A. one,s own culture subculture or society is best bar none
B. women are subordinate in every culture
C. other cultures can be judged by the standards of one,s own
D. the males of a given ethnic group are superior
Related Mcqs:
- An extreme example of the consequences of ethnocentrism in the sense of ethnochauvinism is_____________?
A. cultural relativity
B. “ethnic cleansing”
C. ethnic pluralism
D. assimilation - Ethnocentrism refers to_______________?
A. an attitude with which members of one society judge another society according to their own standards
B. the attitude that cultures be analyzed on their own terms
C. the attitude that certain values and practices are common to all cultures
D. all of the above - A lake is polluted The fish in it die The algae make unpleasant odors It may be said that__________________?
A. the ecosystem is disturbed
B. biological capital is lost
C. the environment is degraded
D. all of the above - Supply-side theories claim that__________________?
A. business cycles are caused by insufficient supply
B. a decline in aggregate supply is responsible for economic downturns
C. an increase in aggregate supply causes output and employment to decline
D. none of the above - It is correct to say that__________________?
A. change is only a recent situation
B. the more things change the more they remain the same
C. the rate of change has increased in recent years
D. change has been the downfall of societies - Meads work in New Guinea indicated that__________________?
A. biology totally controls social role behavior
B. all tribes in her study stressed male aggression and hostility
C. sex role behavior is conditioned differently in different cultures
D. men are men and women are women everywhere - Studies have found that__________________?
A. victims of child abuse become troubled adults
B. the more severe the abuse the more extreme the later psychiatric symptoms
C. not all abused children go on to abuse their own children
D. all of the above - A modified version of elitist theory holds that_______________?
A. elite members identify with middle-class values
B. the masses can on occasion influence the elite
C. elites vary in their degree of openness
D. all of the above - Skepticism refers to________________?
A. impartiality
B. doubting
C. repetition
D. precision - The concept of deviance refers to________________?
A. going in the wrong direction
B. bad manners
C. departure from social norms
D. reversing one,s opinion
