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Test: Culture - Question 1

Studies have shown that in some tribal cultures, it is normative to have multiple wives. While it is not considered legal or common practice in many parts of the world, researchers believe that an individual’s norms and actions should be understood by others in terms of that individual’s own cultural context. This concept is referred to as:

Detailed Solution for Test: Culture - Question 1
  • "Right” and “wrong” behavior are culture-specific; what is considered moral in one society may be considered immoral in another.
  • In other words, moral or immoral behavior is relative, and depends on cultural contexts.
  • Cultural relativism is the principle that an individual human's beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual's own culture.
Test: Culture - Question 2

An exchange student travels to Morocco to learn local language and culture. The first month he was there, he spent a lot of time at local bazaars where he learned about Moroccan “material culture”.

Q. Which of the following is not an example of material culture?

Detailed Solution for Test: Culture - Question 2
  • Culture could be based on shared ethnicity, gender, norms, values, or even objects.
  • Some cultures place significant value in objects such as ceremonial artifacts, jewelry or even clothing, which are examples of material culture.
  • Culture can also demonstrate the practices or behavioral patterns of a group (non-material culture), such as prayers.
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Test: Culture - Question 3

Sushi and other culturally Japanese foods have become widely accepted outside of Japan. There are now Japanese restaurants everywhere in the US. There are even American versions of Japanese food, such as the “California roll”. This is an example of:

Detailed Solution for Test: Culture - Question 3
  • This demonstrates how a cultural item (sushi) is borrowed from a foreign source (Japan).
  • This also demonstrates the spread of the cultural item.
  • Diffusion is the process by which an idea, invention, or some other cultural item is borrowed from a foreign source.
Test: Culture - Question 4

Proper gestures and body language are important during business interactions. When conducting business with other cultures, how should we understand gestures (such as shaking your head)?

Detailed Solution for Test: Culture - Question 4
  • All human groups have gestures.
  • However, in different cultures, the same gestures may mean something entirely different.
  • Gestures are defined uniquely by each culture.
Test: Culture - Question 5

A person who grew up in American culture hears many jokes about the Korean practice of eating dogs and how it is considered a “bizarre” action in the States. This is an example of:

Detailed Solution for Test: Culture - Question 5
  • This demonstrates how the ways or practices of foreigners are perceived as strange or peculiar.
  • This demonstrates how one judges the food of other countries based on one’s own norms, values, or beliefs.
  • Ethnocentrism is the tendency to use one’s own culture to judge the values, practices, or customs of other societies
Test: Culture - Question 6

John travels to a new country. While in line at the train station, other people stand very close to him--way closer than he is used to back home. John immediately feels anxious and uncomfortable. The disorientation a person may feel when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life changes in social environments is referred to as:

Detailed Solution for Test: Culture - Question 6
  • This refers to the impact you may feel when you enter a culture very different from one you are accustomed to.
  • The result of this is often disorientation or an impaired ability to adapt or function in new cultural environment.
  • Culture shock is the personal disorientation a person may feel when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life due to immigration or changes in social environments.
Test: Culture - Question 7

In the 1960s, we witness social movements such as the hippie peace movement, the feminist movement, or the green movement. At the time, the norms and values of these social group placed it at odds with the dominant (mainstream) culture. They were referred to as:

Detailed Solution for Test: Culture - Question 7
  • In a subculture, the values and behaviors of a group distinguish themselves from the larger culture.
  • A subculture is considered a world within a world.
  • However, a group whose values, beliefs, and norms place its members in opposition to the broader culture, is referred to as a counterculture.
Test: Culture - Question 8

When we get sick, we can type out our symptoms on the computer and search for them. We can even get instantaneous diagnoses and treatment recommendations. According to some new studies, computer diagnostics have been shown to outperform physician judgement in some contexts. However, the majority of the population still prefer paying personal visits to the doctor’s office. This is an example of:

Detailed Solution for Test: Culture - Question 8
  • A group’s material culture (technology) usually changes first, and the non-material culture (ideas, perceptions, symbols) falls behind.
  • This leaves the non-material (or symbolic) culture trying to catch up.
  • Cultural lag refers to how human behavior lags behind technological innovations.
Test: Culture - Question 9

American English commonly uses words that originate from various African, Asian, and non-English-speaking European cultures. This is an example of:

Detailed Solution for Test: Culture - Question 9
  • This demonstrates how language or culture is borrowed from foreign sources.
  • This also demonstrates the spread of the language or the culture.
  • Diffusion is the process by which an idea, invention, or some other cultural aspect is borrowed from a foreign source.
Test: Culture - Question 10

To conduct a cross-country study of workplace culture for women in the US and Mexico, a researcher interviews 100 women ages of 25 to 50 in an American city, and 100 women in the same age group in a Mexican city. This study would be classified as:

Detailed Solution for Test: Culture - Question 10
  • The researcher samples individuals (women) from a larger population (workplaces in US and Mexico).
  • The researcher identified and selected potential sample members (women, ages 25-50) from a larger population.
  • Surveys provide a way to sample and measure the self-reported behaviors, attitudes, or perceptions of women in the workplace in the US and Mexico.
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