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| 101. |
According to Ruth Benedict, cultures were ways of living, which she called _________ |
| A. | cultural configurations |
| B. | cultural compounds |
| C. | cultural organizations |
| D. | cultural parties |
| Answer» A. cultural configurations | |
| 102. |
Which of the following books have been authored by Ruth Benedict? |
| A. | “The Mind of Primitive Man” and “Primitive Art” |
| B. | ‘Continuities in Cultural Evolution’ and ‘Culture and Commitment’ |
| C. | ‘Primitive Culture’ and ‘Religion in Primitive Culture’ |
| D. | ‘The Chrysanthemum and the Sword’ and ‘Patterns of Culture’ |
| Answer» D. ‘The Chrysanthemum and the Sword’ and ‘Patterns of Culture’ | |
| 103. |
The development of one or more cultures from simpler to more complex forms is called |
| A. | Cultural change |
| B. | Cultural progress |
| C. | Cultural development |
| D. | Cultural evolution |
| Answer» D. Cultural evolution | |
| 104. |
Which of the following is not a feature of youth subcultures? |
| A. | it is a culture of leisure rather than work |
| B. | youth groups are particularly interested in social issues |
| C. | social relationships are organized around the peer group |
| D. | youth groups are particularly interested in style. |
| Answer» B. youth groups are particularly interested in social issues | |
| 105. |
Which of the following does not lead to diffusion? |
| A. | Exploration |
| B. | Tourism |
| C. | Immigration |
| D. | Suppression |
| Answer» D. Suppression | |
| 106. |
Discoveries can happen through |
| A. | Accident |
| B. | Scientific research |
| C. | Chance |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 107. |
Which of the following is a downside of cultural relativism? |
| A. | It may be used to excuse rudebehaviour |
| B. | It may be used to excuse unscientificbehaviour |
| C. | It may be used to excuse behaviour that exploit human rights |
| D. | It may be used to excuse privileged behaviour |
| Answer» C. It may be used to excuse behaviour that exploit human rights | |
| 108. |
Xenocentrism refers to |
| A. | Preference for the foreign |
| B. | Preference for ones own |
| C. | Preference for the familiar |
| D. | Preference for the imaginary |
| Answer» A. Preference for the foreign | |
| 109. |
When material culture and non-material culture change at the same pace, which of the following can be avoided? |
| A. | Cultural phobia |
| B. | Cultural lag |
| C. | Cultural exchange |
| D. | Cultural diffusion |
| Answer» B. Cultural lag | |
| 110. |
Material culture is most affected by |
| A. | Changes in taboos |
| B. | Changes in beliefs |
| C. | Changes in technology |
| D. | Changes in acculturation |
| Answer» C. Changes in technology | |
| 111. |
Which of the following is a characteristic of early human societies? |
| A. | They were very dependent on their physical environment |
| B. | They had sophisticated religious systems |
| C. | They were stratified to a great extent |
| D. | They could manipulate their surroundings to a great extent |
| Answer» A. They were very dependent on their physical environment | |
| 112. |
Exchanges of cultural features with foreign cultures is called |
| A. | Assimilation |
| B. | Acculturation |
| C. | Diffusion |
| D. | Differentiation |
| Answer» C. Diffusion | |
| 113. |
Enculturation is closely related to |
| A. | Globalization |
| B. | Diffusion |
| C. | Assimilation |
| D. | Socialization |
| Answer» D. Socialization | |
| 114. |
According to Bourdieu, success in the educational system is determined by one’s |
| A. | Cultural capital |
| B. | Intellect |
| C. | Cultural superiority |
| D. | Genes |
| Answer» A. Cultural capital | |
| 115. |
High culture is consumed by |
| A. | A few people |
| B. | All people |
| C. | Majority of the people |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. A few people | |
| 116. |
Are folkways considered to be essential to society’s survival? |
| A. | Yes |
| B. | No |
| C. | Sometimes |
| D. | Most of the time |
| Answer» B. No | |
| 117. |
‘Humanitarian values reflected in welfare and other government aid programs come into conflict with values that emphasize hard work and personal achievement.’ This is an example of |
| A. | Value contraction |
| B. | Value contradistinction |
| C. | Value contradiction |
| D. | Value contract |
| Answer» C. Value contradiction | |
| 118. |
Values are ___________ ideas. |
| A. | Individual |
| B. | Collective |
| C. | Either A or B |
| D. | Neither A nor B |
| Answer» B. Collective | |
| 119. |
Values, norms, traditions, and beliefs are all examples of |
| A. | Material culture |
| B. | Non-material culture |
| C. | Cultural lag |
| D. | High culture |
| Answer» B. Non-material culture | |
| 120. |
Which of the following are characteristics of culture? |
| A. | Culture is meaningful |
| B. | Culture is learned |
| C. | Culture is arbitrary |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 121. |
_________ allows wealthier categories of people to exercise some control over others. |
| A. | Popular culture |
| B. | Mass culture |
| C. | Dominant culture |
| D. | High culture |
| Answer» C. Dominant culture | |
| 122. |
A/An _______ is a system of interrelationships that connects individuals. |
| A. | Association |
| B. | Triad |
| C. | Dyad |
| D. | Society |
| Answer» D. Society | |
| 123. |
Values are ________ ideals |
| A. | abstract |
| B. | concrete |
| C. | fixed |
| D. | substantial |
| Answer» A. abstract | |
| 124. |
_________ defined culture as "that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society”. |
| A. | Franz Boas |
| B. | E.B Tylor |
| C. | Ruth Benedict |
| D. | Margaret Mead |
| Answer» B. E.B Tylor | |
| 125. |
Hunting and gathering societies were most likely to be |
| A. | Nomadic |
| B. | Settled |
| C. | Inegalitarian |
| D. | Complex |
| Answer» A. Nomadic | |
| 126. |
A preference for imported goods is an example of |
| A. | Xenolith |
| B. | Xenophobism |
| C. | Xenocentrism |
| D. | Xenogamy |
| Answer» C. Xenocentrism | |
| 127. |
Which of the following could be a feature of ethnic subcultures? |
| A. | Common language |
| B. | Common nationality |
| C. | Common race |
| D. | A, B and C |
| Answer» D. A, B and C | |
| 128. |
Non-conformity is usually a feature of |
| A. | Regional subcultures |
| B. | Youth subcultures |
| C. | Ethnic subcultures |
| D. | Immigrant subcultures |
| Answer» B. Youth subcultures | |
| 129. |
Which of the following theories consider the evolution of human culture as a whole? |
| A. | Unilinear theories |
| B. | Multilinear theories |
| C. | Interlinear theories |
| D. | Vertilinear theories |
| Answer» A. Unilinear theories | |
| 130. |
The theory of biological evolution was put forward by |
| A. | Edwin Sutherland |
| B. | Ceseare Lombroso |
| C. | Charles Darwin |
| D. | Herbert Spencer |
| Answer» C. Charles Darwin | |
| 131. |
Which of the following works was authored byLewis H. Morgan? |
| A. | Primitive Society |
| B. | Ancient Society |
| C. | Aged Society |
| D. | Historical Society |
| Answer» B. Ancient Society | |
| 132. |
Charles Darwin put forward his theory of biological evolution in which of the following book? |
| A. | The Voyage of the Beagle |
| B. | The Descent of Man |
| C. | The Origin of Species |
| D. | Evolution through Time |
| Answer» C. The Origin of Species | |
| 133. |
Which of the following theories consider the evolution of individual cultures? |
| A. | Unilinear theories |
| B. | Multilinear theories |
| C. | Interlinear theories |
| D. | Vertilinear theories |
| Answer» B. Multilinear theories | |
| 134. |
The Danish archaeologist Christian Jürgenson Thomsen named the developmental stages of human culture the Stone, Bronze, and Iron ages on the basis of |
| A. | Tools |
| B. | Commerce |
| C. | Economy |
| D. | Arts |
| Answer» A. Tools | |
| 135. |
Who introduced the concept of ‘cultural configuration’? |
| A. | Franz Boas |
| B. | E.B Tylor |
| C. | Ruth Benedict |
| D. | Margaret Mead |
| Answer» C. Ruth Benedict | |
| 136. |
According to Ruth Benedict the ‘whole of social attitudes, practices and beliefs’ is called |
| A. | Coordination |
| B. | Concoction |
| C. | Construct |
| D. | Configuration |
| Answer» D. Configuration | |
| 137. |
Technology would be an example of |
| A. | Antiquity |
| B. | Norm |
| C. | Construct |
| D. | Artifact |
| Answer» D. Artifact | |
| 138. |
Ethnocentrism is the opposite of |
| A. | Cultural relativism |
| B. | Cultural assimilation |
| C. | Cultural diffusion |
| D. | Cultural integration |
| Answer» A. Cultural relativism | |
| 139. |
Symbols helps society |
| A. | share culture |
| B. | share taboos |
| C. | share meanings |
| D. | share values |
| Answer» C. share meanings | |
| 140. |
Gestures help us to express |
| A. | feelings |
| B. | ideas |
| C. | emotions |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 141. |
Interpersonal relations and living arrangements can be best analysed through |
| A. | experimental method |
| B. | exploratory method |
| C. | genealogical method |
| D. | interview method |
| Answer» C. genealogical method | |
| 142. |
one way of securing cultural capital is through |
| A. | Education |
| B. | Wealth |
| C. | Migration |
| D. | None of the above. |
| Answer» A. Education | |
| 143. |
__________ is the capacity to create symbols or general ideas that carry particular meanings. |
| A. | Cultural relativism |
| B. | Abstraction |
| C. | Acculturation |
| D. | Cultural exchange |
| Answer» B. Abstraction | |
| 144. |
People are usually punished when theyviolate norms, but the punishment is usually minor if the norm is a ________. |
| A. | More |
| B. | Folkway |
| C. | Taboo |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Folkway | |
| 145. |
Movies are an example of |
| A. | High culture |
| B. | Low culture |
| C. | Popular culture |
| D. | Elite culture |
| Answer» C. Popular culture | |
| 146. |
___________________ is a person who is taken as the point of reference in a discussion. |
| A. | Individual. |
| B. | Id. |
| C. | Ego. |
| D. | Super ego. |
| Answer» D. Super ego. | |
| 147. |
Whose definition is this: “Personality indicates the individuals organized tendency of working, seeing, thinking and feeling?” |
| A. | W. F. Green. |
| B. | New Comb. |
| C. | Herskovits. |
| D. | R.E. Park |
| Answer» B. New Comb. | |
| 148. |
The unifications of individual’s socio-psychological behaviour reflected in |
| A. | The way individual behaves. |
| B. | His personalit |
| C. | His social interaction. |
| D. | His culture. |
| Answer» C. His social interaction. | |
| 149. |
Personality is expressed through |
| A. | Habits, tendencies and thinking |
| B. | Habits and behaviour |
| C. | Thinking |
| D. | Tendencies and thinking |
| Answer» A. Habits, tendencies and thinking | |
| 150. |
To prepare one for future roles is |
| A. | Futurisation |
| B. | Prediction |
| C. | Anticipatory socialization |
| D. | Internalization |
| Answer» C. Anticipatory socialization | |
| 151. |
Which among the following is not correct about culture? |
| A. | Cultural traits can be acquired through socialization and habits |
| B. | Culture is something collective |
| C. | Culture has always links with the past |
| D. | Culture never passed on with the help of language |
| Answer» D. Culture never passed on with the help of language | |
| 152. |
Trait is |
| A. | Social trend at present |
| B. | Social trend of the past |
| C. | The smallest unit of culture |
| D. | The smallest unit of personality |
| Answer» C. The smallest unit of culture | |
| 153. |
A cluster of related traits is called |
| A. | Culture norms |
| B. | Culture complex |
| C. | Cultural collectivity |
| D. | Cultural uniformity |
| Answer» C. Cultural collectivity | |
| 154. |
Culture is acquired by man through______________ |
| A. | Learning |
| B. | Inheritance |
| C. | Birth |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Learning | |
| 155. |
Smallest identifiable unit of culture is ________________ |
| A. | Culture complex |
| B. | Culture pattern |
| C. | Cultural trait |
| D. | Cultural theme |
| Answer» C. Cultural trait | |
| 156. |
Example of non-material culture is ______________ |
| A. | Building |
| B. | Religion |
| C. | Pencil |
| D. | Cloth |
| Answer» B. Religion | |
| 157. |
Psychoanalytical theory was developed by _________________ |
| A. | Sigmund Freud |
| B. | Carl Jung |
| C. | Margaret Mead |
| D. | Ruth Benedict |
| Answer» A. Sigmund Freud | |
| 158. |
_____________ stage is the first stage of socialization according to Sigmund Freud |
| A. | Oral stage |
| B. | Anal stage |
| C. | Phallic stage |
| D. | Adolescent stage |
| Answer» A. Oral stage | |
| 159. |
_________________ is the motive to realize one’s full potential |
| A. | Self esteem |
| B. | Self actualization |
| C. | Role taking |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Self esteem | |
| 160. |
__________________ approach classifies people into categories like introvert and extrovert |
| A. | Trait theory |
| B. | type theory |
| C. | Activity theory |
| D. | Psychoanalytical theory |
| Answer» A. Trait theory | |
| 161. |
__________is the process in which the culture of a society is transmitted to children. |
| A. | Socialization |
| B. | Accumulation |
| C. | Assimilation |
| D. | Actualization |
| Answer» A. Socialization | |
| 162. |
Culture exists in a __________________ |
| A. | Society |
| B. | Family |
| C. | Community |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» A. Society | |
| 163. |
Concept of cultural lag was proposed by _________________ |
| A. | W. F. Ogburn |
| B. | Leslie White |
| C. | J.Herskovits |
| D. | A.L. Kroeber |
| Answer» A. W. F. Ogburn | |
| 164. |
____________ is the acceptance of ourselves |
| A. | Personality |
| B. | Self Esteem |
| C. | Attitude |
| D. | Leadership |
| Answer» A. Personality | |
| 165. |
Concept of Looking –Glass Self was coined by _____________ |
| A. | Ruth Benedict |
| B. | G. H. Mead |
| C. | C.H. Cooley |
| D. | Sigmund Freud |
| Answer» C. C.H. Cooley | |
| 166. |
According to ________________ oral stage is the first stage of socialization |
| A. | Mead |
| B. | Cooley |
| C. | Freud |
| D. | Bulmer |
| Answer» C. Freud | |
| 167. |
The gap between the material and non-material is known as ___________________ |
| A. | Cultural fusion |
| B. | Cultural lag |
| C. | Cultural identity |
| D. | Subculture |
| Answer» B. Cultural lag | |
| 168. |
Persons with ______________ personality are relaxed and less competitive |
| A. | Type B |
| B. | Type A |
| C. | Type C |
| D. | Type D |
| Answer» B. Type A | |
| 169. |
____________ acts according to the pleasure principle |
| A. | Ego |
| B. | Id |
| C. | Super ego |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Id | |
| 170. |
. Major socializing agent |
| A. | School |
| B. | Religion |
| C. | Family |
| D. | Law |
| Answer» C. Family | |
| 171. |
Personality is the subjective aspect of________________ |
| A. | Culture |
| B. | Mob |
| C. | Audience |
| D. | Crowd |
| Answer» A. Culture | |
| 172. |
___________ is formed an interaction with others |
| A. | Self |
| B. | Culture |
| C. | Personality |
| D. | Identity |
| Answer» A. Self | |
| 173. |
Persons with ________________ personality experience more stress. |
| A. | Type A |
| B. | Type C |
| C. | Type B |
| D. | Type D |
| Answer» A. Type A | |
| 174. |
_______________ inculcates moral judgment and societal rules upon ego. |
| A. | Ego |
| B. | Superego |
| C. | Id |
| D. | Culture |
| Answer» B. Superego | |
| 175. |
_____________________ gets developed in a child through interaction with his family members only. |
| A. | Personality |
| B. | Self |
| C. | Mind |
| D. | Culture |
| Answer» B. Self | |
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