Chapter 1 Quiz

A  Sybil knows what is right and wrong and uses these standards to evaluate others who come from cultures different from her own.

B  Sybil is willing and interested in finding out about cultures that are different from her own

C  Sybil idealizes other cultures

D  Sybil wants to persuade people from other cultures that her way of living is better and superior.

A  demonstrates how an ethnocentric view is sometimes useful and necessary.

B  proposes that individuals of different genders, races, ages, ethnic groups, languages, and cultural groups cannot get along.

C  claims that the social groups to which we belong shape what we know and how we view the world.

D  refers to the gap between female and male culture.

A  positionality

B  individuality

C  collectivity

D  mentality

A  Our cultural identity is shaped by our cultural experiences and social locations.

B  Cultural identity is always subjective and individual based.

C  People from the dominant culture are very clear about their identity.

D  People from nondominant groups are typically less aware of their identity.

A  all of these answers

B  The commodification of local cultural practices as tourist attractions

C  The commodification of hip-hop culture

D  The export of television programs and programs for economic gain

A  Cultural studies approach

B  Semiotic approach

C  Globalization approach

D  Anthropologic approach

A  Cultural Studies approach

B  Globalization approach

C  Semiotic approach

D  Anthropologic approach

A  operates when the goals, ideas, and interests of the middle class are normalized and institutionalized.

B  is defined as domination through consent by Antonio Gramsci.

C  ensures power is shared equally by all members of society.

D  is dominance with the explicit use of force and forms of coercion.

A  culture is creative and artistic

B  culture is a shared system of meaning.

C  culture is not shared by everyone, but contested and negotiated.

D  culture is a means for achieving social, economic, and cultural goals.

A  how a group of people use symbols to create a shared meaning.

B  how meanings assigned to a symbol are negotiated and contested.

C  how culture is used as a resource for economic development and social change.

D  who the very first members of a culture were