Exam 3: Culture

Within a group, certain people have high status and corresponding advantages and others have low status and few advantages, while many are somewhere in between. This arrangement of people in order of importance is called a(n)

When school systems were required to teach that the dominant culture was better than other cultures, they were being told to teach a(n) _____ version of history.

Which term is used in the chapter to refer to a generation, a group of people born during a particular time period?

It can be difficult to reconcile the North American value of equality with the actual fact of

In the chapter's discussion of reality television, the author points out that contest-based shows teach certain life lessons. Which of the following is NOT one of those lessons?

While North American society claims to favor individualism, the "go along to get along" team player favored by large bureaucracies is actually demonstrating

Kaitlyn is a 65-year-old white woman and, as such, certain attitudes and behaviors are expected of her in her small New England town. Those statuses over which she has no control and yet lead others to have certain expectations of her would be considered her

_____ was the 19th century belief or doctrine that it was the destiny of the United States to expand its territory over all of North America.

Which age cohort is also called the "post-baby boomers"?

Which of the following is the process by which society's demands become part of the individual, acting to control her or his behavior?

Status that is obtained through accomplishment or occupation is called

Ethnocentrism is defined as a(n)

Conflict theorists view the mass acceptance of values as a form of

Which of the following is defined as the criteria used in evaluating objects, acts, feelings, or events as to their relative desirability, merit, or correctness?

In her book about escaping from the FLDS religious sect, Carolyn Jessop reflected on her daughter's return to the group by noting that people who have never been taught or allowed to think for themselves do not suddenly change, because

What is the type of success that is most commonly used to measure success in American culture?

For many people, the fact that President Obama is African American is his _____, the characteristic that has the greatest significance for social identity.

Which of the following can be defined as societal norms that are viewed so important that to violate them is to violate the morals of a society?

Milton Yinger proposed using the term _____ to identify a group that differs from the larger culture because of physical or social isolation.

While North American society tends to value progress, the idea that progress means _____ leads to problems of increasing population and declining resources.