What is a cultural tool kit? How do people use their cultural tool kit when they are introduced to someone new?
What will be an ideal response?
A cultural tool kit is a set of symbolic skills or devices that we learn through the cultural environment we inhabit and apply to practical situations in our own lives. When you are introduced to someone new, you would draw on different sets of cultural tools if you are single and interested in flirting than if you are just trying to be polite.
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a) an obese person b) a murderer c) a rapist d) a child abuser
According to Anthony Giddens, ______ are afforded a power to change the world through their actions and agency.
a. structures b. systems c. agents d. rules and resources
How would Durkheim view the rise in popularity of a mayor after a natural disaster?
A. as a manifest function based on his duty to care for the residents B. as a manifest function based on his hard work and care for the injured C. as a latent function based on his intention of keeping everyone safe D. as a latent function based on working to keep everyone safe
Which of the following can be defined as societal norms that are viewed so important that to violate them is to violate the morals of a society?
A. norms B. values C. mores D. laws