SOC 142 Exam 2 FA 17 W/Lang

Question 1

Slavery brought zombies to the new world.

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True

Question 2

Red star, blue star and blue circle. Navajo & English speaking children would classify which 2?

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Blue star and blue circle

Question 3

The power of pop culture benefits all members of a society equally.

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False

Question 4

This is an example of a commercial measurement used to gauge the popularity of pop culture

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All the answers, iTunes download numbers, Amazon music download numbers, Nielsen ratings

Question 5

Happenings held for “the immediate purpose of being reported or reproduced”

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Pseudo Event

Question 6

This type of culture was typically isolated in rural areas & not created for profit

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Folk culture

Question 7

One of the functions of pop culture is it generates solidarity among individuals

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True

Question 8

The concept of zombies traveled to the new world originally from

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West Africa

Question 9

Functionalism is a micro perspective.

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False

Question 10

English is a futureless language.

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False

Question 11

What is one of the functional elements of crime? Pick a specific answer.

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It provides employment to many people

Question 12

In the culture triangle, the highest ranked culture was folk culture.

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False

Question 13

Zombies entered the mainstream thanks to this travel writer who supposedly tried human flesh

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William Seabrook

Question 14

One of the most controversial ingredients of the zombie powder discovered by Wade Davis is

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a part of a recently buried child's brain

Question 15

Voodoo is a religion.

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True

Question 16

High culture was not threatened by folk culture because

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folk culture was already dying anyway

Question 17

According to Prof. Keith Chen, the language we speak can influence

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how much we save or do not save, directionality, colors we see, kinship terms

Question 18

Acc. 2 Joseph Casagrande children who spoke both Navajo & English categorized objects based on

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Color

Question 19

Which name is associated with the rituals of rebellion?

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Max Gluckman

Question 20

In the functionalist perspective, these elements are not commonly recognized and unintended

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Latent

Question 21

Members of a collective audience sharing simultaneity of the moment is called

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Imagined Community

Question 22

This filmmaker introduced zombies to the western world.

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George Romero

Question 23

The ultimate purpose of rituals of rebellion is to restore social order

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True

Question 24

Red star, blue star and blue circle. Navajo only speaking children would group which two?

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Blue star and red star

Question 25

In the new world zombies took shape in

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Haiti

Question 26

A language that sees the future as distant and separate is considered a __ language.

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Futured

Question 27

According to Durkheim, religion was THE organizing principle in __ societies.

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animistic

Question 28

This concept simply means that pop culture is not created in isolation

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Art worlds

Question 29

Of the three cultures in the culture triangle, which one had the highest population?

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Mass culture, Pop culture

Question 30

Star Wars influenced pop culture by

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provided new ways to market toys, provided new special effects methods, providing a new way to tell stories, providing new film making methods

Question 31

Pop culture icons can be popular but do not necessarily have to be liked or respected

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True

Question 32

This man is a Harvard ethnobotanist who claims to have found zombie powder

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Wade Davis

Question 33

By the mid 1800s, zombies had come to mean

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creature of African origin performing services for whites

Question 34

Zombies in Haitian culture are ____ in origin as compared to pop culture zombies.

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supernatural

Question 35

According to the video embedded in the Ppt futureless language speakers tend to save more money

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True

Question 36

Emile Durkheim was critical of religion.

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False

Question 37

This hypothesis says that the language you speak determines how you see the world.

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Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

Question 38

According to Lera Boroditsky, the language you speak and write in influences directionality

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True

Question 39

What does it mean when we say a perspective is macro?

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It studies structures and institutions in society

Question 40

According to Durkheim, that which is important and not mundane is called

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Sacred

Question 41

One of the latent functions of going to university is

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loving exams and quizzes and 20 page papers, having a wonderful time, getting married, finding a spouse

Question 42

What might be a medical reason for zombie like behavior?

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Catatonic schizophrenia

Question 43

What caused the culture of the masses to become more widespread?

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Industrialization and access to media & technology

Question 44

The feeling of shared identity experienced by a group of people

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Collective Effervescence

Question 45

In the Functionalist perspective these elements are commonly recognized and intended

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Functional

Question 46

According to Durkheim, symbols help distinguish between

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Sacred and profane

Question 47

Zombies are tabula rasa which is why they are used instead of vampires. What's the meaning?

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clean slate

Question 48

The culture triangle consists of high culture, mass culture and ____.

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Folk culture

Question 49

According to Durkheim, religion was the ___ which held society together.

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Glue

Question 50

Which of the following is NOT one of the functions of religion?

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Solves all of people's problems

Question 51

Instagram and Facebook likes are a great ___ ways to gauge the popularity of pop culture icons

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Non-commercial

Question 52

The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis has been accused of being

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Linguistically deterministic

Question 53

According to Durkheim, that which is not as important and is mundane

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Profane

Question 54

In the functionalist perspective, these elements disrupt stability

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Dysfunction

Question 55

Voodoo means ____ in the Fon language.

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spirit

Question 56

The invention of discrete music genres based on race is an example of pop culture

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being a reflection of the society it was made in

Question 57

The audience for pop culture is small.

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False

Question 58

Pop culture is symbolic of a ___ and ___ society.

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sophisticated;complex

Question 59

Pop culture helps

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air our thoughts, starts trends which ensure solidarity, ensures solidarity through discussion (gossip)

Question 60

Acc. 2 Casagrande, children who spoke only Navajo grouped objects together based on

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Shape

Question 61

This revolution helped create a new upper class in the United States.

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Industrial

Question 62

The two effects of functionalism are

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Function and Dysfunction

Question 63

Pop culture reflects the society it emerges from.

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True

Question 64

Zombies reflect a fear of loss of control.

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True

SOC 142 Exam 2 FA 17 W/Lang

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SOC 142 Exam 2 FA 17 W/Lang

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