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Which sociological perspective argues that a common culture serves to maintain the privileges of some groups while keeping others in a subservient position ?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. each of the above
A subculture ?
A. is always at odds with the ways of the larger society
B. is a set of patterned and recurrent aspects of life that appear in all known societies?
C. includes members of a group that participate in the main culture while sharing another culture
D. uses a value-free approach that views people from the perspective of their own culture
The use of language label people can lead to a_______________?
A. self-fulfilling prophecy
B. sense of ethnocentrism
C. cultural lag
D. cultural adaptation
E. development of a subculture
While vacationing in Great Britain you discover that the British drive on the “wrong” side of the road are critical of your United States accent and will not accept dollars in stores You feel disoriented and out of place and thus are experiencing ?
A. xenocentrism
B. the Hawthorne effects
C. the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
D. culture shock
Diffusion of innovations among the cultures means______________?
A. Travelling of traits and patterns space/territory
B. Transmission of trait complexes time
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
The distinction between elements of material and nonmaterial culture was made by sociologist ?
A. Max Weber
B. George Murdock
C. Margaret Mead
D. William F Ogburn
Which of the following is true regarding culture ?
A. Culture is genetic
B. Culture is passed down generation to generation
C. Culture includes physical artifacts not abstract creations
D. none of the above
Social institutions are_____________?
A. God-given and cannot be changed
B. Buildings and people who operate them
C. Constellation of folkways and mores
D. None of these
Horticultural societies______________?
A. have no specialized and enduring work groups governments, or standing armies
B. exhibit increased power of the state and size of the territory it controls
C. experience the emergence of social stratification due to production of a social surplus
D. have complex divisions of labor and exchange relationships
The term ethnocentrism was coined by sociologist____________?
A. William F. Ogburn
B. William Graham Sumner
C. George Murdock
D. Max Weber
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