Unit 2 Review: Culture

Which of the following components of culture includes shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations? Symbols Technology Values Norms 1 D

2 Which of the following is the best definition of culture? Physical objects that people create and use All of the shared products of human groups Abstract human creations A group of interrelated people who share beliefs and values 2 B

Which of the following terms describes the spread of cultural traits that occurs when one society borrows a trait from another? Cultural lag Internalization Culture complex Diffusion 3 D

Which of the following terms refers to social norms that describe socially acceptable behavior but do not have great moral significance attached to them? Folkways Sanctions Mores Values 4 A

Which of the following is the simplest level of culture, including things like individual tools, acts, or beliefs? Culture complex Culture pattern Culture trait Culture objects 5 C

6 Which of the following is an example of a positive, formal sanction? A good grade A look of disapproval A detention A thumbs up 6 A

Which of the following terms describes the process through which a norm becomes part of one’s personality? Cultural lag Diffusion Ethnocentrism Internalization 7 D

8 Which of the following is an example of a culture trait? Wedding French cuisine Desk Soccer game 8 C

Who was the sociologist who studied cultures and identified 65 different cultural universals? Edward T. Hall Horace Miner George Murdock Robin M. Williams 9 C

Which of the following is not a factor that encourages social change? Diffusion Social movements Vested interests Wars/conquest 10 C

True or False? Looking at the person you are speaking to is an example of more. 11 False

True or False? To be considered a culture, there must be a written language. 12 False

True or False? Getting a speeding ticket is an example of a negative formal sanction. 13 True

True or False? All countercultures are subcultures. 14 True

True or False? The words “culture” and “society” can be used interchangeably. 15 False

This is the theory that states that the structure of a language determines the speakers’ perception of reality. 16 Linguistic-relativity hypothesis

What term is used to describe the rewards and punishments that enforce conformity to norms? 17 Sanctions

Give one example of material culture and one example of nonmaterial culture. 18 Material culture refers to physical objects created by humans; nonmaterial culture is abstract things like values, beliefs, norms, etc.

19 Identify one of Robin M. Williams fourteen American values. Personal achievement and success; activity and work; moral orientation; humanitarianism; efficiency and practicality; progress; material comfort; equality; freedom; external conformity; science and rationality; nationalism and patriotism; democracy; individualism

What term was used by Edward T What term was used by Edward T. Hall to describe the study of the spatial requirements of humans and its effect on behavior and social interaction? 20 Proxemics