SOC 210 - Introduction To Sociology (Quiz #2)

Ideologies are:

Margaret Mead wrote Coming of Age in Samoa (1928), where she found that women in Samoa engaged in and enjoyed casual sex before they were married. This finding challenged:

Which of the following was a poet and cultural critic who defined culture as the pursuit of perfection and broad knowledge of the world, in contrast to narrow self-centeredness and material gain?

Low culture such as hip-hop music is also known as:

Which of the following is true regarding the value of high versus low culture?

While they are difficult to define, ____________ are smaller subgroups within a larger dominant society that share some of the dominant cultural values, but also have some of their own, unique material and nonmaterial or symbolic culture.

The various musical genres and the groups inspired by them, such as heavy metal music and the goths, are examples of which of the following?

Subcultures:

Goth culture tends to exist:

If you are a member of a subculture, like the goth subculture, you can be sure that the meaning of certain words and the behavior of the members:

First names that are given to males often cross over to females in the United States, according to Lieberson's research. This is referred to as:

Stanley Lieberson, a sociology professor at Harvard, studied culture using fist names. He found that names:

If ____________ are abstract cultural beliefs, then ____________ are how they are put into play.

Culture can be said to be anything but:

Class mobility and equal opportunity have their roots in:

Norms are to ____________ as values are to ____________.

The experience of learning a culture's norms, values, and so on, is known as:

The theory that states that culture is a projection of the social structures and relationships into the public sphere is known as:

Karl Marx asserted that culture:

Reflection theory is limited because:

The first interracial kiss in a film took place in:

In the United States, six major companies, including Disney and Time Warner, own what percentage of the media?

Most broadcasting companies are privately owned in the United States and are supported financially by advertising. This means they are likely to reflect the biases of their owners and backers. Knowing that the press is not free, as it is in the United Kingdom, suggests that there is a:

Fewer and fewer groups own more and more of the media. The media can be said to be increasingly:

The belief that happiness and fulfillment can be achieved through the acquisition of material possessions is known as:

Which of the following has been found to be disproportionately more common in lower-income schools and advertises in U.S. high schools in exchange for providing televisions, video equipment, and satellite dishes?

Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey have a lot of "things." Because of this, the rest of us look at them with envy and wish we could have the happiness we assume them to have. This is an example of:

Sociologists tend to study culture:

The act of turning media against itself, such as the actions of Rockin' Rollen and Adbusters, is called:

Legitimate advertisers tend to view culture jamming as: