Question 1

Define the term culture and explain how and why members of society seek to preserve it. What is the relationship between culture and society? To what extent is one the product of the other?

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Question 2

In which country did ethnocentric value judgments hamper U.S. efforts to build a democracy?

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A)   All of the answer choices are correct.
B)   Iraq
C)   Japan
D)   GermanyE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a culturally learned behavior?

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A)   folkways
B)   laws
C)   mores
D)   instinctsE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

Cultural lag occurs because people in most societies are

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A)   more likely to modify cultural universals than create new customs and practices.
B)   more likely to change their nonmaterial culture than their material culture.
C)   less likely to change their material culture than their cognitive culture.
D)   more likely to change their material culture than their nonmaterial culture.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of material culture?

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A)   a slice of pizza
B)   a religious belief
C)   a forest
D)   a wedding ceremonyE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

The main difference between discovery and invention is that only invention involves the creation of something that did NOT previously exist.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Mores are

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A)   norms that are deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society.
B)   casual guidelines, the violation of which raises comparatively little concern.
C)   uniformly accepted and implemented across cultures.
D)   all formally recorded and enforced by the state.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 8

Formal norms enforced by the state are

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A)   values.
B)   laws.
C)   mores.
D)   folkways.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 9

Humans have more control over their own destinies if they are the product of nature rather than nurture.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

A sociologist from the United States receives a grant to study racial and religious prejudice among the peoples of Southeast Asia. The sociologist makes a serious and unbiased effort to evaluate the norms, values, and customs of these groups in light of the distinctive cultures of which they are a part. This is an example of

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A)   cultural neutrality.
B)   ethnocentrism.
C)   cultural relativism.
D)   cultural deconstruction.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

Which of the following is an example of a practice that appears to violate the norms of society in general, but actually represents adherence to the norms of a particular group?

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A)   use of shady accounting techniques in business
B)   Neither answer is correct.
C)   Both answers are correct.
D)   teenage alcohol consumptionE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 12

Cultural preferences vary across societies. Which of the following is an example of a cultural preference?

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A)   marriage ceremonies
B)   methods of education
C)   All of the answer choices are correct.
D)   religious doctrinesE) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

In his research, George Murdock determined that

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A)   all cultures are fundamentally the same when it comes to their beliefs and practices.
B)   though cultures appear to outwardly share many common denominators, the only true cultural universal is trade.
C)   although all cultures share common denominators, how cultures address these practices and beliefs varies greatly.
D)   there are fewer than 20 categories of practices and beliefs that can be considered cultural universals.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

John decides to spend two weeks traveling in Japan. While he is there, he notices that, unlike Americans, the Japanese cover their mouths when laughing. He is observing

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A)   a folkway.
B)   a formal norm.
C)   a more.
D)   a value.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

What is cultural lag?

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A)   viewing people's behavior only from the perspective of one's own culture
B)   the relationship between material and nonmaterial culture and how a change in one results in change in the other
C)   an adjustment period when nonmaterial culture struggles to adapt to new material conditions
D)   the length of time it takes for cognitive culture to spread from one society to the nextE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 16

Common practices and beliefs shared by all societies are called

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A)   cultural diffusers.
B)   cultural integrators.
C)   cultural relatives.
D)   cultural universals.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

George Murdock found that there are 70 categories of True cultural universals.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In practice, globalization has led to which of the following phenomena?

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A)   the cultural domination of developing nations by developed nations
B)   All of the answer choices are correct.
C)   native cultures being threatened by Western popular culture
D)   people in developing nations often discarding their traditional valuesE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

The use of terms like brain bucket, ink slinger, and yard shark by bikers is an example of

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A)   ethnocentrism.
B)   a taboo.
C)   argot.
D)   linguistics.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 20

Which of the following examples illustrates the rapid globalization of culture?

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A)   Starbucks stores in China
B)   Coca-Cola factories in the U.S.
C)   the discovery of DNA
D)   war in AfghanistanE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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