Question 1

Subculture refers to

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A)  a part of the population lacking culture.
B)  people who embrace popular culture.
C)  cultural patterns that set off a part of a society's population.
D)  people who embrace high culture.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

Write an essay that highlights the different insights about culture that come from the structural-functional approach, the social-conflict approach, and the sociobiology approach.Is one theoretical approach more appropriate than another? Or does each approach offer insights that are complementary?

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Culture is a complex and multifaceted co...

Question 3

Karl Marx argued that a society's economic system was shaped by its value system.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Give an example of each of the following:

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Question 5

The distinction between high culture and popular culture is based mostly on

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A)  how advanced the cultural pattern is.
B)  how long the cultural pattern has existed.
C)  the social standing of the people who display the cultural pattern.
D)  All of these are correct.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 6

The United States is the most _______ of all countries.

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A)  multicultural
B)  culturally uniform
C)  slowly changing
D)  nonmaterialE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Which of the following statements is a good example of cultural lag?

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A)  gaining the ability to modify genetic patterns in humans before understanding the possible social consequences of doing so
B)  a slowing in the rate of invention in the computer industry
C)  older people trying to make younger people respect tradition
D)  virtual culture replacing traditional cultureE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

The emergence of computer-based instant messaging shows how new symbols are being created all the time.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

__________ are rules about everyday, casual living; __________ are rules with great moral significance.

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A)  Mores; folkways
B)  Folkways; mores
C)  Proscriptive norms; prescriptive norms
D)  Prescriptive norms; proscriptive normsE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Culture acts as a constraint, limiting human freedom because

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A)  much culture is habit, which members of a society repeat again and again.
B)  humans cannot create new culture for themselves.
C)  culture always discourages change.
D)  All of these are correct.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 11

Afrocentrism refers to the dominance of European cultural patterns.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The term Homo sapiens, the name of our species, comes from Latin meaning

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A)  "person of culture."
B)  "intelligent person."
C)  "one who walks upright."
D)  "person who evolves."E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

What is the term for the beliefs, values, behavior, and material objects that together make up the way of life for a group of people?

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A)  social structure
B)  social system
C)  culture
D)  societyE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 14

The term _____ refers to a shared way of life, and the term ____ refers to a political entity.

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A)  culture; society
B)  country; nation
C)  nation; culture
D)  culture; nationE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 15

How does the history of rock-and-roll music illustrate the changing and socially diverse character of our nation's way of life? Consider race, class, gender, and age in your essay.

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The history of rock-and-roll music provi...

Question 16

The same way of life is biologically "natural" to humans everywhere.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Cars, computers, and iPhones are all examples of which of the following?

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A)  high culture
B)  material culture
C)  norms
D)  nonmaterial cultureE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 18

Write a short essay in which you assess the idea that there is no single way of life that is "natural" for humanity.What comes naturally to our species is the creation of diverse patterns of human culture.

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Question 19

The United States and Canada are both _______; however, Canadian culture is more _______ than U.S.culture.

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A)  monocultural; individualistic
B)  multicultural; collectivist
C)  ethnocentric; individualistic
D)  monocultural; collectivistE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 20

The early U.S.sociologist who described the difference between folkways and mores was

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A)  Emile Durkheim.
B)  William Graham Sumner.
C)  Harriett Martineau.
D)  George Herbert Mead.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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The United States is the most _______ of all countries.

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Which of the following statements is a good example of cultural lag?

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How does the history of rock-and-roll music illustrate the changing and socially diverse character of our nation's way of life? Consider race, class, gender, and age in your essay.

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The emergence of computer-based instant messaging shows how new symbols are being created all the time.

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Karl Marx argued that a society's economic system was shaped by its value system.

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