Exam 2: Culture and Society

According to the text,the practice of judging a society by its own standards is called:

Maria wants to look at how immigrant communities in the United States come to acquire the dominant culture into which they have moved.She is studying the process of:

Deric studies Singapore and the process through which it has begun developing a strong industrial base.It might be said that he is studying:

What is culture?

Michelle claims that all human cultures are different and cannot be compared.How might sociologists critique her claim?

What are societies,and what role does culture play within them?

Why do sociologists try to avoid judging other cultures based on their own cultural values?

Describe the difference between values and norms.What are some examples of each?

__________ refer(s)to abstract ideals in a given society.

Shannon notes that women in some cultures voluntarily alter their bodies with sometimes painful piercings that look weird from the point of view of her culture.She takes from this that women in those cultures must be horribly oppressed compared with women in her own culture.Shannon's position might be best interpreted as:

According to the textbook,writing serves all of the following functions EXCEPT:

The __________ argues that the language we use influences our perceptions of the world.

What are some cultural universals,and what can they tell us about human societies?

Medina is looking at the historical period in which smaller groupings of humans developed into much larger societies,often ruled by kings,queens,and emperors with the creation of cities and increasing inequality.She is studying the birth of what most sociologists call:

Sapphire studies differences between nations that are largely Islamic and those that are largely Christian.She takes great care in her research to examine the differences she finds neutrally and without value judgments.Sapphire's position might be called:

Why might sociologists criticize a study of American culture?

Danny looks at U.S.culture differently than Maria does.In turn,he studies how different immigrant communities in the United States maintain more or less separate cultures but might still manage to participate equally in economic and political life.He is studying:

________ refer(s)to the physical objects that individuals in society create.These objects,in turn,influence how we live.

Societies whose means of subsistence are based on agricultural production (crop growing)are called __________ societies.

How does instinct differ from culture,and why is the distinction important to sociologists?