4.2.1.1 Conceptions of culture Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 2

The 20 questions

1. What term describes a distinct cultural group within a larger society?

   • Folk culture
   • Counterculture
   • Subculture
   • High culture

2. Which concept refers to standardised culture commercially produced for large audiences?

   • High culture
   • Folk culture
   • Subculture
   • Mass culture

3. Sociologist Herbert Gans challenged the idea that which cultural form is inherently superior?

   • Folk culture
   • Mass culture
   • Popular culture
   • High culture

4. What term describes traditional, locally rooted culture passed down informally through generations?

   • Folk culture
   • High culture
   • Mass culture
   • Global culture

5. Which term describes culture that is widely consumed and enjoyed by mainstream society?

   • Folk culture
   • Popular culture
   • High culture
   • Subculture

6. Which term describes culture that spreads across national borders through media and trade?

   • High culture
   • Mass culture
   • Global culture
   • Folk culture

7. What term describes a youth group developing distinct styles, music and values within society?

   • Hegemony
   • Subculture
   • Mass culture
   • High culture

8. Which group of cultural critics argued that mass culture degrades artistic and intellectual standards?

   • Frankfurt School
   • Labelling theorists
   • Postmodernists
   • Interactionists

9. Which sociological concept examines how cultural goods are created by industries and institutions?

   • Cultural diffusion
   • Cultural imperialism
   • Cultural production
   • Cultural capital

10. Sociologists argue that the distinction between high culture and popular culture is a what?

    • Biological necessity
    • Universal truth
    • Social construction
    • Fixed hierarchy

11. In sociology, what term describes the shared values, norms, beliefs and practices of a society?

    • Culture
    • Anomie
    • Structure
    • Ideology

12. Which Marxist concept describes the dominant class using ideology to secure consent from subordinate groups?

    • Anomie
    • Cultural capital
    • Hegemony
    • Alienation

13. Traditional rural storytelling compared to national television drama contrasts which two cultural forms?

    • High and low culture
    • Subculture and high culture
    • Global and folk culture
    • Folk and mass culture

14. According to Marxists, mass culture is primarily used by the ruling class to do what?

    • Preserve traditional folklore
    • Encourage critical thinking
    • Transmit capitalist ideology
    • Promote social mobility

15. Which theoretical perspective argues that boundaries between high culture and popular culture have blurred?

    • Postmodernism
    • Feminism
    • Functionalism
    • Marxism

16. Which term describes the spread of cultural items like music and fashion across different societies?

    • Cultural hybridity
    • Cultural diffusion
    • Cultural capital
    • Cultural imperialism

17. Which term describes the set of widely accepted cultural practices and values within a mainstream society?

    • Subculture
    • High culture
    • Counterculture
    • Dominant culture

18. Traditional cultural activities passed down through generations within local rural communities are known as what?

    • High culture
    • Popular culture
    • Mass culture
    • Folk culture

19. Which sociologist argued that elite tastes in high culture give individuals cultural capital and social advantage?

    • Karl Marx
    • Pierre Bourdieu
    • Max Weber
    • Émile Durkheim

20. Which term describes commercially produced cultural products created for mass consumption by large audiences?

    • Subculture
    • Folk culture
    • High culture
    • Mass culture

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