Exam 3: Culture: With Emphasis on Transcultural Encounters and Exchanges

___________ give us discipline and support of routine and habit.

Sociologist William Graham Sumner wrote that " _______ give us discipline and support of routine and habit"; if we were forced constantly to make decisions about these details, "the burden would be unbearable."

The Korean corporation Samsung has 337 offices in 58 countries. In this sense Samsung is a ______________.

When sociologists think about ____________, they consider how people use the object and the meanings people assign to it.

"No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality." This sentence applies to

An American returning home after living abroad commented, "So many things made me angry. Why did Americans have such big gas-guzzling cars? Why were all the commercials telling me I had to buy this product in order to be liked?" This anger reflects

__________ are ideas that people accept as true about how the world operates and about the place of the individual in it.

"It is more sanitary to eat with a spoon rather than your hands." This statement is an example of

When they observe Girls' Generation and other K-pop groups, sociologists note the value Korean's place on the group because

The value placed on the ____________ underlies the Korean use of "our" versus "my".

Jeannette remarked to her friend after returning from studying in Korea, "I wonder why American's health care system is so complicated and so expensive? In Korea I could drop into a small hospital (they were on almost every corner)see a doctor and pay $7." Jeannette is experiencing

North Korean president Kim Il-Sung was raised a Christian and even played the church organ. After taking power, Kim completely wiped out Christianity from his country. This example supports the view that

"They do not so much attack society as disregard it so they can float above it in search of enlightenment." This statement best applies to

Which one of the following descriptions best applies to South Korea?

The practice of male circumcision in South Korea can be traced to contact with the U.S. military during the Korean War. This process represents

Think about your first week on a college campus. How is the culture different from high school? Use five concepts from the chapter to help you convey the differences.

The Korean song Gangnam Style broke the all time You-Tube record for number of hits. The song was a global sensation. The song is an example of

People of one society borrow ideas, materials, or inventions from another culture

Which one of the following statements is not a type of ethnocentrism?

When North Korean soldiers on the DMZ look through windows of a building where South Korean diplomats are meeting with U.S. diplomats, the exchange qualifies as