Exam 2: Culture

A counterculture is:

All of the following are positive aspects of celebrity culture EXCEPT:

Cultural evolution occurs more rapidly than biological evolution.

Refrigerators,ovens,coffee pots,and stereos are all examples of what sociologists call:

What is the difference between popular culture and high culture?

The term for the belief that cultural differences should be preserved and appreciated is:

Which theoretical perspective is most likely to examine the meanings that ethnic foods have for the groups that consume them?

What is the text's general conclusion about norms?

Norms are defined as the:

One result of NAFTA has been:

Define the concepts of assimilation and multiculturalism.Discuss how thinking changed over time with respect to these two concepts and culture in the United States.

Laws are always norms.

There are some human groups that do not have culture.

According to the text,how did the breakup of the Soviet Union contribute to globalization?

What is cultural lag? Give an example.

Until fairly recently,many people believed that ethnic and religious subcultures should learn and adopt the ways of the dominant group.Such people were advocating:

Which of these is NOT an impact created by globalization discussed in the text?

Which of the following is true regarding the relationship between norms and the law?

After the breakup of the former Soviet Union,the countries of Europe united politically in a form of continental government called:

According to _________,a change in a species occurs primarily because some individuals are more successful than others at reproducing.Thus,the species comes to be characterized by the traits that mark successful reproducers.