Question 1

The typical cultural explanation of behavior suggests that culture is ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  conflictual 
B)  opportunistic 
C)  incompatible 
D)  preexisting 
A)  conflictual 
B)  opportunistic 
C)  incompatible 
D)  preexisting D

Question 2

Describe the work culture for workers who remain in the same place for their entire work lives. How does this compare to workers who move from workplace to workplace?

Accepted Answer

Workers who do not move but spend their work lives in one place may develop a more idiosyncratic work culture, peculiar to that place and its local problems. Workers who change jobs often and move from workplace to workplace often carry what they have learned elsewhere with them. That makes it easy for them to refine and update their solutions frequently, and thus to develop and maintain an occupational culture.

Question 3

Which statement about the author's Saturday night music is the most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  He played in Boston. 
B)  He usually played with strangers. 
C)  His band eventually got a record deal. 
D)  His agent encouraged him to play percussion. 
A)  He played in Boston. 
B)  He usually played with strangers. 
C)  His band eventually got a record deal. 
D)  His agent encouraged him to play percussion. B

Question 4

Which term is central to the concept of high culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  work 
B)  honor 
C)  quality 
D)  impulse 
A)  work 
B)  honor 
C)  quality 
D)  impulse

Question 5

Define high culture and provide one example.

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Question 6

The author describes culture as a ______ of the existence of a group of acting people.

Accepted Answer

A)  consequence 
B)  celebration 
C)  privilege 
D)  profession 
A)  consequence 
B)  celebration 
C)  privilege 
D)  profession

Question 7

Historically, culture has been a term owned by ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  anthropologists 
B)  psychologists 
C)  criminologists 
D)  sociologists 
A)  anthropologists 
B)  psychologists 
C)  criminologists 
D)  sociologists

Question 8

In order to be effective in the organization of public behavior, cultural understandings must be all of the following except ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  learned young 
B)  intermittently disruptive 
C)  learned routinely 
D)  widely held 
A)  learned young 
B)  intermittently disruptive 
C)  learned routinely 
D)  widely held

Question 9

Briefly explain how cultural understandings affect and "socialize" the internal experiences people have.

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

According to the author, all social sciences are concerned with ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  why people engage in deviant behavior 
B)  what makes people happy 
C)  when brain development first begins 
D)  how people manage to act together 
A)  why people engage in deviant behavior 
B)  what makes people happy 
C)  when brain development first begins 
D)  how people manage to act together

Question 11

Which sociological phenomenon can be explained using the concept of culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  unprecedented success 
B)  halo effect 
C)  cognitive dissonance 
D)  concerted activity 
A)  unprecedented success 
B)  halo effect 
C)  cognitive dissonance 
D)  concerted activity

Question 12

Which norm allows people privacy and makes it possible for urban Americans to occupy crowded public spaces without making each other uneasy?

Accepted Answer

A)  participant observation 
B)  personal mores 
C)  civil inattention 
D)  social deviance 
A)  participant observation 
B)  personal mores 
C)  civil inattention 
D)  social deviance

Question 13

Compare and contrast sociological and anthropological definitions of culture.

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Question 14

Provide a basic definition of culture.

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

Art and philosophy are examples of ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  high culture 
B)  Goffman rules 
C)  civil inattention 
D)  social deviance 
A)  high culture 
B)  Goffman rules 
C)  civil inattention 
D)  social deviance

Exam 10: Culture: A Sociological View

The typical cultural explanation of behavior suggests that culture is ______.

Describe the work culture for workers who remain in the same place for their entire work lives. How does this compare to workers who move from workplace to workplace?

Which statement about the author's Saturday night music is the most accurate?

Which term is central to the concept of high culture?

Define high culture and provide one example.

The author describes culture as a ______ of the existence of a group of acting people.

Historically, culture has been a term owned by ______.

In order to be effective in the organization of public behavior, cultural understandings must be all of the following except ______.

Briefly explain how cultural understandings affect and "socialize" the internal experiences people have.

According to the author, all social sciences are concerned with ______.

Which sociological phenomenon can be explained using the concept of culture?

Which norm allows people privacy and makes it possible for urban Americans to occupy crowded public spaces without making each other uneasy?

Compare and contrast sociological and anthropological definitions of culture.

Provide a basic definition of culture.

Art and philosophy are examples of ______.

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