Question 1

Social institutions provide a society order and coordination and provide for social change.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

The doctrine that all cultures are for the most part equally valid is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural diffusion. 
B)  cultural relativism. 
C)  centralization. 
D)  democratization. 
A)  cultural diffusion. 
B)  cultural relativism. 
C)  centralization. 
D)  democratization. B

Question 3

A group of people does not necessarily constitute a society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

An organized system of ideas for remodeling society is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  an inventory. 
B)  material invention. 
C)  an ideology. 
D)  socialization scale. 
A)  an inventory. 
B)  material invention. 
C)  an ideology. 
D)  socialization scale.

Question 5

Social changes may also be brought about by group action in a society, which is also called:

Accepted Answer

A)  random action. 
B)  Small-scale revisions. 
C)  gradualism. 
D)  collective action. 
A)  random action. 
B)  Small-scale revisions. 
C)  gradualism. 
D)  collective action.

Question 6

Concepts such as "liberty, equality, and fraternity" of the French Revolution changed basic social values.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Socialization is the process that shapes the personality of individuals so they can become members of society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

A _____ is a privilege or advantage that an individual enjoys because of the status quo, which is the existing state of affairs.

Accepted Answer

A)  habit 
B)  perk 
C)  hidden benefit 
D)  vested interest 
A)  habit 
B)  perk 
C)  hidden benefit 
D)  vested interest

Question 9

William Ogburn described cultural lag as a pattern of stability and cultural cohesion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Diffusion of cultural traits is a one-way process.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Cultural alternatives define the degree to which a culture is internally consistent and homogeneous.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Conventions are:

Accepted Answer

A)  everyday customs or usual ways of behaving. 
B)  complex group behaviors that do not change. 
C)  never followed by individuals. 
D)  legal norms enforced by courts. 
A)  everyday customs or usual ways of behaving. 
B)  complex group behaviors that do not change. 
C)  never followed by individuals. 
D)  legal norms enforced by courts.

Question 13

The cultural change that made it possible to record human knowledge was the invention of:

Accepted Answer

A)  the wheel. 
B)  the arch. 
C)  writing. 
D)  stone tools. 
A)  the wheel. 
B)  the arch. 
C)  writing. 
D)  stone tools.

Question 14

Contemporary American culture is:

Accepted Answer

A)  mostly dominated by urban black culture. 
B)  a traditional white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant culture. 
C)  a blending of overlapping cultures representing a wide variety of people. 
D)  there is no American culture. 
A)  mostly dominated by urban black culture. 
B)  a traditional white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant culture. 
C)  a blending of overlapping cultures representing a wide variety of people. 
D)  there is no American culture.

Question 15

Respect for different ways of living is the essence of:

Accepted Answer

A)  forced conformity. 
B)  chauvinism. 
C)  ethnocentrism. 
D)  cultural relativism. 
A)  forced conformity. 
B)  chauvinism. 
C)  ethnocentrism. 
D)  cultural relativism.

Question 16

The culture of a society is permanent and able to fit all new situations without evolving.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The slowness in the rate of change in one part of culture in relation to another is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural invention. 
B)  material progress. 
C)  cultural transformation. 
D)  cultural lag. 
A)  cultural invention. 
B)  material progress. 
C)  cultural transformation. 
D)  cultural lag.

Question 18

Conventions:

Accepted Answer

A)  are exact, codified, and enforced. 
B)  are interesting and quaint. 
C)  exist only in primitive societies. 
D)  are the usual ways of behavior in a group. 
A)  are exact, codified, and enforced. 
B)  are interesting and quaint. 
C)  exist only in primitive societies. 
D)  are the usual ways of behavior in a group.

Question 19

Social values are absolute rather than relative.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Explain the doctrine of inevitable progress and the theory of social change. How do these two ideas differ?

Accepted Answer

The doctrine of inevitable progress is a

Exam 4: Society, Culture, and Cultural Change

Social institutions provide a society order and coordination and provide for social change.

The doctrine that all cultures are for the most part equally valid is called:

A group of people does not necessarily constitute a society.

An organized system of ideas for remodeling society is called:

Social changes may also be brought about by group action in a society, which is also called:

Concepts such as "liberty, equality, and fraternity" of the French Revolution changed basic social values.

Socialization is the process that shapes the personality of individuals so they can become members of society.

A _____ is a privilege or advantage that an individual enjoys because of the status quo, which is the existing state of affairs.

William Ogburn described cultural lag as a pattern of stability and cultural cohesion.

Diffusion of cultural traits is a one-way process.

Cultural alternatives define the degree to which a culture is internally consistent and homogeneous.

Conventions are:

The cultural change that made it possible to record human knowledge was the invention of:

Contemporary American culture is:

Respect for different ways of living is the essence of:

The culture of a society is permanent and able to fit all new situations without evolving.

The slowness in the rate of change in one part of culture in relation to another is called:

Conventions:

Social values are absolute rather than relative.

Explain the doctrine of inevitable progress and the theory of social change. How do these two ideas differ?

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