M1 L3

Question 1

A complex whole that [encompasses beliefs, practices, values, attitudes, laws norms, artifacts, symbols, knowledge, and everything that a person learns] and shares as a member of society

Answer 1

Culture

Question 2

[Diffusion of one’s culture to another through diverse means], namely learning, the imposition by force, and conquest, among others

Answer 2

Enculturation

Question 3

Enculturation leads to what?

Answer 3

Identity Formation

Question 4

Formation of the identity of an individual through his interaction with other people

Answer 4

Identity Formation

Question 5

Elements of Culture

Answer 5

1. Belief
2. Symbols
3. Language
4. Values
5. Norms
6. Law

Question 6

Conceptions and ideas of man regarding his environment

Answer 6

Belief

Question 7

Anything that has meaning and represents something else

Answer 7

Symbols

Question 8

Set of symbols that express ideas that [enable people to formulate thoughts and communicate with one another]

Answer 8

Language

Question 9

Sum of all ideas and concepts that are desirable in a particular culture

Answer 9

Values

Question 10

A concrete set of rules and standards to be observed by man in his cultural setting

Answer 10

Norms

Question 11

A rule or policy that governs the conduct of men which is mostly enacted by a sovereign power

Answer 11

Law

Question 12

Culturally determined rules that guide people regarding what’s right, wrong, proper, or improper

Answer 12

Norms

Question 13

[Creates predictability in daily affairs and interactions], making it easier to live with other members of society

Answer 13

Norms

Question 14

Are [experimented on by a particular society] to check its relevance and appropriateness to existing norms and laws

Answer 14

Values

Question 15

Created and shaped in the community through time

Answer 15

Values

Question 16

Any position that an individual can occupy in society

Answer 16

Status

Question 17

Not a ranked position, but simply [a label that implies certain roles] that must be performed

Answer 17

Status

Question 18

Types of Status

Answer 18

1. Ascribed
2. Achieved

Question 19

Status that is given at birth or assigned later at life (can’t be changed)

Answer 19

Ascribed

Question 20

Status that is acquired willfully and consciously through effort, talent, decisions, and accomplishments

Answer 20

Achieved

Question 21

Aspects of Culture

Answer 21

1. Culture is Learned
2. Culture is Shared
3. Culture is Cumulative
4. Culture is Dynamic
5. Culture is Diverse
6. Culture is Communicated

Question 22

Cultural patterns that are broadly in line with a society’s cultural ideas and values

Answer 22

Mainstream Culture

Question 23

[Cultural behaviors and ideas that are popular] with most people in a society

Answer 23

Low/Pop Culture

Question 24

Cultural patterns that [distinguish a society’s elite]

Answer 24

High Culture

Question 25

Cultural patterns that [set apart] a segment of a society’s population

Answer 25

Subculture

Question 26

[Pushes back on mainstream culture] in an attempt to change how society functions

Answer 26

Counter Culture

Question 27

Cultural groups with the most power and societal influence

Answer 27

Norm

Question 28

People with less power

Answer 28

Subgroups

Question 29

Seeing one culture as superior to the other

Answer 29

Ethnocentrism

Question 30

The practice of judging one culture by the standards of another

Answer 30

Ethnocentrism

Question 31

Characterized by a strong belief that one’s own culture (products, style, or ideas) is inferior to those which originate elsewhere

Answer 31

Xenocentrism

Question 32

The fear of what is perceived as foreign or strange

Answer 32

Xenophobia

Question 33

Recognizes cultural diversity while advocating for equal standing for all cultural traditions

Answer 33

Multiculturalism (Culture Relativism)