Question 1

Define values and list the ten core values identified by sociologist Robin Williams.

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Question 2

State the definitions for culture shock, ethnocentrism, and cultural relativism, and explain the relationship between these three concepts.

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Question 3

French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu's cultural capital theory views high culture as a device used by the dominant class to exclude the subordinate classes. According to Bourdieu, people must be trained to appreciate and understand high culture.

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According to Bourdieu's cultural capital theory, high culture is used by the dominant class to exclude the subordinate classes and people must be trained to appreciate and understand it.

Question 4

Explain what culture is and describe how it can be both a stabilizing force and a source of conflict in societies.

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Question 5

Define cultural diversity and contrast homogeneous societies with heterogeneous societies.

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Question 6

The largest religious group in the U.S. is made up of Roman Catholics.

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Protestants, as a group, make up the largest religious affiliation in the U.S., although Roman Catholics are the largest single denomination.

Question 7

Describe the importance of language and explain the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.

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Question 8

Describe the importance of culture in determining how people think and act on a daily basis and explain why rules are essential to a society.

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Question 9

In relation to the nature versus nurture issue, compare the following elements: instinct, reflex, and drive.

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Question 10

Describe subcultures and countercultures and provide examples of each.

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Question 11

When observing people from other cultures, many of us use our own culture as the yardstick by which we judge their behavior. Sociologists refer to this approach as cultural relativism and it is based on the assumption that one's own way of life is superior to all others.

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Cultural relativism is actually the opposite of this assumption. It is the idea that a person's beliefs and actions should be understood within the context of their own culture, rather than judged by the standards of another culture.

Question 12

Distinguish between high culture and popular culture, and relate sociologist Pierre Bourdieu's cultural capital theory.

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Question 13

Our cultural tool box is divided into two major parts. Differentiate between material culture and nonmaterial culture.

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Question 14

Identify and compare the forms that popular culture takes.

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Question 15

Culture shock is the disorientation that people feel when they encounter cultures radically different from their own and believe they can not depend on their own taken-for-granted assumptions about life.

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Culture shock is indeed the disorientation that people feel when they encounter cultures radically different from their own and believe they can not depend on their own taken-for-granted assumptions about life.

Question 16

A counterculture is a category of people who share distinguishing attributes, beliefs, values, and/or norms that set them apart in some significant manner from the dominant culture. For example, the Old Order Amish are considered a counterculture in the United States.

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Question 17

Explain why the rate of cultural change (cultural lag) is uneven and distinguish between discovery, invention, and diffusion as means of cultural change.

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Question 18

State the definition of norms and distinguish between folkways, mores, and taboos.

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Question 19

Contrast ideal culture and real culture and provide examples of each.

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Question 20

According to Daisy Kabagarama, there are a number of ways in which communication across cultures can be improved. Discuss.

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