17. Sam had unpleasant and even frightening experiences when he encountered a st

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17. Sam had unpleasant and even frightening experiences when he encountered a strange way of life while visiting another country over spring break. His experiences can be called a culture shock. b. cultural diffusion. c. acculturation. d. value conflict. 18. Which of the following most closely conveys the point of the Sapir-Whorf thesis? a. Language involves attaching labels to the real world. b. People perceive the world through the cultural lens of language. c. Most ideas "feel" the same even if they are expressed in different languages. d. Each word in English has its counterpart in all other languages. 19. Wrong-doing such as an adult forcing a child to engage in sexual activity is an example of violating our culture's a. mores. b. symbols. cfolkways d. beliefs. 20. Which of the following items might Gerhard Lenski especially highlight as bringing about change in society? a. the discovery of new sources of energy b. conflict between workers and factory owners c. new religious ideas d. the extent to which people share moral values 21. Which is the first type of society to generate a material surplus? a. hunting and gathering e. agrarian b. horticultural and pastoral d. industrial 22. Sarah is attending a New York City Ballet performance. She is experiencing an example of a. high culture. b. popular culture. csubculture. d. counterculture. 23. Colorado cowboys, the southern Califomia "beach crowd", computer nerds, and wildermness campers all display a. high culture b. counterculture c. virtual culture d. subculture patterns. 24. The concept "culture lag" refers to the fact that a. the rate of culture change has been slowing. b. some societies advance faster than others do. c. some people are more cultured than others. d. some cultural elements change more quickly than others. 25. Levi's jeans are a hot fashion item in Russia. The desire to Russians to follow U.S, fashion trends is an example of a. immigration. b. invention. c. integration. d. diffusion.

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Note: This response is in UK English, please paste the response to MS Word and you should be able to spot discrepancies easily. You may elaborate the answer based on personal views or your classwork if necessary.

(Answer) (17) A - Culture Shock (When one is literally shocked or outraged by the cultures of another community different from their own)

(18) B – The Sapir Whorf theory states that individuals perceive through the lens of their language.

(19) C – Folkways – Traditional behaviour or way of life of a community or a group of people. (This answer could also be A because the behaviour described in the question is not acceptable by any standard of a society.)

(20) D – Because Gerhard Lenski’s sociocultural evolution states that society evolves when there are new ideas or changes in their social environment.

(21) D – because in the industrial society, things were mass produced for the first time in society through machines.

(22) Since details about Sarah are not mentioned, I cannot assume an opposite culture or culture difference as pick options A and D. The answer is most likely C because New York is a melting pot of different ethnicities and Ballet is just one subculture of it all.

(23) C – I have picked C because the internet, computers and social media have influenced all of these cultures in some way or the other.

(24) D – Culture lag is when social norms take time to catch up to technological advancements.

(25) D – Diffusion or the widespread of trends.

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