Question 1

Identify and describe the three main features of postmodernism.How is each of these features evident in Canada?

Accepted Answer

Postmodernism is a complex and multiface

Question 2

Cultural freedom has its limits.Which of the following twin forces govern or define these limits in our society?

Accepted Answer

A)  technology and consumerism 
B)  commodification and consumerism 
C)  rationalization and technology 
D)  rationalization and consumerism 
A)  technology and consumerism 
B)  commodification and consumerism 
C)  rationalization and technology 
D)  rationalization and consumerism

Question 3

Which statement best reflects postmodernist ideas?

Accepted Answer

A)  People feel disempowered. 
B)  People feel restricted from adopting comfortable identities. 
C)  People feel optimistic about solving earth's challenges. 
D)  People feel more responsible for their own fate today than they did in the past. 
A)  People feel disempowered. 
B)  People feel restricted from adopting comfortable identities. 
C)  People feel optimistic about solving earth's challenges. 
D)  People feel more responsible for their own fate today than they did in the past.

Question 4

Which theorist proposed that because of rationalization,life in the modern world is akin to living in an "iron cage"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Thomas Edison 
B)  Marshall McLuhan 
C)  Max Weber 
D)  Sigmund Freud 
A)  Thomas Edison 
B)  Marshall McLuhan 
C)  Max Weber 
D)  Sigmund Freud

Question 5

Charles is a member of a growing group of heavy metal adherents who glorify Satanism,cruelty to animals,and sexist behaviours.Which term best describes this group?

Accepted Answer

A)  subculture 
B)  ethnocentric 
C)  counterculture 
D)  misogynistic 
A)  subculture 
B)  ethnocentric 
C)  counterculture 
D)  misogynistic

Question 6

What term refers to using the most efficient means of achieving a given end despite any negative consequences of such means?

Accepted Answer

A)  routinization 
B)  production 
C)  ritualization 
D)  rationalization 
A)  routinization 
B)  production 
C)  ritualization 
D)  rationalization

Question 7

According to the text,which statement illustrates a consumer society strategy intended to tame countercultural rebels?

Accepted Answer

A)  Public service announcement warn rebels about the negative results of being deviant. 
B)  Countercultural rebels are co-opted by capitalists and become entrepreneurs. 
C)  Consumer society employs more agents of social control such as police to tame them. 
D)  Rebels are targeted by the media with bad news stories about their behaviours. 
A)  Public service announcement warn rebels about the negative results of being deviant. 
B)  Countercultural rebels are co-opted by capitalists and become entrepreneurs. 
C)  Consumer society employs more agents of social control such as police to tame them. 
D)  Rebels are targeted by the media with bad news stories about their behaviours.

Question 8

How has the rights revolution affected our culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  It has legitimized the grievances and rights of marginalized groups. 
B)  It has highlighted our differences and increased tensions in society. 
C)  It has consolidated and homogenized our literature,music,and languages. 
D)  It has discouraged pride in the heritage of marginalized groups. 
A)  It has legitimized the grievances and rights of marginalized groups. 
B)  It has highlighted our differences and increased tensions in society. 
C)  It has consolidated and homogenized our literature,music,and languages. 
D)  It has discouraged pride in the heritage of marginalized groups.

Question 9

According to the text,which of the following best defines rationalization?

Accepted Answer

A)  the logical attempt to see other people's viewpoints 
B)  calculating the most efficient means to an end despite potential negative consequences 
C)  the effort to understand cultural diversity 
D)  a calculated response to an individual's fatalism 
A)  the logical attempt to see other people's viewpoints 
B)  calculating the most efficient means to an end despite potential negative consequences 
C)  the effort to understand cultural diversity 
D)  a calculated response to an individual's fatalism

Question 10

What is consumerism and why is it considered to be a constraining aspect of culture?

Accepted Answer

Consumerism is a social and economic ord

Question 11

Punk rockers espoused values that were antiestablishment.Punkers shunned regular employment,took drugs,and wore garish clothes.The lyrics to their songs railed against the established order.According to sociologists,what kind of group has such antisocial values?

Accepted Answer

A)  youth culture 
B)  subculture 
C)  counterculture 
D)  protest culture 
A)  youth culture 
B)  subculture 
C)  counterculture 
D)  protest culture

Question 12

Understanding that le chat (French)and el gato (Spanish)mean the same thing as cat is an example of which human capacity?

Accepted Answer

A)  communication 
B)  sanction 
C)  cooperation 
D)  abstraction 
A)  communication 
B)  sanction 
C)  cooperation 
D)  abstraction

Question 13

The "commonsense" or taken-for-granted belief that multiculturalism in Canada prevents the creation of a distinctly Canadian identity is critiqued in the text.Describe and explain the two critical arguments made against this belief.

Accepted Answer

Respect for diversity is a Can

Question 14

An anthropologist penetrates a remote jungle village in Brazil to find the last Aboriginal people living a traditional life and sharing a river valley,with common religious beliefs,kinship definitions,and common laws.According to sociologists,what term best describes their affiliation?

Accepted Answer

A)  community 
B)  nation 
C)  society 
D)  culture 
A)  community 
B)  nation 
C)  society 
D)  culture

Question 15

What do sociologists call viewing the world from the perspective of one's own culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  primary process thinking 
B)  neo-tribalism 
C)  ethnocentrism 
D)  cultural bias 
A)  primary process thinking 
B)  neo-tribalism 
C)  ethnocentrism 
D)  cultural bias

Question 16

Ana just moved to Canada from China and is learning to speak English.Once Ana has learned her new language,she will see the world in new ways.Which term best reflects this process?

Accepted Answer

A)  language acquisition 
B)  the Sapir-Whorf thesis 
C)  perceptual modification 
D)  semantic modification 
A)  language acquisition 
B)  the Sapir-Whorf thesis 
C)  perceptual modification 
D)  semantic modification

Question 17

According to the Sapir-Whorf thesis,language has no effect on the way we perceive the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Cultural fragmentation is in decline in the postindustrial era.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

According to the text,what term refers to our ability to create symbolic meaning systems?

Accepted Answer

A)  numeracy 
B)  symbolism 
C)  communication 
D)  abstraction 
A)  numeracy 
B)  symbolism 
C)  communication 
D)  abstraction

Question 20

While at the grocery store,Alexis throws a full-blown tantrum by kicking,yelling,and screaming because her mother won't let her have the gummy bears that she saw on television.What type of nagging tactic is Alexis using?

Accepted Answer

A)  pleading 
B)  persistent 
C)  forceful 
D)  demonstrative 
A)  pleading 
B)  persistent 
C)  forceful 
D)  demonstrative

Exam 3: Culture

Identify and describe the three main features of postmodernism.How is each of these features evident in Canada?

Cultural freedom has its limits.Which of the following twin forces govern or define these limits in our society?

Which statement best reflects postmodernist ideas?

Which theorist proposed that because of rationalization,life in the modern world is akin to living in an "iron cage"?

Charles is a member of a growing group of heavy metal adherents who glorify Satanism,cruelty to animals,and sexist behaviours.Which term best describes this group?

What term refers to using the most efficient means of achieving a given end despite any negative consequences of such means?

According to the text,which statement illustrates a consumer society strategy intended to tame countercultural rebels?

How has the rights revolution affected our culture?

According to the text,which of the following best defines rationalization?

What is consumerism and why is it considered to be a constraining aspect of culture?

Punk rockers espoused values that were antiestablishment.Punkers shunned regular employment,took drugs,and wore garish clothes.The lyrics to their songs railed against the established order.According to sociologists,what kind of group has such antisocial values?

Understanding that le chat (French)and el gato (Spanish)mean the same thing as cat is an example of which human capacity?

The "commonsense" or taken-for-granted belief that multiculturalism in Canada prevents the creation of a distinctly Canadian identity is critiqued in the text.Describe and explain the two critical arguments made against this belief.

An anthropologist penetrates a remote jungle village in Brazil to find the last Aboriginal people living a traditional life and sharing a river valley,with common religious beliefs,kinship definitions,and common laws.According to sociologists,what term best describes their affiliation?

What do sociologists call viewing the world from the perspective of one's own culture?

Ana just moved to Canada from China and is learning to speak English.Once Ana has learned her new language,she will see the world in new ways.Which term best reflects this process?

According to the Sapir-Whorf thesis,language has no effect on the way we perceive the world.

Cultural fragmentation is in decline in the postindustrial era.

According to the text,what term refers to our ability to create symbolic meaning systems?

While at the grocery store,Alexis throws a full-blown tantrum by kicking,yelling,and screaming because her mother won't let her have the gummy bears that she saw on television.What type of nagging tactic is Alexis using?

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