Sociology Unit 3: Culture

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A cultural universal is:
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A pattern or trait common to all societies.
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What group defines themselves through a rejection of the mainstream?
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Hipsters and Hippies
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Which of the following is an example of a counterculture?
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The hippie movement of the 1960's
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The term values can be defined as:
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A culture's standard for discerning what's good and just in society
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Jane is visiting her childhood friend in the Hamptons. Janet wears ripped jeans and Chuck Taylors to an infamous "White" party. The majority of the party-goers refuse to socialize with her. Janet is experiencing a form of_____.
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Social control
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Many Americns pay for haircuts, trips to the dentist, or transportation on the metro and bus systems. These actions support the notion of capitalism, an example of______.
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Non-material culture
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The term language can be defined as:
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A symbolic system through which people communicate and through which culture is trnasmitted.
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Kurt and Mitch visit an Amish village on a class trip. "Lets see if we can round up some old radios and appliances and drop them off for them later this week. I think they'll appreciate it. They just don't understand what they're missing." Mitch rolls his eyes. Kurt perspective is an example of_____.
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Cultural imperialism
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Which of the following is NOT an example of a formal norm in the United States?
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Making eye contact while speaking
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Society and culture______.
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Could not exist without each other
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Elise travels across Thailand with her friends and, to her surprise, finds the county quite unlike the United States. "I hate the food," she tells her family at home. "I hate the language, I hate the weird customs and awful music. America is clearly the best place to be." This is an example of______.
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Ethnocentrism
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Which of the following is an example of an informal sanction?
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The football team throwing a slushy in Finn's face because he tried to join the Glee club.
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What is a difference between a more and a folkway?
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Mores may carry serious consequences if violated; folkways do not.
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MTV's widely watched TV series The Jersey Shore is an example of_____, while obscure works if the playwright Sam Shepard are an example of_____.
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Popular culture; high culture
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Xenocentrism is:
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The opposite of ethnocentrism
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In the early 2000's The L. Word and Queer as Folk debuted on Showtime. Both shows depicted the lives of members of the LGBT community, thus giving viewers a glimpse into a
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Subculture
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Which of the following is an example of a cultural univeral?
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Incest taboos
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In 1999, Sean Fanning, John Fanning, and Sean Parker invented Napster, a global, free-of-charge, peer-to-peer music sharing program. Prior to Napster, no such program existed. The three men created____.
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An innovation
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Angelica visits Thailand with her family. When she wears short-shorts and tank tops while visiting a series of temples during her first week, she is met with hostility from the locals. She feels she no longer knows how to behave or interact with those outside her family. Angelica is experiencing______.
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Culture shock
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Which of the following is an example of cultural relativism?
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Helena putting aside her vegetarianism to eat meals with the local tribes she is studying.