Writers Den

1. According to Kluckhohn and Kroeber, culture includes
   

   artifacts.

   patterned ways of doing things.

   values.

   beliefs.

   all of these

1 points

QUESTION 2

1. According to Margaret Visser (“Much Depends On Dinner”), nonmaterial culture (e.g., forks, chairs, hallways)
   

   is similar from society to society.

   has little or no impact on people’s behavior.

   governs our lives to the extent we take it for granted.

   is rarely borrowed from between people of different cultures.

   includes traditions such as Thanksgiving.

1 points

QUESTION 3

1. By definition, idiocultures are larger than subcultures.

   True

   False

1 points

QUESTION 4

1. In the United States, a gang whose members drive big motorcycles they call pigs, wear leather clothes, never bathe and thrive on selling drugs, robbing banks and murder-for-hire, would be called a
   

   subculture.

   ghetto culture.

   materialistic culture.

   violent culture.

   counter culture.

1 points

QUESTION 5

1. The practice of borrowing specific elements from one culture to another is called cultural
   

   integration.

   adaptation.

   diffusion.

   imitation.

   relativism.

1 points

QUESTION 6

1. America is known for its diversity, but many Americans make the unfortunate assumption that no such diversity exists in other parts of the world. There are several examples of how this assumption is dysfunctional at the individual and societal level. Select and describe one example of how overlooking the diversity of other parts of the world harms individuals and/or society.