Different Culture And Lifestyles Quiz

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  • 1. 
    Culture Includes:
    • A. 

      Language

    • B. 

      Beliefs

    • C. 

      Values

    • D. 

      All of the above

  • 2. 
    A group's way of thinking and doing, including language and other forms of interaction, is:
    • A. 

      Material culture

    • B. 

      Nonmaterial culture

    • C. 

      Ideological culture

    • D. 

      Values

  • 3. 
    Learned and shared ways of believing and of doing penetrate our being at an early age. We take for granted what is "normal" behavior. This is the concept of:
    • A. 

      Culture shock

    • B. 

      Culture within us

    • C. 

      Culture lag

    • D. 

      Culture pluralism

  • 4. 
    The disorientation people experience when coming into contact with a radically different culture and when no longer able to depend on their taken-for-granted assumptions about life is known as:
    • A. 

      Cultural diffusion

    • B. 

      Cultural leveling

    • C. 

      Cultural relativism

    • D. 

      Culture shock

  • 5. 
    Using one's culture as a yardstick to judge other cultures is known as practicing:
    • A. 

      Material culture

    • B. 

      Culture shock

    • C. 

      Cultural pluralism

    • D. 

      Ethnocentrism

  • 6. 
    Gestures
    • A. 

      Are studied by anthropologists but not sociologists

    • B. 

      Are universal

    • C. 

      Always facilitate communication between people

    • D. 

      Can lead to misunderstanding and embarrassment

  • 7. 
    Symbols are the basis of:
    • A. 

      Material culture

    • B. 

      Nonmaterial culture

    • C. 

      Sociobiology

    • D. 

      Values

  • 8. 
    The sociological theory that language creates a particular way of thinking and perceiving is:
    • A. 

      Sociobiology

    • B. 

      The Davis-Moore theory

    • C. 

      The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

    • D. 

      The language theory

  • 9. 
    Every group develops expectations concerning the right way to reflect its values. The group's expectations are called:
    • A. 

      Pluralism

    • B. 

      Norms

    • C. 

      Universals

    • D. 

      Leveling

  • 10. 
    Norms that are not strictly enforced are called:
    • A. 

      Values

    • B. 

      Folkways

    • C. 

      Mores

    • D. 

      Taboo

  • 11. 
    Mores:
    • A. 

      Are essential to our core values and require conformity

    • B. 

      Are norms that are not strictly enforced

    • C. 

      State that a person should not try to pass you on the left side of the sidewalk

    • D. 

      Are less important in contemporary societies

  • 12. 
    In American culture, if a person intentionally kills another person, the behavior violates
    • A. 

      A folkway

    • B. 

      A more

    • C. 

      Neither a nor b

    • D. 

      Option 4

  • 13. 
    In American culture, eating human flesh is a violation of a(an):
    • A. 

      Universal

    • B. 

      More

    • C. 

      Folkway

    • D. 

      Taboo

  • 14. 
    Subcultures:
    • A. 

      Are a world within a world

    • B. 

      Have values and related behaviors that set its members apart from the larger culture

    • C. 

      Include ethnic groups

    • D. 

      All of the above

  • 15. 
    In general, physicians in U.S. society are:
    • A. 

      A subculture

    • B. 

      A counterculture

    • C. 

      Not ethnocentric

    • D. 

      A value cluster

  • 16. 
    The Ku Klux Klan is a:
    • A. 

      Counterculture

    • B. 

      Subculture

    • C. 

      Cultural universal

    • D. 

      Pluralistic group

  • 17. 
    A pluralistic society
    • A. 

      Is made up of many different groups

    • B. 

      Tends to discourage subcultures

    • C. 

      Does not share core values

    • D. 

      No longer exists in the world

  • 18. 
    Value contradictions occur when
    • A. 

      A value, such as on that stresses group superiority, comes into direct conflict with other values, such as democracy and equality

    • B. 

      Societies have very little social change

    • C. 

      A series of interrelated values bind together to form a larger whole

    • D. 

      None of the above

  • 19. 
    Al of the following except ____ are the underlying core values of U.S. society as identified by sociologist Robin Williams
    • A. 

      Success

    • B. 

      Community

    • C. 

      Democracy

    • D. 

      Freedom

  • 20. 
    All of the following except ______ is one of the three core values added by your textbook author James Henslin.
    • A. 

      Education

    • B. 

      Religiosity

    • C. 

      Romantic love

    • D. 

      Happiness

  • 21. 
    Which of the following is not one of the five emerging values in the United States?
    • A. 

      Leisure

    • B. 

      Security

    • C. 

      Physical fitness

    • D. 

      Youthfulness

  • 22. 
    The valuing of youth and disparagement of old age seem to be more urgent because of:
    • A. 

      The elderly

    • B. 

      Young children

    • C. 

      The baby boomers

    • D. 

      Treenagers

  • 23. 
    In U.S. society, efforts to legalize same-sex marriages, and the reactions to such marriages by traditionalists, are an example of:
    • A. 

      Cultural leveling

    • B. 

      Cultural diffusion

    • C. 

      Cultural war

    • D. 

      The universality of culture

  • 24. 
    Ideal culture is:
    • A. 

      A value, norm, or other cultural trait that is found in every group

    • B. 

      The ideal values and norms of a people and the goals held out for them

    • C. 

      The norms and values that people follow when they know they are being watched

    • D. 

      Not a sociological concept

  • 25. 
    Sociologists call the norms and values that people actually follow
    • A. 

      Real culture

    • B. 

      Normal culture

    • C. 

      Ideal culture

    • D. 

      None of the above

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