SOC Lecture 10
SOC Lecture 10
1. Values are:
A) Specific statements considered true
B) Culturally defined standards of desirability and goodness
C) Rules that govern behavior
D) Biological instincts
Answer: B
2. Which of these is an example of a cultural value?
A) Language
B) Equal opportunity
C) Tools
D) Folkways
Answer: B
3. Beliefs differ from values because they are:
A) Broader principles
B) Specific statements people consider true or false
C) Rules of behavior
D) Inherited genetically
Answer: B
4. Norms are:
A) Biological instincts
B) Rules and expectations guiding behavior
C) Abstract ideas only
D) Personal preferences
Answer: B
5. Proscriptive norms tell us:
A) What we should do
B) What we should not do
C) What we might do
D) What others do
Answer: B
6. Prescriptive norms specify:
A) What we must avoid
B) What we should do
C) What is optional
D) What is illegal
Answer: B
7. Mores are:
A) Casual customs with little moral importance
B) Society’s standards of proper moral conduct
C) Biological behaviors
D) Personal opinions
Answer: B
8. Folkways are:
A) Strong moral rules
B) Society’s customs for routine interaction
C) Laws
D) Universal behaviors
Answer: B
9. Violating mores generally results in:
A) No reaction
B) Strong social disapproval
C) Praise
D) Biological consequences
Answer: B
10. Violating folkways usually causes:
A) Strong punishment
B) Mild or no reaction
C) Legal consequences
D) Social isolation
Answer: B
11. The term “ideal culture” refers to:
A) The actual social patterns people follow
B) Social patterns mandated by cultural values and norms
C) Biological instincts
D) Universal culture
Answer: B
12. “Real culture” is:
A) The perfect social pattern
B) The actual social patterns people follow
C) The ideal norms
D) Biological programming
Answer: B
13. Which of the following best defines cultural diversity?
A) One culture in a society
B) Many ways of life and cultural differences within a society
C) Absence of culture
D) Biological variety
Answer: B
14. Which of these is NOT an example of a cultural value?
A) Freedom
B) Honesty
C) Genetic traits
D) Patriotism
Answer: C
15. Values serve as:
A) Detailed laws
B) Broad guidelines for social living
C) Random thoughts
D) Biological imperatives
Answer: B
16. A belief is:
A) A broad standard of goodness
B) A specific statement regarded as true or false
C) A law
D) An instinct
Answer: B
17. Folkways are related to:
A) Moral laws
B) Routine, casual interaction
C) Scientific facts
D) Religious commandments
Answer: B
18. Mores are considered important because they:
A) Maintain moral conduct essential to society
B) Are personal preferences
C) Change daily
D) Are biological behaviors
Answer: A
19. The difference between ideal and real culture is that:
A) Ideal culture is practiced by everyone
B) Real culture is the actual behavior observed
C) Ideal culture is genetically inherited
D) Real culture never changes
Answer: B
20. Which statement is true?
A) Norms are always laws
B) Norms can be either prescriptive or proscriptive
C) Norms are personal choices
D) Norms are genetic
Answer: B
21. Cultural values can sometimes lead to conflict because:
A) They are always consistent
B) There can be inconsistencies in values
C) They never change
D) They are biologically programmed
Answer: B
22. Charity and development are examples of:
A) Beliefs
B) Values
C) Folkways
D) Biological needs
Answer: B
23. Which of the following is a prescriptive norm?
A) Don’t steal
B) Shake hands when meeting someone
C) Don’t litter
D) Avoid strangers
Answer: B
24. Which of the following is a proscriptive norm?
A) Be punctual
B) Don’t cheat
C) Help others
D) Say please and thank you
Answer: B
25. Inconsistency in cultural values can lead to:
A) Harmony
B) Conflict
C) Biological change
D) No effect
Answer: B
26. Which of the following is an example of a folkway?
A) Wearing appropriate dress to a party
B) Killing someone
C) Paying taxes
D) Following laws
Answer: A
27. Which of the following is NOT a function of norms?
A) Guiding behavior
B) Establishing social expectations
C) Genetic programming
D) Maintaining social order
Answer: C
28. What is an example of a value related to work?
A) Dignity of labor
B) Folkway
C) Mores
D) Instinct
Answer: A
29. Which of these is a cultural norm?
A) Language
B) Expectation to greet elders respectfully
C) Genetic traits
D) Personal opinions
Answer: B
30. Which of the following best describes cultural norms?
A) Personal opinions
B) Shared rules that guide behavior
C) Fixed laws
D) Biological instincts
Answer: B
31. The major difference between mores and folkways is:
A) Mores are less important than folkways
B) Folkways are less morally significant than mores
C) Mores are casual customs
D) Folkways are laws
Answer: B
32. The concept of “ideal culture” is:
A) Descriptions of what people actually do
B) Cultural patterns that are desired and taught
C) Universal culture
D) Genetic behavior
Answer: B
33. “Real culture” can also be described as:
A) Cultural ideals
B) Statistical norms
C) Genetic codes
D) Universal values
Answer: B
34. Cultural diversity within Pakistan is seen in:
A) Uniform marriage patterns
B) Differences in marriage and family patterns
C) Biological differences
D) No cultural differences
Answer: B
35. In multicultural countries like Canada, cultural diversity is due to:
A) Immigration from different parts of the world
B) Genetic differences
C) One dominant culture
D) Biological diversity only
Answer: A
36. Which of the following is NOT a cultural norm?
A) Shaking hands
B) Speaking a language
C) Instinct to survive
D) Observing punctuality
Answer: C
37. Which of these is a cultural belief?
A) Honesty is the best policy
B) Gravity pulls objects down
C) Blood circulates in the body
D) Water boils at 100°C
Answer: A
38. Which of the following is a value related to social equality?
A) Equal opportunity
B) Folkways
C) Mores
D) Biological needs
Answer: A
39. Which of these best describes a proscriptive norm?
A) Be kind to others
B) Do not lie
C) Shake hands when greeting
D) Respect elders
Answer: B
40. Which is an example of an inconsistency in cultural values?
A) Valuing honesty but accepting corruption
B) Valuing work and laziness equally
C) Valuing education but rejecting schools
D) All of the above
Answer: A
41. Which is an example of a prescriptive norm?
A) Wear clean clothes
B) Don’t steal
C) Avoid noise
D) Don’t cheat
Answer: A
42. Which one is NOT a folkway?
A) Saying “thank you”
B) Wearing jeans casually
C) Committing theft
D) Greeting neighbors
Answer: C
43. The term “norms” refers to:
A) Biological needs
B) Rules and expectations for behavior
C) Random habits
D) Personal preferences
Answer: B
44. Which is an example of a cultural value related to achievement?
A) Merit
B) Folkways
C) Mores
D) Instinct
Answer: A
45. Cultural norms are:
A) Always formal laws
B) Sometimes informal expectations
C) Biologically inherited
D) Fixed and unchangeable
Answer: B
46. Which of the following can be considered a cultural norm?
A) Driving on the left side of the road in Pakistan
B) Instinct to eat when hungry
C) Breathing air
D) Sleeping at night
Answer: A
47. What happens when mores are violated?
A) People ignore it
B) Strong social sanctions occur
C) Biological harm occurs
D) No consequences
Answer: B
48. Which is an example of a value related to health?
A) Physical fitness
B) Folkway
C) Mores
D) Belief
Answer: A
49. Which is an example of an abstract cultural value?
A) Freedom
B) Tools
C) Clothes
D) Buildings
Answer: A
50. Which of these can be a source of cultural conflict?
A) Contradictory values
B) Shared language
C) Uniform norms
D) Biological instincts
Answer: A
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