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Cultural Diversity Unit 2
Quiz 2
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
10/25/2008

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Rituals ...
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All of the above are correct.
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Culture tends to be conservative. Which of the following does not contribute to culture's resistance to change?
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conflicting norms
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Culture ...
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tends to be conservative, because it is cumulative
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The increase in single parent families and double income families has made child care a more important economic and political issue recently. This interrelatedness of social system, economic system, and political system illustrates
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the holistic nature of culture
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Holism refers ...
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to the idea that all parts of a culture interact with and affect each other
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Which of the following would be an example of a people's worldview?
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All of the above would be examples
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Feeling ill upon being told that you have just eaten chocolate covered ants (because you don't consider ants food) is an example of ...
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ethnocentrism
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Assuming that Middle Easterners are basically terrorists, would be an example of what response to difference?
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xenophobia
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During the "Cold War", some Soviet citizens believed that all Americans who visited the USSR were really working for the CIA. (And some Americans believed all visiting Soviets were really working for the KGB). This would be an example of
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xenophobia
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Which of the following is not an example of culture as adaptation?
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Sweating when it is hot
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