Cultural Variation

Question 1

The tendency to view one’s own culture and group as superior is called

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ethnocentrism.

Question 2

A group that accepts the major values, norms, and practices of the larger society is a subculture sociologists refer to as a counterculture.

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F

Question 3

Most subcultures do not reject all of the values and practices of the larger society.

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T

Question 4

An attitude of cultural relativism is

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the belief that cultures should be judged by their own standards rather than by applying the standards of another culture.

Question 5

Please select the word from the list that best fits the definition

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values

Question 6

Please select the word from the list that best fits the definition

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cultural relativism

Question 7

Which of the following are not examples of a subculture?

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the Navajo of the Southwest.

Question 8

The Arapesh and the Mundugumor were two societies in New Guinea that Margaret Mead conducted a study of cultural variation on in the 1930s.

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T

Question 9

Some groups in society share values, norms, and behaviors that are not shared by the entire population. The unique cultural characteristics of these groups form a

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subculture.

Question 10

Margaret Mead, in the 1940s, compiled a list of more than 65 cultural universals after examining hundreds of different cultures.

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F

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