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SOC Lecture 11

The document consists of 100 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) focused on various aspects of culture, including definitions and distinctions between high culture, popular culture, subculture, and counter-culture. It explores concepts such as cultural change, cultural lag, ethnocentrism, and multiculturalism, providing answers to each question. The questions aim to assess understanding of cultural dynamics and their implications in society.

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SOC Lecture 11

The document consists of 100 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) focused on various aspects of culture, including definitions and distinctions between high culture, popular culture, subculture, and counter-culture. It explores concepts such as cultural change, cultural lag, ethnocentrism, and multiculturalism, providing answers to each question. The questions aim to assess understanding of cultural dynamics and their implications in society.

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Here are 100 MCQs based on the CULTURE (continued) content you provided:

1. Culture by social class means:


A) Culture is the same in every class
B) Different social classes have different cultural patterns
C) Culture does not involve social class
D) Only the elite have culture
Answer: B
2. “High culture” refers to:
A) Culture of poor people
B) Cultural patterns of society’s elite
C) Popular culture
D) Subculture
Answer: B
3. Popular culture is:
A) Restricted to elites
B) Widespread among the population
C) The culture of poverty
D) A counter-culture
Answer: B
4. Culture of poverty is:
A) Culture shared by the wealthy
B) Cultural patterns shared by poor people
C) High culture
D) Popular culture
Answer: B
5. A subculture is:
A) Completely separate from the main culture
B) A segment of society with distinct cultural patterns related but distinguishable from
the general culture
C) The dominant culture
D) A type of counter-culture
Answer: B
6. Multiculturalism refers to:
A) Ignoring cultural differences
B) Recognizing and promoting equality of all cultural traditions
C) Enforcing one culture over others
D) Rejecting cultural diversity
Answer: B
7. Counter-culture is:
A) A subculture that supports dominant culture
B) A subculture opposing dominant cultural patterns
C) Popular culture
D) High culture
Answer: B
8. An example of counter-culture is:
A) Hippies
B) Business subculture
C) Popular culture
D) Cultural lag
Answer: A
9. Cultural change means:
A) Culture remains fixed
B) Culture alters over time
C) Culture is inherited biologically
D) Culture is static
Answer: B
10. Cultural lag refers to:
A) All cultural elements changing at the same rate
B) Some parts of culture changing slower than others
C) Culture stopping to change
D) Culture inherited genetically
Answer: B
11. Who coined the term “cultural lag”?
A) W.G. Sumner
B) William F. Ogburn
C) Karl Marx
D) Max Weber
Answer: B
12. An example of cultural lag is:
A) Increase in automobiles but roads not improving at the same rate
B) Roads improving faster than cars increase
C) All culture changes at same time
D) Culture does not change
Answer: A
13. Which factor causes cultural change by creating new cultural elements?
A) Invention
B) Diffusion
C) Discovery
D) Tradition
Answer: A
14. Discovery as a cause of cultural change means:
A) Creating new things
B) Finding something that already exists
C) Borrowing from other cultures
D) Rejecting old culture
Answer: B
15. Diffusion means:
A) Creating new culture
B) Spread of cultural traits from one society to another
C) Discovery of new land
D) Isolation of societies
Answer: B
16. Diffusion requires:
A) No contact between societies
B) Contact between societies or groups
C) Genetic similarity
D) Cultural isolation
Answer: B
17. Modern means of communication have:
A) Decreased cultural diffusion
B) Increased cultural diffusion without physical contact
C) No effect on culture
D) Stopped culture change
Answer: B
18. Ethnocentrism is:
A) Judging other cultures by their own standards
B) Judging other cultures by one’s own culture’s standards and considering one’s culture
superior
C) Believing all cultures are equal
D) Admiring foreign cultures
Answer: B
19. Xeno-centrism is:
A) Considering one’s culture superior
B) Considering other cultures superior to one’s own
C) Ignoring culture
D) Cultural lag
Answer: B
20. Cultural relativism means:
A) Judging cultures by one’s own standards
B) Judging a culture by its own standards
C) Rejecting cultural differences
D) Enforcing global culture
Answer: B
21. A global culture refers to:
A) Culture practiced only in one country
B) Similar cultural practices found worldwide
C) No contact among societies
D) Isolated rural culture
Answer: B
22. Global communication means:
A) Flow of goods
B) Flow of information worldwide
C) Flow of people only
D) Isolation from other cultures
Answer: B
23. Global migration is:
A) Flow of goods
B) Flow of people across countries
C) Flow of information
D) Stopping cultural diffusion
Answer: B
24. A limitation of global culture is:
A) Equal access to goods for all countries
B) Uneven flow of goods, information, and people
C) All cultures are exactly the same
D) No cultural diversity remains
Answer: B
25. Western societies influence global culture because of:
A) Economic and military power
B) Isolation
C) Biological superiority
D) Cultural relativism
Answer: A
26. The global culture thesis assumes that:
A) Everyone can afford new goods and services
B) Only poor countries participate
C) Culture never changes
D) Cultures are isolated
Answer: A
27. People interpret cultural practices from:
A) Their own cultural perspective
B) Universal standard
C) Biological instincts
D) None of the above
Answer: A
28. Culture can be seen as a constraint because:
A) It limits behavior and must be accepted
B) It provides freedom
C) It stops social order
D) It is genetic
Answer: A
29. Culture can be seen as freedom because:
A) It restricts choices
B) It allows people to remake their world
C) It is biological
D) It stops social change
Answer: B
30. High culture is often associated with:
A) Lower class
B) Elite class
C) Subculture
D) Counter-culture
Answer: B
31. Popular culture is accessible to:
A) Only elites
B) Widespread population
C) Only poor
D) Only youth
Answer: B
32. Subculture differs from dominant culture by:
A) Having no relationship to dominant culture
B) Being distinct yet related to dominant culture
C) Opposing dominant culture
D) Having same norms and values
Answer: B
33. Counter-culture opposes:
A) Subculture
B) Dominant culture
C) Popular culture
D) Multiculturalism
Answer: B
34. Invention leads to cultural change by:
A) Borrowing from other cultures
B) Creating new cultural elements
C) Rejecting old elements
D) Enforcing laws
Answer: B
35. Discovery differs from invention because it:
A) Creates new things
B) Finds something already existing
C) Borrows culture
D) Rejects change
Answer: B
36. Diffusion occurs more rapidly today because of:
A) Isolation of societies
B) Advances in transportation and communication
C) Cultural lag
D) Cultural relativism
Answer: B
37. An example of ethnocentrism is:
A) Believing one’s culture is the best and judging others by it
B) Appreciating other cultures equally
C) Ignoring cultural differences
D) Accepting all cultures
Answer: A
38. Cultural relativism encourages:
A) Judging other cultures fairly by their own standards
B) Judging by own culture’s standards
C) Rejecting other cultures
D) Ignoring culture
Answer: A
39. Which is a cause of cultural lag?
A) Material culture changes faster than non-material culture
B) Non-material culture changes faster
C) Culture does not change
D) Culture changes at same rate
Answer: A
40. Cultural lag can lead to:
A) Social disruptions like traffic problems
B) Perfect social harmony
C) No effect on society
D) Cultural extinction
Answer: A
41. Culture of poverty is an example of:
A) High culture
B) Popular culture
C) Subculture
D) Culture related to poor people’s patterns
Answer: D
42. Multiculturalism promotes:
A) Cultural superiority
B) Equality of cultural traditions
C) Cultural assimilation only
D) Cultural isolation
Answer: B
43. Which of the following is NOT true about subculture?
A) They are part of general culture
B) They have distinct cultural patterns
C) They oppose dominant culture actively
D) Examples include student subculture
Answer: C
44. Which of the following is an example of diffusion?
A) Adoption of Western clothing styles in Asia
B) Invention of the internet
C) Discovery of America
D) Cultural lag
Answer: A
45. Which is an example of invention?
A) Creation of smartphones
B) Borrowing food recipes from another culture
C) Cultural lag in traffic laws
D) Ethnocentrism
Answer: A
46. Which of the following best describes global culture?
A) Total uniformity in culture worldwide
B) Some shared cultural practices worldwide but with differences
C) No cultural interaction
D) Only Western culture exists
Answer: B

Here’s the continuation and completion of that question plus the rest of the MCQs:

47. The gap between automobile growth and road quality is an example of:
A) Cultural diffusion
B) Cultural lag
C) Cultural relativism
D) Counter-culture
Answer: B
48. Which is NOT a cause of cultural change?
A) Invention
B) Discovery
C) Diffusion
D) Cultural stagnation
Answer: D
49. Cultural diversity means:
A) One way of life everywhere
B) Differences in cultural patterns within or across societies
C) Complete cultural uniformity
D) Absence of culture
Answer: B
50. A subculture:
A) Always opposes the main culture
B) Is a cluster of patterns related but distinct from general culture
C) Is the dominant culture
D) Is the same as high culture
Answer: B
51. High culture is often linked with:
A) Mass media
B) Social elites and refined tastes
C) Folkways
D) Popular trends
Answer: B
52. Popular culture is mainly spread through:
A) Mass media and everyday social interaction
B) Elite gatherings
C) Secret societies
D) Counter-cultures
Answer: A
53. Ethnocentrism can lead to:
A) Cultural appreciation
B) Prejudice and misunderstanding of other cultures
C) Cultural relativism
D) Multiculturalism
Answer: B
54. Cultural relativism helps promote:
A) Tolerance and understanding of cultural differences
B) Ethnocentrism
C) Cultural superiority
D) Ignoring cultural differences
Answer: A
55. Xeno-centrism can cause people to:
A) Reject foreign cultures
B) Believe foreign cultures are better than their own
C) Appreciate their own culture above all
D) Be indifferent to culture
Answer: B
56. Diffusion is most effective when:
A) Societies have no contact
B) There is increased communication and transportation
C) Societies remain isolated
D) Cultures refuse to borrow from each other
Answer: B
57. In the context of culture, “invention” refers to:
A) Discovering a new land
B) Creating new cultural elements from existing ones
C) Copying foreign culture
D) Rejecting cultural change
Answer: B
58. “Discovery” means:
A) Creating new culture
B) Finding something that already exists but was unknown before
C) Borrowing culture from others
D) Rejecting culture
Answer: B
59. The term “counter-culture” refers to:
A) A subculture opposing dominant culture’s norms
B) The dominant culture
C) A popular culture trend
D) The culture of poverty
Answer: A
60. Cultural lag most often happens because:
A) Non-material culture changes slower than material culture
B) Material culture does not change
C) Both parts of culture change equally
D) Culture never changes
Answer: A
61. Which of the following is an example of cultural lag?
A) Increase in smartphones but no digital literacy programs
B) Popular culture trends
C) Discovery of new lands
D) Multiculturalism
Answer: A
62. Cultural change may include changes in:
A) Family patterns
B) Religion
C) Education
D) All of the above
Answer: D
63. The “culture of poverty” is:
A) Culture of elite class
B) Cultural patterns shared by poor people
C) Same as popular culture
D) A counter-culture
Answer: B
64. Which social class is usually associated with high culture?
A) Elite
B) Working class
C) Poor
D) All classes equally
Answer: A
65. Multiculturalism is a policy that:
A) Ignores cultural differences
B) Recognizes and promotes cultural diversity
C) Enforces one culture on all
D) Rejects cultural equality
Answer: B
66. An example of subculture is:
A) Student culture
B) Mainstream popular culture
C) Global culture
D) None of the above
Answer: A
67. Diffusion requires:
A) No contact between cultures
B) Some contact between societies or groups
C) Isolation
D) Genetic similarity
Answer: B
68. An example of invention is:
A) Creating a new technology like the internet
B) Borrowing customs from another culture
C) Discovering a natural resource
D) Ethnocentrism
Answer: A
69. Which is a factor of cultural change?
A) Diffusion
B) Invention
C) Discovery
D) All of the above
Answer: D
70. Ethnocentrism causes people to:
A) Value their own culture above others
B) Accept all cultures as equal
C) Reject their own culture
D) None of the above
Answer: A
71. Xeno-centrism means:
A) Seeing one’s culture as superior
B) Believing other cultures are superior
C) Ignoring other cultures
D) None of the above
Answer: B
72. Cultural relativism encourages:
A) Judging culture by the people’s own standards
B) Using own culture as the measure
C) Rejecting foreign cultures
D) Cultural lag
Answer: A
73. A global culture may lead to:
A) Cultural uniformity worldwide
B) Complete cultural isolation
C) Increased cultural diversity
D) Cultural stagnation
Answer: A
74. One limitation of global culture thesis is:
A) Equal access to goods worldwide
B) Unequal flow of goods and information
C) No cultural differences remain
D) Global culture does not exist
Answer: B
75. Which part of culture changes faster?
A) Non-material culture
B) Material culture
C) Both change equally
D) Culture never changes
Answer: B
76. The “ideal culture” refers to:
A) Actual social patterns followed
B) Social patterns mandated by cultural values and norms
C) Culture of poverty
D) Counter-culture
Answer: B
77. The “real culture” refers to:
A) Social patterns actually followed by people
B) Social ideals only
C) Culture of elite only
D) None of the above
Answer: A
78. Folkways are:
A) Strong moral norms
B) Customs for routine, casual interaction
C) Laws
D) Proscriptive norms
Answer: B
79. Mores are:
A) Casual customs
B) Society’s standards of proper moral conduct
C) Fashion trends
D) None of the above
Answer: B
80. Violation of mores usually brings:
A) No reaction
B) Strong social reaction
C) Celebration
D) Ignorance
Answer: B
81. Proscriptive norms:
A) Tell what we should do
B) Tell what we should not do
C) Are informal
D) None of the above
Answer: B
82. Prescriptive norms:
A) Tell what we should do
B) Tell what we should not do
C) Are ignored
D) None of the above
Answer: A
83. Values are:
A) Specific true/false statements
B) Broad culturally defined standards of desirability
C) Laws
D) None of the above
Answer: B
84. Beliefs are:
A) Broad principles underlying values
B) Specific statements people consider true or false
C) Rules
D) None of the above
Answer: B
85. Cultural diversity can be found:
A) Only in different countries
B) Within one society and across societies
C) Only in rural areas
D) Only in urban areas
Answer: B
86. Cultural change can disrupt society when:
A) All parts of culture change equally
B) Cultural lag exists between elements
C) No cultural lag exists
D) Culture is static
Answer: B
87. Which of these is NOT an example of non-material culture?
A) Beliefs
B) Values
C) Technology
D) Norms
Answer: C
88. Material culture includes:
A) Physical objects and technology
B) Beliefs
C) Values
D) Norms
Answer: A
89. Cultural lag mainly occurs between:
A) Two societies
B) Material and non-material culture elements
C) Two classes
D) None of the above
Answer: B
90. The term “culture” originally referred to:
A) Only elite arts and literature
B) All social patterns
C) Only folkways
D) None of the above
Answer: A
91. Culture of poverty is often:
A) Celebrated by elites
B) Marginalized in society
C) Dominant culture
D) Counter-culture
Answer: B
92. Counter-culture groups:
A) Accept mainstream norms
B) Actively reject mainstream norms
C) Are identical to subcultures
D) Are only found in rural areas
Answer: B
93. The global economy influences culture by:
A) Increasing cultural isolation
B) Facilitating the flow of goods worldwide
C) Stopping cultural diffusion
D) None of the above
Answer: B
94. Global migration causes cultural change by:
A) Limiting contact
B) Bringing people with different cultures together
C) Isolating societies
D) Reducing diversity
Answer: B
95. Which is an example of popular culture?
A) Theater for elites
B) Television shows enjoyed by the majority
C) Traditional folk music only
D) High art exhibitions

Here are the rest of the MCQs continuing from where I left off, including answers:

95. Which is an example of popular culture?


A) Theater for elites
B) Television shows enjoyed by the majority
C) Traditional folk music only
D) High art exhibitions
Answer: B
96. A person who strongly opposes mainstream cultural values and norms is likely part of a:
A) Subculture
B) Counter-culture
C) High culture
D) Popular culture
Answer: B
97. The term “multiculturalism” is best described as:
A) Forcing one culture on all groups
B) A policy promoting equality of all cultural traditions
C) Rejecting all cultural differences
D) Encouraging cultural uniformity
Answer: B
98. Which of the following best describes cultural diffusion?
A) The isolation of a culture
B) The spread of cultural traits from one group to another
C) The rejection of foreign culture
D) The invention of new cultural elements
Answer: B
99. The term “cultural lag” was coined by:
A) Emile Durkheim
B) William F. Ogburn
C) Max Weber
D) Karl Marx
Answer: B
100. Culture can be both a constraint and a source of freedom because:
A) It limits behavior but also allows for creativity and change
B) It only restricts people
C) It only gives freedom without rules
D) None of the above
Answer: A

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