Chapter 3 / Culture • 65 1. (d), 2. (c), 3. (b), 4. (a), 5. (c), 6. (b), 7. (c), 8. (b), 9. (c), 10. (c) 6. What do norms provide for us that we need? a. shared beliefs that unite us as one b. established standards of behavior c. a system of shared symbols enabling us to communicate with each other d. justification of existing inequality through shared beliefs and practices 7. What type of norms is deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society, often because these norms embody the most cherished principles of a people? a. formal norms b. informal norms c. mores d. folkways 8. Which of the following terms describes the set of cultural beliefs and practices that help maintain powerful social, economic, and political interests? a. mores b. dominant ideology c. consensus d. values 9. Terrorist groups are examples of a. cultural universals. b. subcultures. c. countercultures. d. dominant ideologies. 10. What is the term used when one seeks to understand another culture from its perspective, rather than dismissing it as “strange” or “exotic”? a. ethnocentrism b. culture shock c. cultural relativism d. cultural value Pop Quiz 1. consists of everything humans create in establishing our relationships to nature and with each other. a. Innovation b. Society c. Ethnocentrism d. Culture 2. People’s need for food, shelter, and clothing is an example of what George Murdock referred to as a. norms. b. folkways. c. cultural universals. d. cultural practices. 3. What is an invention? a. introducing a new idea or object to a culture b. combining existing cultural artifacts to create something new c. making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality d. the physical or technological aspects of our daily lives 4. What term do sociologists use to refer to the process by which a cultural item spreads from group to group or society to society? a. diffusion b. globalization c. innovation d. cultural relativism 5. Which of the following statements is true according to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis? a. Language simply describes reality. b. Language legitimates existing social, economic, and political interests. c. Language shapes our perception of reality. d. Language formation is constrained by cultural universals.
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