Cultural Change and Influence Factors

The video explores contemporary causes and effects of cultural diffusion, emphasizing that cultural ideas are socially constructed. It discusses small and large scale forces like travel, globalization, and urbanization that drive cultural change. The video outlines five mechanisms of cultural diffusion: media, technology, politics, economics, and social relationships. It concludes with the effects of cultural interaction, highlighting cultural convergence and divergence, and the impact on languages and cultural preservation.

What is the primary way cultural ideas and practices are formed?

• They are imposed by governments.

• They are divinely inspired.

• They are socially constructed over time.

• They are inherited genetically.

How has travel contributed to cultural change on a small scale?

• By isolating cultures from each other.

• By making it harder to share cultural ideas.

• By allowing people to experience and bring back new cultural ideas.

• By reducing the need for cultural exchange.

Which of the following is a major force of cultural change on a large scale?

• Isolationism

• Urbanization

• Traditionalism

• Feudalism

How do Hollywood films contribute to cultural diffusion?

• By focusing only on historical events.

• By discouraging cultural exchange.

• By spreading American values globally.

• By promoting local cultures exclusively.

What role does the internet play in cultural diffusion?

• It prevents the spread of new cultural trends.

• It allows instant interaction with diverse cultural ideas.

• It only supports local cultural exchanges.

• It limits access to cultural ideas.

How does the UN influence cultural change regarding gender roles?

• By ignoring gender equity.

• By supporting traditional gender roles.

• By promoting male dominance.

• By pressuring countries to adopt gender equity.

What economic system has been widely adopted due to globalization?

• Barter system

• Free market capitalism

• Socialism

• Feudalism

What is cultural convergence?

• Cultures losing all their unique traits.

• Cultures isolating themselves from others.

• Cultures adopting common traits and becoming more alike.

• Cultures becoming more distinct from each other.

What is a consequence of cultural convergence?

• Strengthening of cultural barriers.

• Loss of small indigenous languages.

• Preservation of indigenous cultures.

• Increase in the number of languages.

How have the Amish responded to technological advancements?

• By rejecting them to maintain cultural traditions.

• By leading technological innovation.

• By selectively adopting them.

• By fully embracing them.