MODULE 2: PART 1 (CULTURE)

Question 1

“Culture is the complex whole which
includes knowledge, belief, art, morals,
law, customs and habits and any
capabilities acquired by man as a member
of society”.

Answer 1

EDWARD TAYLOR

Question 2

“Culture is social heredity, which is
transmitted from one generation to
another with the accumulation of
individual experiences”.

Answer 2

RALPH LINTON

Question 3

“Culture is the way of life which is
transmitted from generation to
generation”.

Answer 3

JOHN BEATTIE

Question 4

It refers to the feelings of disbelief, disorganization and
frustration one experiences when he encounters cultural
patterns or practices whichare different from his.

Answer 4

CULTURE SHOCK

Question 5

It refers to the tendency to see the behaviors, beliefs, values,
and norms of one’s own group as the only right way of living
and to judge others by those standards.

Answer 5

ETHNOCENTRISM

Question 6

It refers to the evaluation of one’s culture and that of others
based on the romantic notion that the culture and way of life
of the primitives or other simple cultures is better, more
acceptable and more orderly.

Answer 6

NOBLE SAVAGE MENTALITY

Question 7

It refers to the gap between the material and non-material
culture.

Answer 7

CULTURE LAG

Question 8

This refers to smaller group which develop norms, values,
beliefs, and special languages which make the distinct from
the broader society.

Answer 8

SUBCULTURE

Question 9

It refers subgroups whose standards come in conflict with
the oppose the conventional standards of the dominant
culture.

Answer 9

COUNTERCULTURE OR CONTRA CULTURE

Question 10

It refers to the idea that what is foreign is best and that one’s
lifestyle, products or ideas are inferior to those others.

Answer 10

XENOCENTRISM

Question 11

The concept of this perspective states that cultures differ, so that a cultural trait, act, or idea has no meaning but its meaning only within its cultural setting.

Answer 11

CULTURAL RELATIVISM

Question 12

Non-materials aspects of
culture and embody man’s conception
of his physical, social and cultural
world

Answer 12

IDEAS

Question 13

Refer to a person’s conviction about a
certain idea

Answer 13

BELIEFS

Question 14

Abstract concepts of what is
important and worthwhile, they are general ideas that
individuals share about what is good or bad

Answer 14

VALUES

Question 15

CHARACTERIESTICS OF CULTURE: Culture never remains static but changing. It is changing in every society, but with different speed and causes. It constantly under goes change and adapts itself to the environments.

Answer 15

CULTURE IS CHANGING

Question 16

CHARACTERIESTICS OF CULTURE: All the traits, attitudes, ideas, knowledge and material objects like radio, television and automobiles etc. is actually shared by members of
society.

Answer 16

CULTURE IS SHARED

Question 17

CHARACTERIESTICS OF CULTURE: All the culture traits and objects are transmitted among the members of society continually.

Answer 17

CULTURE IS TRANSMITTED

Question 18

CHARACTERIESTICS OF CULTURE: It is acquired through education, training and experience

Answer 18

CULTURE IS LEARNED

Question 19

• These are the guidelines people are
  supposed to follow in their relation with one
  another.
• They indicate what people should or should
  not do in specific situation.
• They indicate the standard of
  propriety, morality, legality, and
  ethics of a society that are
  covered by sanctions when
  violation are made.

Answer 19

COMPONENTS OF CULTURE

Question 20

These are the norms people consider vital to their wellbeing and most cherished values; they are special customs with moral and ethical significance, which are strongly held and emphasized.

Answer 20

MORES

Question 21

These are everyday habits; customs, traditions and conventions people obey without giving much thought to the
matter.

Answer 21

FOLKWAYS

Question 22

These are formalized norms enacted by people vested
with legitimate authority

Answer 22

LAWS

Question 23

NORM THAT STEMS FROM AND ORGANIZES CASUAL INTERACTIONS

Answer 23

FOLKWAY

Question 24

STRONG NEGATIVE NORM; VIOLATING IT RESULTS IN EXTREME DISGUST

Answer 24

TABOO

Question 25

NORM THAT IS INSCRIBED AT THE STATE OF FEDERAL LEVEL

Answer 25

LAW

Question 26

NORM THAT STRUCTURES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG

Answer 26

MORE

Question 27

It is the goal of society and never achieved fully
because some parts remain out of practice. This
culture is explained in books, speeches etc.

Answer 27

IDEAL CULTURE

Question 28

The culture on which we act upon in our daily life.

Answer 28

REAL CULTURE

Question 29

It refers to an object, gesture, sound, color or design that
represents something “other that itself”

Answer 29

LANGUAGE SYMBOLS

Question 30

For example religion, art, ideas,
customs, values system, attitudes, language,
knowledge etc.

Answer 30

NON-MATERIAL CULTURE

Question 31

From material culture we understand material
and physical objects

Answer 31

MATERIAL CULTURE

Question 32

Social anthropologist and a lecturer in his field of study
at Oxford University

Answer 32

JOHN BEATTIE

Question 33

American anthropologist of the mid-20th century

Answer 33

RALPH LINTON (1945)

Question 34

Colonial American poet, pastor and physician of English origin

Answer 34

EDWARD TAYLOR