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Culture and socialization

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

People who share the same language and live in the same area can have a different culture:

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Culture is a set concept, therefore, there is a set number of cultures in our world today:

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Cultural patterns that are a separate part of a segment of society's population is known as a/an:

a)

Suburb

b)

Subgroup

c)

Counterculture

d)

Counterintelligence

4.

Judging one culture based on the beliefs and values of another is known as:

a)

Afrocentrism

b)

Judgementalism

c)

Egocentrism

d)

Ethnocentrism

5.

A subgroup that pushes back on the mainstream culture in an attempt to change how society functions is known as the:

a)

Subgroup

b)

Radical Culture

c)

Counterculture

d)

Marginalized

6.

The beliefs and behaviors that a social group shares is known as:

a)

Culture

b)

Counterculture

c)

Subculture

d)

Religion

7.

There can be a culture without a society

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What is the most accurate difference between a culture and a society

a)

A society is always large

b)

A culture has a territory

c)

There is no difference between them

d)

A society has a territory

9.

_________________ define how to behave in accordance with what a society has defined as good, right, and important, and most members of the society adhere to them.

a)

Norms

b)

Narms

c)

Majorities

d)

Stereotypes

10.

A speed limit sign is an example of a/an:

a)

Formal Norm

b)

Informal Norm

11.
Culture is
a)
the beliefs and habits you acquire.
b)
an integrated system of beliefs, values, norms, mores, traditions and artifacts transmitted from one generation to the next through learning.
c)
the total of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by members of a group.
d)
all of these
12.

Assertion (A)- Man is the product of the cultural milieu in which he is born.

Reason (R)- Culture determines every aspect of human personality.

a)

(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.

b)

(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.

c)

(c) A is true but R is false

d)

(d) A is false but R is true.

13.

Significant shift over time in cultural practices, including norms and values.

a)

social change

b)

suffrage

c)

The Roaring Twenties

d)

Harlem Renaissance

14.

Read this passage:


Fog everywhere. Fog up the river . . . fog down the river, where it rolls defiled among the tiers of shipping, and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city. . . . Fog lying out on the yards, and hovering in the rigging of great ships; fog drooping on the gunwales of barges and small boats. Fog in the eyes and throats of ancient Greenwich pensioners, wheezing by the firesides. . . . Chance people on the bridges peeping over the parapets into a nether sky of fog, with fog all round them, as if they were up in a balloon and hanging in the misty clouds.1


—Charles Dickens, Bleak House

What was a major cause of the conditions described in the passage?

a)

The increase of women in the workforce

b)

The increase in division between social classes

c)

The growth of economic inequality

d)

The spread of steam-powered factories and mills

15.

It is illegal to go 100 miles an hour on Dundee Road, is an example of a:

a)

law

b)

custom

c)

suggestion

d)

cultural landscape

16.

The feeling a person may have when experiencing a cultural norm that is outside of their cultural background.

a)

culture shock

b)

acculturation

c)

cultural diffusion

d)

society

17.

An example of non-material culture

a)

house

b)

American flag

c)

religious belief

d)

basketball

18.
A norm can be defined as...
a)
The expected behaviours in everyday life.
b)
Rules that must be followed.
c)
The behaviour expected of an individual who occupies a given social position or status. 
d)
Something we celebrate as a group.
19.
Values can be defined as...
a)
The expected behaviours in daily life
b)
Our sense of what is wrong and right for everyone 
c)
The behaviour expected of an individual who occupies a given social position or status. 
d)
Something which can be ascribed or achieved.
20.
A status can be either ascribed or achieved. What does ascribed mean?
a)
Something which you go on to do.
b)
Something you are given.
c)
Something which you are born as.
21.
True or False: It is a norm for girls to be treated less favourably than boys in some cultures
a)
True
b)
False
22.
The term ethnocentric means...
a)
The amount of people from ethnic minority living in a country.
b)
The idea that all cultures are the same.
c)
The idea that one culture is superior to another.
d)
The idea that cultures have differences
23.
People can share 
a)
beliefs
b)
values
c)
behaviors
d)
all of the above 
24.
Lisa's mom and grandmother used to bake a special banana bread together. Now Lisa and her mom bake the same special banana bread together. what is this an example of?
a)
Tradition
b)
Custom
c)
Belief
d)
Culture
25.
The formal and informal rules regarding what kinds of behavior are acceptable and appropriate within a culture. 
a)
Norms
b)
Values
c)
Equl
d)
Mores
26.

Assertion (A) – Cultural change is always planned.

Reason (R) – Societies sometimes resistant to change.

a)

(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.

b)

(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.

c)

(c) A is true but R is false

d)

(d) A is false but R is true.

27.
A culture that is created to go AGAINST mainstream culture is__________?
a)
Mainstream Culture
b)
Subculture
c)
Counterculture
28.
A smaller culture within the mainstream culture is a __________________________.
a)
Mainstream Culture
b)
Subculture
c)
Counterculture
29.

The tendency for one to view one’s own culture and group as superior

a)

Cultural Universal

b)

Self-centered

c)

Selfishness

d)

Ethnocentrism

30.

Groups that go against the norms and beliefs of the larger culture

a)

Alternative Culture

b)

Subculture

c)

Counter Culture

d)

New Culture

31.

Norms that have great moral significance attached to them are made into

a)

Movies

b)

Laws

c)

Children names

d)

Beliefs

32.

How to act in society and in specific situations

a)

Social Norms

b)

Values

c)

Expectations

d)

Beliefs

33.

A smaller culture held by a group of people who live and interact with the main culture of a society.

a)

Subculture

b)

Counter Culture

c)

Deviants

d)

Culture

34.

Value is the a societies measurement on what is good and what is bad.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

An example of a social institution is

a)

The Economy

b)

Schools

c)

The Government

d)

The Family

36.

This is Material Culture

a)

Family Structure

b)

Religious Belief

c)

Cat Clothing

d)

Political Belief

37.
Culture is transmitted by both formal and informal instruction, but not by observation.
a)
True
b)
False
38.

what can subcultures be based on?

a)

mainstream society

b)

similarities

c)

age, political beliefs, religion, ethnicity, religion

d)

differences from wider society

39.
What do sociologists call a continuing process whereby individuals acquire personal identities and learn the norms, values, behaviors, and social skills appropriate to his or her social position?
a)
sociology
b)
socialization
c)
culture
d)
a mouth full
40.
Which agent of socialization has the most impact on our development?
a)
Education
b)
Family
c)
Mass Media
d)
Peer Groups
41.
Which of the following are NOT an agent of socialization?
a)
family
b)
peers
c)
school
d)
food
42.
unofficial aspects of culture that children are taught in school
a)
hidden curriculum
b)
rites of passage
c)
role taking
d)
peer group
43.
individuals of roughly the same age and with similar interests
a)
peer group
b)
hidden curriculum
c)
play stage
d)
socialization
44.
Which term refers to the cultural learning you experience as a child?
a)
Agents of Socialization
b)
Primary Socialization
c)
Socialization
d)
Resocialization
45.

The quality of mind (way of thinking) that allows sociologists to imagine the relationship between our individual circumstances and larger social forces.

a)

Definition of Sociology

b)

The concept of sociological imagination

c)

The process of social construction of reality (norms)

46.

What type of culture consists of the non-physical products of society, including symbols, values and beliefs?

a)

non-material culture

b)

material culture.

47.

Socialization happens best by : ..........

a)

Interacting with other humans

b)

Living in a cave

c)

Interacting with animals

d)

Interacting with chemicals

48.

Socialization begins at birth and continues ..........

a)

until age of 12

b)

until age of 21

c)

until middle age

d)

throughout life

49.

Socialization takes place through a process of cultural ......

a)

isolation

b)

diffusion

c)

transmission

d)

development

50.

The case histories of Wolf-children of Midnapore’, showed ....

a)

the effects of prolonged and intensive human contact.

b)

the way that socialization may occur even in isolation

c)

how important socialization is to development.

d)

how development is independent of socialization.

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