Chapter 3 powerpoint pt. 1

Question 1

What is culture?

Answer 1

Culture can be loosely defined as a set of beliefs, traditions, and practices

Question 2

Culture can be loosely defined as a set of _______, ________, and _________

Answer 2

beliefs
traditions
practices

Question 3

True or False: culture is instinctual/ biological behaviors

Answer 3

False; not instinctual/biological behaviors

Question 4

How is culture passed down ?

Answer 4

Passed down generation to generation.

Question 5

List some examples of culture.

Answer 5

E,g, Language, foods, values, style of dress,

Question 6

The oldest understandings of culture focus on the distinction between:

Answer 6

natural environment and what is modified or created by humans.

Question 7

Culture comes from the latin verb _____ meaning to cultivate

Answer 7

colere

Question 8

Culture comes from the latin verb colere meaning to ________

Answer 8

cultivate

Question 9

As Europeans came into contact with non-Westerners, culture evolved in terms of differences between peoples, which could be viewed _________ or _________.

Answer 9

positively

negatively

Question 10

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a ____ __________ was added to the concept of culture – the idea that culture involved the pursuit of intellectual refinement.

Answer 10

new dimension

Question 11

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a new dimension was added to the concept of culture – the idea that culture involved the _______ of ___________ _________

Answer 11

pursuit

intellectual refinement

Question 12

What are the two main categories of culture?

Answer 12

Material and Nonmaterial

Question 13

What is the difference between material and nonmaterial culture?

Answer 13

Material culture is everything that is a part of our constructed environment, such as books, fashion, and monuments.

Nonmaterial culture encompasses values, beliefs, behaviors, and social norms.

Question 14

Is this material or nonmaterial culture: books?

Answer 14

material culture

Question 15

Is this material or nonmaterial culture: fashion?

Answer 15

material culture

Question 16

Is this material or nonmaterial culture: monuments?

Answer 16

material culture

Question 17

Is this material or nonmaterial culture: values?

Answer 17

nonmaterial culture

Question 18

Is this material or nonmaterial culture: beliefs?

Answer 18

nonmaterial culture

Question 19

Is this material or nonmaterial culture: behaviors?

Answer 19

nonmaterial culture

Question 20

Is this material or nonmaterial culture: social norms?

Answer 20

nonmaterial culture

Question 21

_____ in a culture do not have meaning inherently

Answer 21

Items

Question 22

Items in a culture do not have _______ inherently

Answer 22

meaning

Question 23

a system of concepts and relationships that includes an understanding of cause and effect

Answer 23

ideology

Question 24

Ideology forms the basis of __________ or ________ theory and policy

Answer 24

economic

political

Question 25

Ideology’s are set of ideas proposed by the _________ class

Answer 25

dominant

Question 26

A sociologist’s job is not to determine which culture is best, but rather, to?

Answer 26

understand how and why cultures may be similar or different.

Question 27

valid in all times and places; eternal or as absolute.

Answer 27

universal truth

Question 28

agreeing on a given set of meanings or a definition of the situation (postmodern paradigm)

Answer 28

inter-subjectivity

Question 29

Universal truths are used in _________/___________ and then oppression

Answer 29

ranking/stratification

Question 30

Universal truths are used in ranking/stratification and then _________

Answer 30

oppression

Question 31

When did culture begin?

Answer 31

We could say that culture began when humans started acting as the architects of nature by growing crops rather than hunting and gathering.