Understanding Cultural Concepts Quiz

Which term describes the process by which different cultures become more similar to one another?

• Cultural Lag

• Cultural Leveling

• Cultural Diffusion

• Ethnocentrism

What is the term for the spread of cultural elements from one society to another?

• Cultural Relativism

• Cultural Universals

• Cultural Diffusion

• Counterculture

Which concept refers to the idea that one should understand another culture in its own context rather than judging it by the standards of one's own culture?

• Ethnocentrism

• Cultural Relativism

• Subculture

• Cultural Lag

What is the term for the belief that one's own culture or group is superior to others?

• Cultural Universals

• Counterculture

• Ethnocentrism

• Cultural Leveling

Which term describes a group that rejects the values and norms of the larger culture and replaces them with a new set of cultural patterns?

• Subculture

• Cultural Lag

• Counterculture

• Cultural Diffusion

What is the term for cultural patterns that are widespread among a society's population?

• Cultural Universals

• Subculture

• Cultural Relativism

• Cultural Leveling

Which term refers to a group within a larger culture that has different beliefs or interests from the larger culture?

• Cultural Lag

• Subculture

• Ethnocentrism

• Cultural Diffusion

What is the term for the time delay between the introduction of new technology and the cultural adjustments to it?

• Cultural Lag

• Cultural Relativism

• Cultural Universals

• Counterculture

Which concept refers to the idea that certain cultural elements are common to all human cultures worldwide?

• Cultural Diffusion

• Cultural Universals

• Subculture

• Cultural Leveling

Which term describes the process by which a culture adopts the characteristics of a fast-paced technological society?

• Cultural Lag

• Cultural Leveling

• Cultural Diffusion

• Ethnocentrism