Question 1

The Sapir-Whorf linguistic relativity hypothesis is important in understanding how:

Accepted Answer

A)   children learn their gender roles in American society
B)   family members play a critical role in personality development
C)   language shapes our perceptions and ways of thinking
D)   people can never learn another language as well as their native tongue
E)   world languages develop over time C

Question 2

Sociologists have recently begun to emphasize the importance of understanding culture in everyday life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Trying to understand the underlying cultural and social context of a cultural practice (e.g.,Muslim women wearing full body cloaks,or burqas,in public)before judging it is called:

Accepted Answer

A)   cultural relativism
B)   cultural turn
C)   cultural universals
D)   ethnocentrism
E)   sociobiology A

Question 4

Hip-hop illustrates all of the following points about cultural diversity EXCEPT that:

Accepted Answer

A)   subcultural elements can become normal in another community quickly
B)   people can adopt aspects of subcultures that are foreign to them
C)   musical subcultures in the United States have virtually disappeared
D)   cultural identity is fluid
E)   music can appeal to a wide range of listeners, not just the subculture from which it grew

Question 5

Most nations in the global south became independent states only after:

Accepted Answer

A)   they adopted Western religions
B)   the Cold War
C)   they industrialized
D)   the spread of information technology
E)   World War II

Question 6

According to your text,the world has become a single social system reinforced by continually growing economic and social ties.Because of this,sociologists understand globalization to:

Accepted Answer

A)   be a negative phenomenon that needs to be stopped
B)   encourage the growth of world unity
C)   function only as an economic system
D)   promote the well-being only of developing countries
E)   reorder time and distance in our lives as we are increasingly affected by worldwide events

Question 7

In most societies around the world,urban areas are the poorest.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Culture includes all of the following aspects of a group EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   geographical boundaries
B)   language
C)   material goods
D)   norms
E)   values

Question 9

A survey of online activities of teenagers in Silicon Valley,California,and Beijing,China,found that:

Accepted Answer

A)   Beijing students spent more time online overall
B)   neither group of students spent much time on social networking sites
C)   only Silicon Valley students engaged in online social networking
D)   Silicon Valley students were more technologically advanced
E)   the main online activity of both groups during the week was schoolwork related

Question 10

Which of the following is an informal method of social control enacted when a person fails to conform?

Accepted Answer

A)   prison sentence
B)   library fine
C)   gossip
D)   detention
E)   arrest

Question 11

Describe the elements of material culture evident in a room in your house (kitchen,living room,family room,bathroom,etc.)from the perspective of a cultural outsider (think E.T.,not a Canadian).Assume no knowledge of the proper names for things or their uses.Describe the activities,rituals,customs,and so on that occur in the room in a typical day.Do any elements appear to be signifiers or symbols? If so,of what are they?

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

Agrarian societies are able to support larger communities than are hunting and gathering societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following best explains why different groups of people created different cultures?

Accepted Answer

A)   Brain size varied across different human groups.
B)   People are born with distinctive DNA patterns that vary by location.
C)   People learned to adapt to their physical surroundings.
D)   Some groups of people are genetically less intelligent than other groups.
E)   Western people were more technologically and culturally advanced than others.

Question 14

The level of material culture in a society completely determines other aspects of cultural development.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The linguistic relativity hypothesis was developed by:

Accepted Answer

A)   Chomsky
B)   Durkheim
C)   Einstein
D)   Picard and Riker
E)   Sapir and Whorf

Question 16

According to sociologist Ann Swidler,we all possess cultural tool kits,which are:

Accepted Answer

A)   the same over the course of an individual's life
B)   the same in all societies
C)   the same for all members of society
D)   independent of the circumstances individuals find themselves in
E)   composed of a variety of social scripts that we can draw on

Question 17

Jody's daughter has been preparing for a school spelling bee by studying several hours a day.Jody feels that by encouraging this behavior,she is instilling a sense of competition in her children.Competition is an example of an American:

Accepted Answer

A)   belief
B)   ritual
C)   signifier
D)   symbol
E)   value

Question 18

Calling an Amish farmer backward for tilling his fields with a horse and plow is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)   cultural relativism
B)   cultural turn
C)   cultural universals
D)   ethnocentrism
E)   subculture

Question 19

A central process shaping the social geography of the modern world was:

Accepted Answer

A)   agriculture
B)   colonialism
C)   natural selection
D)   pastoralism
E)   secularism

Question 20

Based on his/her view of the modern world,which sociological theorist of the nineteenth century would most likely have agreed with the following statement about industrial society: Increased specialization in a growing division of labor will benefit industrial society by increasing the bonds of social cohesion?

Accepted Answer

A)   Max Weber
B)   Herbert Spencer
C)   Karl Marx
D)   Harriet Martineau
E)   Emile Durkheim

Exam 3: Culture And Society

The Sapir-Whorf linguistic relativity hypothesis is important in understanding how:

Sociologists have recently begun to emphasize the importance of understanding culture in everyday life.

Trying to understand the underlying cultural and social context of a cultural practice (e.g.,Muslim women wearing full body cloaks,or burqas,in public) before judging it is called:

Hip-hop illustrates all of the following points about cultural diversity EXCEPT that:

Most nations in the global south became independent states only after:

According to your text,the world has become a single social system reinforced by continually growing economic and social ties.Because of this,sociologists understand globalization to:

In most societies around the world,urban areas are the poorest.

Culture includes all of the following aspects of a group EXCEPT:

A survey of online activities of teenagers in Silicon Valley,California,and Beijing,China,found that:

Which of the following is an informal method of social control enacted when a person fails to conform?

Agrarian societies are able to support larger communities than are hunting and gathering societies.

Which of the following best explains why different groups of people created different cultures?

The level of material culture in a society completely determines other aspects of cultural development.

The linguistic relativity hypothesis was developed by:

According to sociologist Ann Swidler,we all possess cultural tool kits,which are:

Jody's daughter has been preparing for a school spelling bee by studying several hours a day.Jody feels that by encouraging this behavior,she is instilling a sense of competition in her children.Competition is an example of an American:

Calling an Amish farmer backward for tilling his fields with a horse and plow is an example of:

A central process shaping the social geography of the modern world was: