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Category: Culture
Personal distance and gestures are examples of forms of_______________?
A. folkways
B. non-verbal communication
C. cultural integration
D. values
E. material culture
Which of the following argued that a capitalist society has a dominant ideology that serves the interests of the ruling class ?
A. Max Weber
B. Talcott Parsons
C. Karl Marx
D. Margaret Mead
The destruction of a culture through conquest is referred to by anthropologists as_____________?
A. infanticide
B. homicide
C. pesticide
D. cultural extinction
E. ethnocide
Which of the following was not identified as a defining feature of culture ?
A. Culture is symbolic
B. Culture is transmitted
C. Culture is cumulative
D. Culture is shared
E. Culture is learned
People waiting for a bus are an example of a(n) ?
A. group
B. aggregate
C. subculture
D. transitory collective
A process through which cultural elements become closely connected and mutually interdependent is also known as______________?
A. cultural relativism
B. cultural lag
C. cultural proscriptions
D. cultural genocide
E. cultural integration
According to________________ theory unique customs develop and persist because they are adaptive?
A. Conflict
B. Symbolic Interactionism
C. Functionalism
D. Radical
E. Feminism
Conflict theory emphasizes the use of humor as a________________?
A. means by which to present the self
B. political tool
C. defense mechanism
D. means by which to bind culture
E. source of negativity towards women
Culture is usually assumed to be_______________?
A. fixed and static
B. a subjective entity
C. always changing
D. insulated against technology
E. mutually exclusive
Cultural change can also occur through______________?
A. mass media and adaptation
B. invention and discovery
C. multiculturalism and assimilation
D. language and symbols
E. diffusion and technology
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