Lesson 2 - Defining Culture and Politics

Question 1

a collective behavior of men arising from a shared belief and value system based on ideaologies, way of life, and even identities

Answer 1

culture

Question 2

an acquired set of customs, traditions,
and a mindset transmitted across
generations within societies

Answer 2

culture

Question 3

characteristics of culture

6

Answer 3

learned, shared, integerated, adaptive & dynamic, abstract, symbolic

Question 4

e is not innate,
not genetically
inherited

Answer 4

culture

learned

Question 5

is
learned through
families, peers,
institutions and
media.

Answer 5

Culture

learned

Question 6

Large group of people
would usually share
similar behavior
patterns developed
overtime.

Answer 6

shared

Question 7

possesses a
systematic order that
allows the various parts
and elements to be
integrated into a single
whole.

Answer 7

culture

integrated

Question 8

adapts to various
environmental and
geographical conditions as
witnessed through the
context oÿ history

Answer 8

culture

adaptive & dynamic

Question 9

There is no single
tangible maniÿestation
that can take the ÿorm oÿ
____ itself

Answer 9

culture

abstract

Question 10

is
maniÿested through
behavior, habits,
mannerisms and
activities.

Answer 10

culture

abstract

Question 11

All ____ in the
world are driven
by symbols that
stand for
something

Answer 11

culture

symbolic

Question 12

complex web of relationships existing out of man’s interaction with one another.

Answer 12

society

Question 13

father of Sociology, saw society as a
social organism possessing a harmony of structure and
function.

Answer 13

August Comte

Question 14

conceives the
society as a system comprised of the interactions of
many individuals within a situation through commonly
understood cultural norms of generalized symbols and
associated meanings

Answer 14

Talcott Parsons

american sociologist

Question 15

values, beliefs, behaviors, practices, norms, symbolic meanings

Answer 15

culture

Question 16

interaction of people which creates groups, associations, institutions

Answer 16

society

Question 17

require interaction of people with one another, revolve around relationships

Answer 17

society and culture

Question 18

relationship between culture and society

Two different BUT interrelated concept. They both require human interactions. Both revolve around relationships arising from interactions. However, ____ is distinct from society as it adds value, merit, and meanings in created relationship

Answer 18

culture

Question 19

with the advent of ____ and increasing virtual interactions, society and culture are becoming more interrelated than ever

Answer 19

globalization

Question 20

creates a society where a specific culture arises which in turn shapes that particular society

leads to formation of virtual groups and communities

Answer 20

social media

Question 21

promotes the idea that no culture is superior over any other

worthy in their own right; equal value; neither good nor bad

Answer 21

cultural relativism

Question 22

strong adherence and association to ONE’s cultural perspective, tendency to view others’ as the lesser truth

superiority of one’s culture over others

Answer 22

ethnocentrism

Question 23

others’ culture is superior

Answer 23

xenocentrism

Question 24

is the legacy of physical
artefacts and intangible attributes oÿ a
group of society that are inherited ÿrom
the past generations, maintained in the
present and bestowed for the benefit
of future generations

Answer 24

cultural heritage

Question 25

landscapes, natural environment, buildings, artefacts

Answer 25

tangible

Question 26

traditions, oral history, voices, values

Answer 26

intangible

Question 27

two kinds of culture

Answer 27

material culture, non-material culture