COPY: Sociology: Beliefs, Norms, and Cultural Diversity

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According to functionalism, society is viewed as a structure with interrelated parts designed to meet the __________ needs of individuals.

  • Biological and social (correct)
  • Economic and political
  • Environmental and cultural
  • Educational and technological

Who believed that society is a complex system of interrelated and interdependent parts working together to maintain stability?

  • Herbert Spencer
  • Émile Durkheim (correct)
  • Karl Marx
  • Alfred Radcliff-Brown

What are social facts according to Émile Durkheim?

  • Economic theories
  • Political ideologies
  • Religious beliefs
  • Cultural rules governing social life (correct)

Which type of functions are the consequences of a social process that are unsought and unintended?

<p>Latent functions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Alfred Radcliff-Brown, how does any recurrent activity contribute to society?

<p>By contributing to social stability and continuity (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Conflict theory' views society as a competition for what?

<p>Limited resources (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are beliefs?

<p>Specific statements individuals hold to be true (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of norms are mores?

<p>Widely observed norms with moral significance (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does high culture refer to?

<p>Cultural patterns that distinguish a society's elite (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does cultural integration refer to?

<p>Close relationships among various elements of a cultural system (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term describes the spread of objects from one society to another?

<p>Cultural diffusion (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does cultural relativism involve?

<p>Practice of evaluating a culture by that culture's own standards (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Ludwig Gumplowicz, what leads to states being identified and defined by a dominant group?

<p>Cultural and ethnic conflicts (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Georg Simmel believe can help integrate and stabilize a society?

<p>Conflict (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main goal of critical theory?

<p>Address structural issues causing inequality (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where did critical race theory originate from?

<p>A critical analysis of race and racism from a legal point of view (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the social-conflict paradigm, what do many cultural traits do?

<p>Function to the advantage of some and the disadvantage of others (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of mediators in actor-network-theory?

<p>Transform, translate, distort, and modify the meaning they are supposed to carry (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which cultural shift is mentioned in the text?

<p>Increase in South Korean and Japanese cultural influence (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What television series were viewed by individuals living behind the Iron Curtain as mentioned in the text?

<p>Dallas and Dynasty (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which individual taught us how to declutter our lives in a Netflix hit as per the text?

<p>Marie Kondo (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What phrase are analysts using to refer to the spread of South Korean culture, as mentioned in the text?

<p>'Hallyu' (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which consulting firm noted that Asia is becoming an increasingly significant cultural force?

<p>McKinsey (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What caused the increase in enrollments for Korean language programs in the United States?

<p>Growing interest in East Asian pop culture (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term was used to refer to Taiwanese drama series after the introduction of imported tv drama series from Taiwan and Korea?

<p>Chinovela (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which country's government initiative and people's demand led to the production of better films and television dramas?

<p>South Korea (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who mentioned that 'the East is coming' and has been transforming transnational flows of pop culture?

<p>Anthony Fung (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term is used to refer to television drama series or soap operas, particularly from Latin America?

<p>Telenovela (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What language programs witnessed the largest increase in enrollments between 2013 and 2016 in the United States?

<p>Korean (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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