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Understanding Culture

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What does culture encompass?

Material elements only
Cultural artifacts only
Symbolic elements only
Both material and symbolic elements (correct)

How is culture transmitted from one generation to the next?

Through individual experiences only
Through both formal and informal means (correct)
Through formal education only
Through genetic inheritance

What role does culture play in shaping one's worldview?

Culture has no impact on one's worldview
Culture acts as a lens through which one views the world (correct)
Culture only affects material possessions
Culture only influences language skills

What does the term 'ethnocentrism' refer to?

Using one's own culture as a standard to evaluate another group or individual (B) Signup and view all the answers

Why are people often unaware of the process of learning their own culture?

Because they learn it so slowly and incrementally (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of culture in shaping one's worldview?

To act as a lens through which one views the world (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is meant by 'material culture?"

The objects associated with a cultural group, such as tools, machines, utensils, buildings and artwork (B) Signup and view all the answers

Why is it difficult to clearly see our own culture?

Because we learn it so slowly and incrementally (D) Signup and view all the answers

What are the symbolic aspects of culture?

Ideas associated with a cultural group and forms of communication (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main function of signs in symbolic culture?

Conveying information (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an example of a formal norm?

Laws (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of sanctions in maintaining social order?

To reinforce conformity to norms (C) Signup and view all the answers

Who argues that behavioral traits can be explained by genetics in the Nature vs. Nurture Debate?

Sociobiologists (C) Signup and view all the answers