboos are all form

Question 15

Is cow worship in rural India a rational practice? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

Cow worship in rural India is a deeply i

Question 16

Participating in a common culture requires understanding the shared meaning of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) experience 
B) symbols 
C) relationships 
D) history 
A) experience 
B) symbols 
C) relationships 
D) history

Question 17

What is causing the loss of several thousand languages around the world?

Accepted Answer

A) consumerism 
B) rationalization 
C) globalization 
D) multilingualism 
A) consumerism 
B) rationalization 
C) globalization 
D) multilingualism

Question 18

How has the rights revolution affected culture? Illustrate your answer with an example.

Accepted Answer

The rights revolution has had a signific

Question 19

What process is the implementation of the work clock an example of?

Accepted Answer

A) progress 
B) rationalization 
C) consumerism 
D) McDonaldization 
A) progress 
B) rationalization 
C) consumerism 
D) McDonaldization

Question 20

Which of the following terms best capture the way sociologists until the 1960s saw the difference between Americans and Canadians?

Accepted Answer

A) secular and religious 
B) business-like and lazy 
C) individualist and authoritarian 
D) free and enslaved 
A) secular and religious 
B) business-like and lazy 
C) individualist and authoritarian 
D) free and enslaved

Exam 3: Culture

Is culture a predominantly liberating or a predominantly constraining influence in your life? Explain your answer.

Which of the following terms refers to serious rules that people believe are essential for the survival of their group?

Research has shown that working-class audiences are often critical of middle-class characters on film and television.Which understanding of culture can best explain this finding?

Research has shown that children who have close relatives who are homosexual are somewhat more likely to be homosexual themselves when they grow up.Which of the following would a sociologist use to explain this finding?

By themselves, how are concrete sensations experienced?

How does culture relate to concrete experience?

Which of the following locations goes against the trend toward globalization of English?

When a father tells his son, "You should brush your teeth before going to bed," what is the father expressing?

The growth of different religious beliefs and practices is a characteristic of which form of culture?

Who stated that, due to processes of rationalization, life in the modern world is akin to living in an "iron cage"?

Why do countercultures and subcultures often end up integrated into the mainstream culture? Illustrate your answer with an example of a well-known counterculture or subculture.

Explain what a subculture is and provide an example of one, explaining how it fits the characteristics of this concept.

Imagine a student develops her own "shorthand" for taking lecture notes.Which of the following statements correctly identifies a feature of her shorthand?

Explain the differences among folkways, mores, and taboos.Give one example of each.

Is cow worship in rural India a rational practice? Explain your answer.

Participating in a common culture requires understanding the shared meaning of which of the following?

What is causing the loss of several thousand languages around the world?

How has the rights revolution affected culture? Illustrate your answer with an example.

What process is the implementation of the work clock an example of?

Which of the following terms best capture the way sociologists until the 1960s saw the difference between Americans and Canadians?

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