CSP CSP Cultural Sociology & Identity

Question 1

Which concept describes the shared beliefs, values, norms, and symbols that define a group's way of life?

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Culture

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Socialization

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Stratification

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Deviance

Question 2

A sociological practitioner working with immigrant communities recognizes that culture shock often results from:

Accepted Answer

The mismatch between one's original cultural expectations and a new cultural environment

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Language barriers alone

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Economic hardship exclusively

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Racial discrimination only

Question 3

The process by which individuals learn and internalize the norms and values of their culture is called:

Accepted Answer

Socialization

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Acculturation

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Assimilation

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Enculturation

Question 4

When studying cultural practices, a CSP practitioner who judges another culture solely by the standards of their own culture is exhibiting:

Accepted Answer

Ethnocentrism

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Cultural relativism

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Multiculturalism

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Pluralism

Question 5

Which term describes the material objects, behaviors, and ideas that distinguish one generation from others within the same society?

Accepted Answer

Popular culture

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Counterculture

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Subculture

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High culture

Question 6

A CSP practitioner applying cultural relativism would approach a community's unfamiliar ritual by:

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Understanding it within its own cultural context before making judgments

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Immediately discouraging the practice

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Assuming it violates universal ethics

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Documenting it without any cultural interpretation