SOC Lecture 11
SOC Lecture 11
Here are 100 MCQs based on the CULTURE (continued) content you provided:
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
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