Understanding Culture Quiz

What are the characteristics of surface culture?

• Beliefs, attitudes, and values of a group

• Characteristics that are noticeably different during contact with a group

• Importance of personal space

• Respect for authority

Which of the following is an example of deep culture?

• Food

• Clothing

• Spiritual beliefs

• Music

Which of the following is NOT a part of surface culture?

• Food

• Language

• Power distance

• Music

What is one negative impact of deviating from norms?

• Promoting change

• Being stigmatized

• Increased belonging

• Enhanced group cohesion

What is one positive impact of deviating from norms?

• Being marginalized

• Promoting change

• Increased isolation

• Reduced group cohesion

What human need pushes us to conform to group norms?

• Need for independence

• Need for power

• Need for belonging

• Need for competition

In the emic approach, how do researchers develop an understanding of the culture they are studying?

• By comparing behaviors across cultures

• By deciding what to study before arriving

• By immersing themselves in the culture and using local people

• By finding universal behaviors

Which approach is associated with the term 'subjective'?

• Emic

• Etic

• Both Emic and Etic

• Neither Emic nor Etic

Which approach involves planning out research before arriving in the field?

• Etic approach

• Emic approach

• Both approaches

• Neither approach

Which approach applies research findings globally and assumes that behaviors are universal?

• Etic approach

• Emic approach

• Both approaches

• Neither approach