Soc/120 Week 2 Quiz

1. The chapter opening story of the diversity initiative at investment company Charles Schwab & Co. shows us that:

a. various minorities respond to the same advertising as everyone else.

b. Asian American immigrants prefer English to their native language when doing business.

c. learning more about cultural diversity can help a company boost sales.

d. All of the above are correct.

2. As a part of human culture, religion would be an example of:

a. material culture.

b. nonmaterial culture.

c. culture shock.

d. human nature.

3. Sociologists define a symbol as:

a. anything that carries a meaning to people who share a culture.

b. any element of material culture.

c. any gesture that conveys insult to others.

d. cultural patterns that cause culture shock.

4. Which of the following most closely conveys the point of the Sapir-Whorf thesis?

a. Language involves attaching labels to the real world.

b. People perceive the world through the cultural lens of language.

c. Most ideas "feel" the same even if they are expressed in different languages.

d. Each word in English has its counterpart in all other languages.

5. Standards by which people who share culture define what is desirable, good, and beautiful are called:

a. folkways.

b. norms.

c. mores.

d. values.

6. __________ distinguish between right and wrong; __________ distinguish between polite and rude.

a. Mores; folkways

b. Taboos; mores

c. Folkways; mores

d. Prescriptive norms; proscriptive norms

7. Cultural patterns that are widespread among a society's population are referred to as:

a. high culture.

b. popular culture.

c. subculture.

d. counterculture.

8. The concept "subculture" refers to:

a. popular culture.

b. culture of the past.

c. cultural patterns that set apart a segment of a society's population.

d. high culture.

9. The concept "cultural lag" refers to the fact that:

a. the rate of cultural change has been slowing.

b. some societies advance faster than others do.

c. some people are more cultured than others.

d. some cultural elements change more quickly than others.

10. The practice of judging any other culture using its own standards is called:

a. ethnocentrism.

b. cultural relativism.

c. cultural diffusion.

d. cultural integration.

11. Which theoretical approach asserts that the stability of U.S. society rests on core values shared by most people?

a. the structural-functional approach

b. the social-conflict approach

c. the symbolic-interaction approach

d. the sociobiology approach

12. The theoretical approach that highlights the link between culture and social inequality is the:

a. structural-functional approach.

b. social-conflict approach.

c. symbolic-interaction approach.

d. sociobiology approach.

13. Which theoretical approach tries to explain the fact that a sexual "double standard" is found around the world in terms of human evolution?

a. the structural-functional approach

b. the social-conflict approach

c. the symbolic-interaction approach

d. the sociobiology approach

Chapter 11: Race and Ethnicity

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