Deck 3: Culture

Question 1

_______ help people imitate other's actions.

A) Mirror Neurons
B) Micro Neurons
C) Dematosomes
D) Chromosomes

Answer 1

A

Question 2

_______ is an important mechanism of socialization into a society and culture.

A) Sticking one's tongue out
B) Repetition
C) Teaching
D) Imitation

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The youngest age at which children can generally pass the "false belief" test is ______.

A) 1-2
B) 11-12
C) 3-4
D) 9-10

Answer 3

C

Question 4

______ refers to a person's position in a social hierarchy.

A) Social Status
B) Social Hegemony
C) Hierarchical wealth
D) Hierarchical autonomy

Question 5

Which of the following do people use in their "Role Performance"

A) props
B) their personal behavior
C) costumes
D) all of the above

Question 6

_______ are involved in empathy.

A) Lungs
B) Empathons
C) Mirror Neurons
D) Heart cells

Question 7

Agriculture began approximately ________ years ago

A) 1,000
B) 5,000
C) 15,000
D) 1,000,000

Question 8

The industrial revolution began approximately _______ years ago

A) 1000
B) 200
C) 100
D) 25

Question 9

The Onset of large-scale manufacturing is called the ______

A) Neolithic Revolution.
B) Large-scale Movement.
C) Factorial Exodus
D) Industrial Revolution

Question 10

______ have a much greater differentiation of individuals by status and by occupation.

A) Agrarian Societies
B) Industrial Societies
C) Horticultural Societies
D) Secret Societies

Question 11

_____ statuses are statuses one acquires over one's lifetime.

A) Ascribed
B) Achieved
C) Mutual
D) Hereditary

Question 12

Approximately _____ % of people in industrial societies live in the country and work the land.

A) 100
B) 50
C) 10
D) 1

Question 13

____ describe what people typically ought to do.

A) Norms
B) Binorms
C) Roles
D) Mirror Neutrons

Question 14

______ is the totality of norms, values, beliefs, behavior, and material objects that form a person's way of life.

A) Mirror Neurons.
B) Roles
C) Culture
D) Value Composites

Question 15

The process of learning and internalizing our culture is called _____

A) Social Metamorphosis
B) Adaptive Hybridization
C) Mirrorization
D) Socialization

Question 16

Which country's culture is least like the other choices?

A) England
B) The USA
C) Afghanistan
D) Germany

Question 17

Hand gestures are used only by _____ when speaking.

A) Deaf People
B) Italians
C) Blind People
D) Everyone

Question 18

Initially babies do not understand _____ but understand _____.

A) Words, tones
B) Tones, words
C) Words, gestures
D) Gestures, words

Question 19

_____ is a mechanism in the brain that allows understandings of the thoughts, beliefs, and intentions in others.

A) The mirror mechanism
B) The human gift
C) The theory of mind mechanism
D) The Mind Drive

Question 20

The conduct of a person in a position is a(n) ______.

A) Role Performance
B) Mirror mechanism
C) Relativistic behavior
D) Employee act

Question 21

____ is the set of behaviors we use with family and friends.

A) Front-stage behaviors
B) Back-stage behaviors
C) Stage-left behaviors
D) Exit behaviors

Question 22

____ is how people go about making a living

A) Exit behaviors
B) Front-stage behaviors
C) Subsistence technology
D) Survival mechanics

Question 23

The societies with the simplest subsistence technologies are _____.

A) Hunting/gathering societies
B) Industrial societies
C) Horticultural societies
D) Agrarian societies

Question 24

The troubles a person gets when moving to a new society with different culture and behaviors is _____.

A) Status shock
B) Culture-lag
C) Culture Shock
D) Adaptive delay

Question 25

There is no evidence that hand gestures are connected to language.

Question 26

Newborn babies imitate facial expressions.

Question 27

Status is unimportant to people.

Question 28

A child will always have the same social role at school and at home.

Question 29

Autistic children do not pass the "False Belief" test.

Question 30

An aboriginal man could easily step into a businessman's shoes and fulfill his role and vice versa.

Question 31

There is little occupational specialization in hunting and gathering societies.

Question 32

The emerging of Horticultural societies 15000 years ago is called the Neolithic Revolution.

Question 33

There are no Achieved statuses in agrarian societies.

Question 34

The number of ruling elite in agrarian societies is a very small percentage of the total population.

Question 35

Industial Societies are the most populous societies.

Question 36

In a given society there is only ever 1 culture.

Question 37

Societies often share aspects of their culture with other societies.

Question 38

The history of a country doesn't affect its culture today.

Question 39

Marriage customs around the world are virtually identical

Question 40

The subsistence technology of a country has a large impact on that country's culture.

Question 41

Not all human cultures have language.

Question 42

It is easier for an 8 year old to learn a language than an 80 year old.

Question 43

Mirror neurons are only active with language imitation.

Question 44

Our sense of self is influenced by our life experiences.

Question 45

Gaining status, not losing status, affects one's sense of self.

Question 46

Hunting/Gathering societies have fewer roles than more complex societies.

Question 47

In the Agrarian societies there is little differentiation of individuals by occupation.

Question 48

People generally are born into Achieved statuses.

Question 49

Most people in industrial societies still live in the country

Question 50

According to Goffman, how might people behave differently "frontstage" and "backstage"?

Question 51

Describe how technology shapes norms.

Question 52

How might culture in one country differ from culture in another country? Give real-world examples.

Question 53

Give 2 of the 4 categories of self-knowledge.

Question 54

What are two agents of active socialization in the US?

Question 55

Describe roles in industrial societies.

Question 56

How do bad groups (i.e.the Nazis) try to circumvent people's empathy?

Question 57

How are individual identities socially created?

Question 58

Discuss how roles tend to differ between hunting and gathering, horticultural, agrarian and industrial societies.