Sociology Culture

Explain the concept of multiculturalism and its significance in today's society.

• Multiculturalism is significant in today's society as it promotes inclusivity, diversity, and understanding among people from different backgrounds.

• Multiculturalism leads to the loss of cultural identity

• Multiculturalism has no significance in today's society

• Multiculturalism promotes segregation and division among people

Discuss the challenges of maintaining cultural diversity in a globalized world.

• Decrease in global trade

• Lack of technological advancement

• Influence of dominant cultures, globalization of media, and spread of consumerism

• Isolation from other cultures

Select areas of culture which show a great deal of variation in different cultures (select all)

• Language

• Food

• Traditions

• Ideas about morality

A definition of culture is

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• A shared way of life of a group of people with shared norms and values.

• Different types of culture existing in different societies

• Standardised or mass produced products available to large groups of people.

What is a subculture?

• A culture that is different from other cultures and less good.

• An underwater culture.

• A smaller group with distinctive norms and values that is different to the mainstream majority group.

• A little group of people with norms and values which are similar to the mainstream group.

What are values?

• Numbers that relate to how good something is

• Unwritten rules about how to behave

• standards shared by members of a culture and used to judge whether behaviour is right or wrong.

• A position that someone has in society

How is a social identity formed?

• Our sense of social identity is formed by eating healthy food.

• Our sense of social identity is formed through biological processes

• Our sense of social identity emerges from chatting with our friends on social media.

• Our sense of social identity arises out of our interaction with other, so that we develop our identity based on what others think of us ans well as our own perceptions of ourselves.

What is the functionalist view of social control?

• Functionalists believe that social control is something that happens naturally.

• Functionalists believe that the process of socialization ensures that people conform to societies' norms and values as they have internalized the societies norms and values and want to do the right thing.

• Functionalists believe that people conform because they are afraid of sanctions.

• Functionalists believe that social control is a result of powerful people brainwashing people

In what ways is the Amish way of life different from most Americans?

• Lifestyle based on religious practices and beliefs

• Dress very plainly and simply

• Reject features of modern life like technology and global travel.

• Wear colourful hairstyles.

What is diversity?

• Cultures which are in close contact in society

• Where there are many differences in and between human cultures

• Cultures which share many features

• An under water swimming method.