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Which of the following is the most accurate statement about ethnocentric and culturally relative beliefs?
There is no such thing as pure cultural relativism.
All college graduates are ethnocentric.
All Americans believe in cultural relativism.
There is no such thing as an ethnocentric child.
Which of the following is an example of a cultural symbol?
a national flag
a car
a jacket
a turkey burger
Which of the following is a social science but is not considered a behavioral science?
anthropology
geography
psychology
sociology
Which of the following is an example of material culture?
language
religion
the Internet
values
Joshua lied to his mother about playing video games instead of completing his homework. Which of the following norms did he violate?
folkway
regulation
law
more
Which of the following is an example of a negative sanction?
praising a child who finished an assignment
giving a child a prize for turning in homework
threatening to make a student stay in for recess
giving a child a class point for good behavior
Which of the following is not an example of a regional dialect?
yinz
y'all
excellent
groovy
Which of the following does not describe a primary purpose of sociology?
to examine the causes of both good and bad social practices
to compile a chronology of events for future generations
to understand how humans behave
to inform societal changes based on behavioral patterns
Immaterial culture __
is more important than material culture because it includes what people stand
includes a person's beliefs
for is similar within different cultures
is less important than material culture because it is not as
What is a primary way sociologists reach conclusions about human behavior?
They seclude themselves from people to see what is missing without human interaction.
They write books musing on whether life is reality or an illusion.
They conduct extensive research that examines patterns.
They speculate about what might have happened differently in the past.
Which of the following best represents a culturally relative research question?
What is written in the Hindu sacred scriptures that allow them to worship multiple gods?
Why do Hindus worship multiple gods instead of just one, like Christians?
What does Hinduism have that is similar to the Judeo-Christian Ten Commandments?
Why do Hindus believe cows are sacred when Americans like eating them?
Even though women worked in factories during World War II, most families and businesses believed that women should return to the home when the soldiers came home. These viewpoints support which sociological perspective?
conflict
law
symbolic interactionist
functionalist
Which of the following is an example of a social norm?
covering your mouth while yawning
setting up a cultural statue
eating a meal
going to sleep
What does the functionalist perspective of sociology believe should be taken away from society?
taxes
government
individuality
schools
Which of the following does not provide evidence that religion as a cultural universal is diversified from culture-to-culture?
People who practice Judaism have a bar-mitzvah.
Many members of the Christian faith go through Confirmation.
In the Muslim faith the Shahada is professed.
Rituals are practiced throughout the world.
Laws are one type of societal norm. All of the following examples fall under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 except _____.
institutional dress codes
equal opportunities in employment
restrictions on the right to vote
discrimination in receiving student loans
Which of the following is a good example of a positive sanction?
praising a child who did a good job
ignoring a child who is not on task
taking away recess from a child who is misbehaving
sending a child to the principal's office who is acting out
Sal meets Sam in the street and has not seen him in five years. They greet each other with a handshake. What is this an example of?
political institutions
a symbol
a value
material culture
All of the following are ways North America's original settlers displayed their ethnocentric beliefs toward Native Americans except by _____.
fighting natives after they helped with farming
forcing them off their land
building villages and living together
taking natives as slaves
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