Soc 101 - Introduction to Sociology » Spring 2022 » Chapter 3

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Question #1
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?
A.   culture
B.   society
C.   social system
D.   social structure
Question #2
As a part of human culture, religion is an example of _______.
A.   human nature.
B.   nonmaterial culture.
C.   material culture.
D.   culture shock.
Question #3
Cars, computers, and iPhones are all examples of which of the following?
A.   material culture
B.   high culture
C.   norms
D.   nonmaterial culture
Question #4
Sociologists define a symbol as _________.
A.   any gesture that conveys insult to others.
B.   any material cultural trait.
C.   social patterns that cause culture shock.
D.   anything that carries meaning to people who share a culture.
Question #5
Cultural transmission refers to the process of ________.
A.   using the oral tradition.
B.   passing cultural patterns from one generation to another.
C.   using writing to enshrine cultural patterns.
D.   cultural patterns moving from one society to another.
Question #6
Standards by which people who share culture define what is desirable, good, and beautiful are called _____.
A.   folkways
B.   mores
C.   norms
D.   values
Question #7
__________ are rules about everyday, casual living; __________ are rules with great moral significance.
A.   Mores; folkways
B.   Proscriptive norms; prescriptive norms
C.   Folkways; mores
D.   Prescriptive norms; proscriptive norms
Question #8
The fact that some married men and married women are sexually unfaithful to their spouses is an example of _____ culture, while the fact that most adults say they support the idea of sexual fidelity is an example of _____ culture.
A.   high; low
B.   low; high
C.   ideal; real
D.   real; ideal
Question #9
Cultural patterns that are widespread among a society's population are referred to as ______.
A.   elite culture.
B.   high culture.
C.   popular culture.
D.   established culture.
Question #10
The theoretical approach that highlights the link between culture and social inequality is the ________.
A.   social-conflict approach
B.   symbolic-interaction approach.
C.   sociobiology approach
D.   structural-functional approach.

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