Question 1

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 right than another? Or does each approach offer insights that are complementary? Explain your position.

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Culture is a complex and multifaceted co...

Question 2

Cultural values in Canada always go together-they are all consistent with one another.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which theoretical approach explains why the sexual "double standard" is found around the world?

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A)   the structural-functional approach
B)   the social-conflict approach
C)   the symbolic-interaction approach
D)   the sociobiology approach

Question 4

Sociologists refer to tangible or physical human creations as

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A)   nonmaterial culture.
B)   artifacts.
C)   technology.
D)   values.

Question 5

What is the difference between subculture and counterculture? Define your terms carefully.

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Subculture and counterculture are both t...

Question 6

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

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A)   social structure
B)   social system
C)   culture
D)   society

Question 7

All cultures have some common elements.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

A person who criticizes the Amish farmer as "backward" for tilling his fields with horses and a plow instead of using a tractor is displaying

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A)   ethnocentrism.
B)   cultural relativism.
C)   cultural diffusion.
D)   cultural integration.

Question 9

Give an example of each of the following: (a) folkways, (b) mores, (c) a prescriptive norm, and (d) a proscriptive norm.

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(a) Folkways: Folkways are informal norm...

Question 10

Mores are norms that have great moral significance.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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 culture

Question 12

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; nation

Question 13

Cultural universals refer to patterns that are held by everyone in a society.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following statements about technology is true?

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A)   Nations with more advanced technology are always superior to nations with less advanced technology.
B)   Advanced technology improves life in some ways but also threatens it in other ways.
C)   Access to technology is evenly distributed across any society's population.
D)   Technology does not contribute to or detract from everyday life.

Question 15

Culture is a source of human freedom because

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A)   culture does not guide behaviour.
B)   all culture changes very quickly.
C)   as cultural creatures, humans make and remake the world for themselves.
D)   all humans are able to choose their own subculture.

Question 16

Who, of the following, would be most likely to say that "cultural patterns are rooted in a society's system of economic production"?

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A)   a structural functionalist
B)   a conflict theorist
C)   a sociobiologist
D)   a symbolic interactionist

Question 17

What is the difference between high culture and popular culture?

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High culture and popular culture are two...

Question 18

Subculture is more at odds with dominant culture than counterculture.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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

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A)   gaining the ability to modify genetic patterns before understanding the possible social consequences of this kind of work
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 culture

Question 20

The Sapir-Whorf thesis states that the language we use shapes the reality we perceive.

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A) True 
 B)False

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Cultural universals refer to patterns that are held by everyone in a society.

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

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All cultures have some common elements.

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The Sapir-Whorf thesis states that the language we use shapes the reality we perceive.

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Give an example of each of the following: (a) folkways, (b) mores, (c) a prescriptive norm, and (d) a proscriptive norm.

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Which theoretical approach explains why the sexual "double standard" is found around the world?

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

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Subculture is more at odds with dominant culture than counterculture.

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Cultural values in Canada always go together-they are all consistent with one another.

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What is the difference between high culture and popular culture?

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Who, of the following, would be most likely to say that "cultural patterns are rooted in a society's system of economic production"?

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Culture is a source of human freedom because

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Which of the following statements about technology is true?

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Cultural universals refer to patterns that are held by everyone in a society.

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

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

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Mores are norms that have great moral significance.

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A person who criticizes the Amish farmer as "backward" for tilling his fields with horses and a plow instead of using a tractor is displaying

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

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All cultures have some common elements.

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The Sapir-Whorf thesis states that the language we use shapes the reality we perceive.

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