University of Alabama, Birmingham

SOC 100

Module 4

1)Your friend Marie points out that even though the U.S. constitution emphasizes freedom and individual rights, there are so many examples within U.S. society in which freedoms and individuals rights are violated. This difference can be seen as related to the distinction between:

2. A high-context culture is one in which:

3. According to the video* on "Language as a Window...", why might we say express a request in a form such as "If you could pass the guacamole that would be awesome"?

4. According to the clip on Advertising and the End of the World, "culture is the

 ______________________where a society_____________________." (This is a direct quote.)

5. What is "the foundation of every culture" that conveys verbal and nonverbal messages among members of society?

6. Who are the Nacirema? What ritual is the author, Horace Miner, talking about?

7. Your friend wishes he could live in a society in which people keep a few domesticated animals and mainly engage in some basic agriculture and gardening. In short, he is imagining life as a:

8. What is the belief that one’s own culture’s norms, values, and traditions are not just personally preferred, but inherently better than those of other cultures?

9. Which is NOT a major aspect of McDonaldization, according to Ritzer?

10. According to Levine, which best describes our North American culture in general?