A. mores
B. a cultural trait
C. a taboo
D. a cultural complex
Related Mcqs:
- Contemporary technologically advanced societies tend to be_______________?
A. hexahedron
B. hermetic
C. heterogeneous
D. homogeneous - In stratified societies categories of people are ranked by______________?
A. wealth
B. power
C. prestige
D. all of these - Which economic orientations govern Western industrial societies ?
A. Tradition
B. Command
C. Free Market
D. BOTH market and command - Specialized division of labor in industrial societies can make workers feel that they_______________?
A. have lack of control
B. have no sense of accomplishment
C. are an anonymous group
D. all of the above - In stratified societies categories of people are ranked by________________?
A. food is hoarded by a few
B. food is shared by all
C. hunting lacks prestige
D. none of the above - Stratification occurs societies that have a____________?
A. surplus
B. shortage of everything
C. equality
D. capitalistic system - The nuclear family is characteristic of industrial societies because______________?
A. most functions are better performed in secondary groups
B. geographic and social mobility are common in industrial societies
C. ascribed status is more important in industrial societies
D. a large family means more hands to work - What kind of individual is valued in industrial and postindustrial societies ?
A. the nonproductive member of an underclass
B. the nonproductive elderly
C. the technically sophisticated and well-educated individual
D. the manual worker - Pluralist societies depend upon one of the following for their existence_______________?
A. immigration
B. colonization
C. conquest
D. coexistence - What kind of individual is valued in industrial and postindustrial societies ?
A. a highly educated intellectual
B. manual workers
C. nonproductive citizens
D. the poor and alienated
