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True or False:
Sociology is about how different people can be, but it also tries to find out in what sense it can be said that all humans have something in common.
True
False
True or False:
Traditions are learned behaviors as well as the beliefs, attitudes, values, and ideals that are characteristic of a particular society
True
False
It includes all norm violations, from the trivial to the tragic - from sleeping in class or wearing weird clothes to drowning one’s child and blaming it on a carjacker.
Crime
Deviance
Laws
Subculture
Social change may be a product of technological change.
True
False
Our genders mirror the way our culture reads us as member of society.
True
False
It is generally defined as the sum of an individual's way of life.
Society
Culture
Politics
It is generally defined as an organized group or groups of interdependent people who share common territory, language, and culture, and who act together for collective survival and well-being.
Society
Culture
Politics
It refers to the theory, art, and practice of government.
Society
Culture
Politics
Sociality
These are the individual, external, and social constructions that influence a person's life and development.
Political Phenomena
Sociality
Social Phenomena
Social Change
A family in which several members are involved in politics and business, particularly electoral politics.
Political Leadership
Political Theory
Political Dynasty
Political Decision
What are the four sub fields of anthropology?
Cultural, Archaeological, Linguistic and Stereographical
Biological, Archaeological, Linguistic and Cultural Anthropology
Sociological, Archaeological, Linguistic and Cultural Anthropology
Cultural, Archaeological, Geographical and Economical
Which of the terms used by Max Weber that refers to a group of people who have similar level of wealth and income?
Class
Caste system
corporate system
closed system
Which of the following is a characteristic of culture?
i. It is learned and acquired
ii. it is adaptive and cumulative
iii. it is shared and transmitted
iv. it is not integrated
i and ii
i, ii and iii
ii and iii
i, ii, iii and iv
The following are modes of acquiring and learning culture EXCEPT ___________.
imitation
conditioning
indoctrination
diffusion
The following statements describe culture EXCEPT______.
a product of human interaction
a biological heritage that is complex
provides socially acceptable patterns for meeting biological and social needs.
a distinguishing factor
Which of the following is NOT considered as folkways?
Taking a bath regularly
Shaking of hands in greeting someone
Wearing of white bridal gowns during wedding
none of the above
Which of the following is a characteristic of law?
i. Laws are enforced formally by person authorized to use force if necessary.
ii. Laws are the results of conscious thought and deliberate planning.
iii. Mores are not adaptable to changing conditions than laws.
iv. The degree of disapproval and punishment varies according to which law is broken or violated.
i and ii
i, ii and iii
i, ii and iv
ii, iii, iv
Man’s social interaction serves as an avenue for creating patterns of behavior
TRUE
FALSE
Culture is configured in a unique way that shapes personality
TRUE
FALSE
Mores are special folkways which evolve from moral and ethical values
TRUE
FALSE
It is the set of ethical standards and moral obligations as dictates of reason that distinguishes human acts as right
or wrong or good from bad.
Folkways
Mores
Advances in science and technology often raise the standard of living.
True
False
Which of the following is NOT a part of culture?
History
Weather
Language
Food
What is a society?
A diverse group of people who share a distinctive culture in a geographic location
A flock of birds
A group of cars in a parking lot
An all-you-can-eat buffet
Certain behaviors that absolutely forbidden by the society
It is an organized system of ideas about the spiritual sphere
Types of deviance which refers to violations to social norms that are not codified into norms.
Types of deviance which includes actions that violate enacted laws.
It refers to the study of living people and their cultures
Cultural Anthropology
Political
Socio Cultural
Social Sciences
It is also called as physical anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Biological Anthropology
Socio Cultural
Social Sciences
Refers to the study of communication
Cultural Anthropology
Biological Anthropology
Linguistic Anthropology
Social Sciences
Refers to the study of past human cultures through their remains.
Cultural Anthropology
Biological Anthropology
Linguistic Anthropology
Archaeology
Culture can be define in many ways.
True
False
It is a movement of groups and individuals across social structure, change in position (horizontal or vertical).
It is defined as a new combination or a new use of existing knowledge.
Which of the following does not affect cultural change?
physical environment
war and conquest
random events
religion
It takes place when people recognized existing elements of the world they had not noticed before or learned to see in a new way.
It is the total assimilation of culture as manifested by change of worldviews, attitudes, behavior, and perspectives of looking things.
If a person is satisfied with the way things are now, they are likely to call for change.
fact
bluff
It refers to the spread of culture traits from one group to another.
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