Question 1

Who has defined culture as a body of shared understandings'?&#10;A)Redfield&#10;B)Tylor&#10;C)Frazer&#10;D)Herskowitz

Accepted Answer

Redfield defined culture as a body of shared understandings, emphasizing the collective nature of cultural knowledge and values within a community.

Question 2

Normative culture is that sub-division of non material culture that consists of&#10;A)Norms&#10;B)Values&#10;C)Mores&#10;D)Standard Way

Accepted Answer

Normative culture refers to the norms, which are the rules and expectations that govern behavior in a society.

Question 3

When the balance between the material and non-material culture is disrupted by rapid social change, the material culture is left behind This situation is called&#10;A)left culture&#10;B)far-culture&#10;C)Cultural lag&#10;D)Taken culture

Accepted Answer

Cultural lag refers to the period of maladjustment when the non-material culture is struggling to adapt to new conditions of the material culture. This concept highlights how material culture (technology, infrastructure) can evolve rapidly, while non-material culture (values, norms, laws) takes longer to catch up.

Question 4

Culture treats all human products and learned abilities&#10;A)Equally&#10;B)differently&#10;C)Insignificant&#10;D)great

Accepted Answer

Culture treats all human products and learned abilities equally because it encompasses the entire range of human behavior and creations, regardless of their perceived value or significance.

Question 5

Some norms within a culture are explain out in the open, everyone in the culture is able to formulate the rule' This may be defined as&#10;A)Explicit culture&#10;B)Explicit Norm&#10;C)Implicit culture&#10;D)Implicit Worm

Accepted Answer

Explicit norms are rules that are clearly communicated and understood by members of a culture.

Question 6

Explicit norms are learned through&#10;A)Formal means&#10;B)Informal means&#10;C)inbuilt in human&#10;D)Human beings learn it automatically

Accepted Answer

Explicit norms are learned through formal means such as education, training, or specific instructions given by others, distinguishing them from norms that are absorbed informally or inherently understood without direct instruction.

Question 7

Organized social life emerges from&#10;A)Social Organization&#10;B)Social Interaction&#10;C)Social Culture&#10;D)Social Group

Accepted Answer

Social interaction is the foundation of organized social life, as it involves the ways in which people respond to one another, which in turn shapes the structure and functioning of society.

Deck 6: Culture: Definitions, Subdivisions, and Effects on Society