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

One indicator of culture's influence on satisfying hunger is that

Our everyday use of the word "culture" suggests that we use the term in ways that emphasize

Reentry shock is ___________ in reverse; it is experienced upon returning home after living in another culture.

In Korea, diners reach and stretch across one another and use their chopsticks to take food from serving bowls. These rules are

Foreign reporters covering North Korea learned to their surprise that the Da Vinci Code was a hit and Celine Dion songs are popular. This is an example of

Reverse ethnocentrism is best reflected in which of the following statements?

For the U.S. the universally high value placed on ____________ can qualify as a cultural anchor.

The U.S. military facilitates _________________ between service-men and -women and people in 140 countries.

Beliefs, values, and norms are part of

Which one of the following newspaper headlines suggests that transcultural diffusion is at work?

According to sociologist Everett Hughes, "One can think so exclusively in terms of his or her own social world that he or she has no set of concepts for comparing one social world to the next." Hughes is describing

American sociologists studying Korean bathhouses would be struck by the

_____________ are physical and conceptual phenomena to which people assign a name and a meaning or value.

Because it is impossible to describe a culture or way of life that everyone in a society shares in all its aspects, sociologists look to _________________ as what hold people together as a culture.

Feeling rules are

In context of Korean bathhouses, Korean women do not define a towel as something to be used to cover their bodies because they are influenced by

The most extreme and most destructive form of ethnocentrism is

The view that any aspect of culture must be assessed in the context of the society in which it is found is called

The 86,000 Jehovah's Witnesses who live in South Korea trace their beginnings to a small group of Bible students from Pennsylvania. This "borrowing" of religion is an example of

To date, American parents have adopted 120,000 Korean children since the end of the Korean War. This process cultivates