Question 1

Marginalized groups in American society-such as street punks, the homeless, and skateboarders-often engage in activities that offend or annoy most people. One of the reasons people get so annoyed is that members of these groups don't seem to care that they're the subjects of disapproval, which is to say:

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A)   they're engaged in taboo activities.
B)   they're part of the dominant culture.
C)   they don't belong in the realm of mass or popular culture.
D)   they don't seem to care about negative sanctions.
E)   they're actively trying to form a new subculture.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 2

When we try to understand a culture on its own terms, we are practicing cultural relativism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In the article "Turning the Tables: Language and Spatial Reasoning," Peggy Li and Lila Gleitman claim to have debunked the theory that speakers of the Mayan language have a different understanding of space and spatial relations than speakers of other languages. What theory is this article attacking?

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A)   art worlds
B)   technological determinism
C)   cultural diffusion
D)   cultural imperialism
E)   the Sapir-Whorf hypothesisF) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 4

Designer labels on purses and athletic logos on shirts are both examples of:

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A)   values.
B)   material culture.
C)   taboos.
D)   counterculture.
E)   gestures.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

Why is it hard to recognize that the values and beliefs of one's own culture are learned rather than innate?

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A)   We are born with these values and beliefs.
B)   We learn values and beliefs slowly and incrementally.
C)   It is human nature to accept one's own culture as superior.
D)   Values and beliefs are only taught in school.
E)   all of the aboveF) A) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 6

Values and norms are symbolic culture in action. Describe the difference between values and norms, and then describe the different kinds of norms.

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Question 7

Gestures, language, values, norms, sanctions, folkways, and mores are all examples of symbolic culture.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of something that would be part of a person's symbolic culture?

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A)   Navajo jewelry
B)   a knife, a fork, and a spoon
C)   imported French wine
D)   a Rembrandt painting
E)   belonging to a political partyF) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of something that would be a part of a person's or a society's material culture?

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A)   weapons of war
B)   democracy as a political system
C)   a belief in a supreme being
D)   a preference to have health rather than wealth
E)   a belief that the world is flatF) A) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 10

Both sociologists and anthropologists study culture. Explain how sociology differs from anthropology.

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Question 11

How are informal norms enforced in everyday settings?

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A)   multiculturalism
B)   folkways
C)   sanctions
D)   signs
E)   culture warsF) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 12

Culture is a very broad concept, usually divided into material culture and symbolic culture. List and describe the major components of symbolic culture.

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Chapter 3 divides the elements of symbol...

Question 13

How are ideal culture and real culture different? Give an example of a situation in which ideal and real culture separate.

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Question 14

What do sociologists call the norms and values people actually follow?

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A)   ideal culture
B)   applied culture
C)   material culture
D)   symbolic culture
E)   real cultureF) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 15

Countercultural groups like the hippies of the 1960s:

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A)   actually had a lifestyle similar to others in mainstream society.
B)   were considered members of the popular culture.
C)   rejected the norms of the dominant culture.
D)   were mostly focused on upward mobility.
E)   are now seen as a throwback to primitive society.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 16

Today it is possible to travel all over the world, especially if you visit major metropolitan areas, without ever having to eat anything but McDonald's. This is an example of:

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A)   dominant culture.
B)   cultural diffusion.
C)   cultural leveling.
D)   taste publics.
E)   hegemony.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 17

When sociologists study culture, they need to emphasize the exceptional and unusual and avoid studying the mundane or everyday.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The article "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema" by Horace Miner suggests that:

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A)   daily routines of personal hygiene can be equated with exotic ritual practices.
B)   gathering at shrines dedicated to the human body is an important part of group worship.
C)   there are very few similarities between Americans and other people.
D)   Americans have fewer ritualistic practices than most other foreign cultures.
E)   ethnocentrism helps us to see beyond our own cultural practices.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 19

Antonio Gramsci argued that when the ruling class, without the use of force, persuades the rest of society that its beliefs and values are the only or best values, they have achieved:

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A)   hegemony.
B)   high culture.
C)   a culture war.
D)   an art world.
E)   polysemy.F) B) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 20

In contemporary American culture, people usually assume that "technology" means high-tech, electronic, or digital devices like cell phones or computers.

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A) True 
 B)False

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When sociologists study culture, they need to emphasize the exceptional and unusual and avoid studying the mundane or everyday.

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In contemporary American culture, people usually assume that "technology" means high-tech, electronic, or digital devices like cell phones or computers.

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Culture is a very broad concept, usually divided into material culture and symbolic culture. List and describe the major components of symbolic culture.

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Today it is possible to travel all over the world, especially if you visit major metropolitan areas, without ever having to eat anything but McDonald's. This is an example of:

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How are ideal culture and real culture different? Give an example of a situation in which ideal and real culture separate.

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What do sociologists call the norms and values people actually follow?

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When we try to understand a culture on its own terms, we are practicing cultural relativism.

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In the article "Turning the Tables: Language and Spatial Reasoning," Peggy Li and Lila Gleitman claim to have debunked the theory that speakers of the Mayan language have a different understanding of space and spatial relations than speakers of other languages. What theory is this article attacking?

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Why is it hard to recognize that the values and beliefs of one's own culture are learned rather than innate?

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Antonio Gramsci argued that when the ruling class, without the use of force, persuades the rest of society that its beliefs and values are the only or best values, they have achieved:

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Which of the following is an example of something that would be part of a person's symbolic culture?

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The article "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema" by Horace Miner suggests that:

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Gestures, language, values, norms, sanctions, folkways, and mores are all examples of symbolic culture.

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How are informal norms enforced in everyday settings?

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Both sociologists and anthropologists study culture. Explain how sociology differs from anthropology.

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