The Mandatory Online Quiz 1

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The famous anthropologist Margaret Mead said that the United States of America is the best place to raise a female child. Her assertion is an example of:

Ethnocentrism

Which one of the following would NOT be considered an individualist value? -Freedom -Self-sufficiency -Autonomy -Obedience

Obedience

What school of social theory believes that society is a stable system of structures, each of which contributes to the equilibrium of the whole?

Structural functionalism

Although many people believe that expectations for personal space (usually about eighteen inches for Americans) are innate, members of many cultures are accustomed to noticeably less personal space than we are. This helps demonstrate that people's expectations for personal space are:

A part of our culture and as such are learned rather than innate.

The article "Cross-Cultural Medicine: The Navajo Indians as Case Exemplar" is useful to sociologists because:

It demonstrates how different other cultures' health beliefs are from American culture.

What do sociologists claim is the most significant component of culture?

Language

The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis suggests that:

Language can structure our perception of reality.

Researcher Pam Fishman studied the conversations of heterosexual couples to determine how power is created and maintained through face-to-face interactions on an everyday basis. How would you describe her approach?

Microsociological

Why do ethnocentric people tend to view other cultures as abnormal?

They use their own culture as a standard of judgement.

Which of the following is an example of something that would be part of a person's or a society's material culture? -Weapons of war -Democracy as a political system -Belief in a supreme being -A preference to have health rather than wealth

Weapons of war


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