Symbols/Language
What is an example of a gesture?
Thumbs up, OK etc
Is doing your homework a prescriptive of proscriptive norm?
Subculture
Beanie babies are an example of which; high culture, pop culture?
Pop Culture
What is an example of a homogeneous society?
Sweden
What is a symbol?
Anything that meaningfully represents something else.
Applause is a form of a positive or negative and formal or informal sanction?
Informal positive sanction
Why did we struggle with determining whether polygamists were a subculture or counter culture?
Because they live in isolation and have values that are contrasting to the masses but they do not directly reject dominant societal values.
The ballet is an example of what; high culture or pop culture?
High Culture
Why is Canada called a cultural mosaic?
Each of the cultures present in our society are preserved and contribute to our mosaic instead of being diluted by the masses.
How can the colour green be perceived differently by different cultures?
First Nations communities = Purity
Western cultures= Natural
Not wearing a headscarf when travelling in a Muslim country is an example of a what?
More
What is the difference between material and non material culture?
The physical and the abstract
What is the term for the following definition: the view that high culture is a device used by the dominant class to exclude the subordinate classes.
Cultural Capital
What is culture shock?
What are three purposes of language?
Share our experiences
Share our feelings
Share knowledge
Create visual images
Set boundaries
Name 3 Canadian core values.
Equality and fairness
Tolerance
Support for diversity
Compassion and generosity
Respect for the environment
Commitment to spreading peace
What are the four categories of cultural universals?
Appearance
Activities
Social Institutions
Customary Practices
Which lasts longer, a fad or a fashion?
Fashion
Which of the following views and analyzes a culture by their own standards; cultural relativism, ethnocentrism?
Cultural relativism
Does our language create our reality or our reality shape our language?
Personal response accepted if explained referencing class material and discussions.
What is the difference between a civil law and a criminal law?
What is the key term for when values conflict with one another? ex: Canadian value of generosity and yet electing a conservative government who do not support social supports with tax dollars.
Value contradictions
What are the four divisions of fads?
Object
Activity
Idea
Personality
What are the potential harms of mass migration?
Isolation
Persecution by the masses