The poor __________
A) use a small amount of their income for housing
B) pay less for day-to-day products like milk and bread
C) are exploited by payday loans
D) receive the greatest amount of government aid
Answer: C
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1) material culture 2) nonmaterial culture 3) ethnocentrism 4) symbolic culture 5) Sapir-Whorf hypothesis 6) negative sanction 7) positive sanction 8) moral holiday 9) folkways 10) subculture 11) counterculture 12) culture war 13) real culture 14) ideal culture 15) cultural diffusion A) another term for nonmaterial culture B) a group whose values, beliefs, and related behaviors place its members in opposition to the broader culture C) a reward or expression of approval for following a norm D) the use of one's own culture as a yardstick for judging the ways of other individuals or societies, generally leading to a negative evaluation of their values, norms, and behaviors E) a group whose values, beliefs, and related behaviors distinguish its members from the larger culture F) the spread of cultural characteristics from one group to another G) the norms and values that people actually follow H) the values and norms that people in society officially hold and want to pass onto their children I) the classification of culture that includes art, buildings, weapons, machines, and clothing J) a clash of values between opposing groups in society that is so severe it may result in extremely high tension, violence, and social upheaval K) norms that are not strictly enforced L) a time when people are allowed to break norms without penalty M) the theory that language creates ways of thinking and perceiving N) the classification of culture that includes beliefs, ideas, values, and assumptions O) an expression of disapproval for breaking a norm
A person's highest degree earned (lee than high-school, completed high-school, some college,
etc.) a. Nominal b. Ordinal c. Interval/ratio
It would be fair to say that in the cultural leveling process taking place today
a. traditional cultures have all but disappeared. b. something vital is lost forever. c. sociobiology is at work. d. we are producing a more distinctive, less bland way of life.
Which of the following is a key belief held by conflict theorists?
A. meso-level groups protect the common interests B. people with privilege and power manipulate institutions C. meso-level groups seek consensus and integration D. average people consistently reject the dominant group's beliefs and self-interests