A. it is virtually impossible not to view people and situations in terms of some of the norms and categories derived from one,s own cultural experiences
B. people are intolerant by nature
C. people are afraid and distrustful of strangers
D. it is impossible to understand another culture or subculture without having been raised in it
Related Mcqs:
- Future generations will have to pay interest on the current debt because______________?
A. it takes a long time to pay off debts
B. budget deficits are funded with borrowed money
C. the U.S government never borrows money from foreign governments
D. none of the above - 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 - 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 - Intuition authority tradition and common sense ?
A. have been totally replaced the scientific method
B. are all equally valid tools of inquiry
C. are still used as tools of inquiry
D. are just as exact as the scientific method - In the United States a sense of national identity ?
A. never developed
B. was first based on a common ethnicity and language
C. was later reinforced by the notion of “specialness”
D. only B and C - In modern society death has acquired to some extent a sense of_____________?
A. meaninglessness
B. ordinariness
C. unnaturalness
D. appropriateness - In the long term a firm will produce provided the revenue covers ?
A. Fixed costs
B. Variable costs
C. Total costs
D. Revenue - The term “constitutional” is reserved to describe________________?
A. a government that acts arbitrarily
B. a government that operates in accordance with general rules and limitations
C. an agreement or treaty in written form
D. a government that is no subject to restraints on political power - The term “minority “may be defined as______________?
A. a small group of people living within a large nation
B. a group of people who possess the same access to prestige privilege and power but who differ in looks
C. any group in society that is socially dominated by another group through discrimination because of race culture religion or sex
D. any small group in society which is disliked and abused - Another term for nationalism might be________________?
A. racism
B. imperialism
C. colonialism
D. national ethnocentrism
