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Recognizing Culture MCQ

A consumer culture begins to appear in ______ societies.

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Correct Answer: Industrial/postindustrial

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______ societies use tools to develop crops and domesticate animals, producing both on a large scale.

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Correct Answer: Agrarian

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Unlike nonmaterial culture, material culture includes ______.

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Correct Answer: Artifacts

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Which of the following exemplifies a cultural universal?

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Correct Answer: Singing

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The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis describes the influence of ______ on our understanding of reality.

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Correct Answer: Language

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Asha is the child of a prominent diplomat. As such, she has become fluent in three different languages, traveled to many different nations, and received cello lessons since she was very young. Asha has developed which of the following?

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Correct Answer: Cultural capital

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Which term best describes expectations about socially appropriate thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of people in various situations?

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Correct Answer: Norms

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Due to its means of existence, ______ societies tend to be more egalitarian.

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Correct Answer: Hunter-gatherer

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Which term best describes the culture of elites?

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Correct Answer: High culture

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______ is one’s ability to understand social relationships and get along with others.

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Correct Answer: Social intelligence

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Jamal invites Samantha and her wife over to his house for dinner. In these types of situations, it is customary to bring a gift for the host. However, Samantha and her wife do not, as they believe this is a frivolous custom. Their decision is representative of ______.

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Correct Answer: Agency

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______ are rules of behavior for common and routine interactions or activities.

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Correct Answer: Folkways

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Sociologists typically describe culture as ______.

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Correct Answer: Socially constructed

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When a talk radio host keeps referring to what "everyone" knows is morally wrong behavior, he is referencing ______.

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Correct Answer: The generalized other

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Which term best describes cultural groups that exist within a larger culture?

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Correct Answer: Subcultures

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What a society holds to be desirable, good, and important is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Values

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Anything that has the same meaning for two or more people is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Symbol

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Cultural groups that exist within another, larger culture is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Subcultures

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Our ability to understand social relationships and get along with others is called ____.

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Correct Answer: Social intelligence

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Notes that language influences our understanding of reality above and beyond the meaning of its symbols is known as ____.

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Correct Answer: Sapir whorf hypothesis

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Culture that exists among common people in a society is called _____ culture.

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Correct Answer: Popular

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Expectations about the appropriate thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of people in a variety of situations is called ____.

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Correct Answer: Norms

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Concepts such as norms, values, beliefs, symbols, and language is called _____ culture.

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Correct Answer: Non material

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The ideal of ____ is that people respect differing cultures in a society and honor their unique contributions to a larger, “umbrella” culture that incorporates multiple subcultures .

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Correct Answer: Multiculturalism

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Widely held beliefs about what is considered moral and just behavior in society is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Mores

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Consists of artifacts ranging from tools to products designed for leisure. Reflects the values and beliefs of the people who live in a culture is called _____ culture.

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Correct Answer: Material

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A series of symbols used to communicate meaning among people is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Language

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The culture of elites is known as _____.

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Correct Answer: High culture

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Our perceptions of the attitudes of a whole community is called Generalized other.

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Correct Answer: True

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Rules of behavior for common and routine interactions is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Folkways

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Cultural practices that exist in most or all societies like dance,song,art,religious beliefs, rituals, families, a division of labor, and politic is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Cultural universals

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The idea that cultures cannot be ranked as better or worse than others is called Cultural Relativism.

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Correct Answer: True

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A type of capital related to education, style, appearance, and dress that promotes social mobility is called _____ .

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Correct Answer: Cultural capital

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Cases in which one group in a society espouses rules, values, or beliefs that conflict with the mainstream culture is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Counterculture

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_____are what we deem to be true.

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Correct Answer: Beliefs

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The ability to act and think independently of social constraints is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Agency

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