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211. A highly conformist culture is less prone to_______________?
- A. Change
- B. Cultural diffusion
- C. both a and b
- D. None of these
Explanation: Strong conformity discourages departures from established norms, so such cultures are especially resistant to social change. Cultural diffusion may also be resisted, but the standard contrast is conformity versus change.
Correct answer: Change212. Which concept has the work of Robert Putnam helped to popularize in the social sciences ?
- A. cultural capital
- B. economic capital
- C. social capital
- D. symbolic capital
Explanation: Robert Putnam popularized social capital, meaning the networks, trust and shared norms that help people cooperate. Cultural, economic and symbolic capital are more closely associated with Pierre Bourdieu.
Correct answer: social capital213. The adage that its not what you know its who you know emphasizes the importance of connections This is most relevant the concept of________________?
- A. de-differentiation
- B. network economy
- C. political corruption
- D. social capital
Explanation: Social capital refers to the benefits gained through relationships, contacts, trust, and social networks. The phrase “who you know” highlights access obtained through such connections rather than through knowledge alone.
Correct answer: social capital214. The internet rearranges our experience of space-time by making it possible to_______________?
- A. communicate instantly with people far away
- B. experience what its like to be a different gender
- C. interact in an unreal and alienated way
- D. communicate without non-verbal cues
Explanation: The internet compresses social distance by allowing people in geographically distant places to communicate almost instantly. The other options describe particular online experiences or limitations, not the main rearrangement of space-time.
Correct answer: communicate instantly with people far away215. The tourist gaze is socially organized by professional experts and puts the tourist in search of_____________?
- A. the familiar
- B. the exotic
- C. the historic
- D. the amusingSearch Public Records
Explanation: John Urry’s tourist gaze is socially organized through tourism institutions and experts, directing visitors toward sights presented as unusual or different from everyday life. Thus, tourists are typically encouraged to seek the exotic rather than the familiar.
Correct answer: the exotic216. We all for most of the time try to be a model personality A model personality is one that represents ?
- A. All possible cultural traits
- B. Most of the cultural traits
- C. None of the cultural traits
- D. None of these
Explanation: A model personality is an ideal-typical pattern that reflects the cultural traits commonly valued or displayed by members of a society. It need not include every possible trait, so “most” is more accurate than “all.”
Correct answer: Most of the cultural traits