Deck 7: Dominant U.S.Cultural Patterns Using Value Orientation Theory

Question 1

Due to self-motivation values,U.S.citizens are ______.

A) less likely to vote on the basis of social class
B) more likely to vote on the basis of economic class
C) less likely to vote on the basis of economic class
D) more likely to vote on the basis of social class

Answer 1

C

Question 2

People in which industrialized nation are the most religious?

A) England
B) France
C) Sweden
D) The United States

Answer 2

D

Question 3

People in the United States tend to believe the source of motivation should originate in ______.

A) the family
B) the group
C) the individual
D) society

Answer 3

C

Question 4

People in the United States tend to view time as ______.

A) a commodity
B) mutable
C) rational
D) relational

Question 5

To believe that humans are ______ is to believe that humans act on the basis of reason.

A) rational
B) mutable
C) logical
D) intelligent

Question 6

People in the United States tend to have which of the following views on nature?

A) Humans are part of nature.
B) Humans' effect on nature cannot be scientifically demonstrated.
C) Humans have dominion over nature.
D) Humans should live in harmony with nature.

Question 7

The system of representative government,the structure of law,and the emphasis on individual liberty all derive from which European trend of thought?

A) renaissance
B) enlightenment
C) romanticism
D) realism

Question 8

Surveys conducted in industrialized nations during the 1980s clearly show that the most distinctive characteristics of the U.S.character are independence and ______.

A) activity orientation
B) individuality
C) materialism
D) adaptability to change

Question 9

U.S.political ideas are derived largely from which country?

A) Cherokee
B) England
C) Italy
D) Spain

Question 10

Immigration has eroded the ______ of the U.S.population.

A) transportation
B) homogeneity
C) heterogeneity
D) safety

Question 11

Cultures differ in the ______ of conformity.

A) content and type
B) valance and volume
C) value and weight
D) material and importance

Question 12

In 1981,Garreau described his "______ nations" of North America.

A) nine
B) six
C) two
D) ten

Question 13

The belief that possessions are important in life,which is a value that most of the rest of the world attributes to the United States,is ______.

A) efficiency
B) activity orientation
C) individualism
D) materialism

Question 14

Regional differences in the United States can be accounted for in part by ______.

A) communication media
B) government boundaries
C) immigration patterns
D) transportation systems

Question 15

Knowledge of the culture learned from the inside,seldom consciously discussed,is ______ knowledge.

A) etic
B) epic
C) emic
D) cultural

Question 16

According to studies on regional differences within the United States,which people are more likely to be introverts?

A) people from the Mid-Atlantic
B) people from New England
C) people from the South
D) people from Texas

Question 17

Where did Irish and Scottish immigrants settle between 1717 and 1775?

A) Massachusetts
B) Delaware
C) California
D) Appalachia

Question 18

The term ______ means "subject to change."

A) mutability
B) commodity
C) rationality
D) goodness

Question 19

North America was home to a diverse population of how many before the time of Columbus?

A) 1 million
B) 5 million
C) 10 million
D) 20 million

Question 20

Which indigenous Northeastern American group may have influenced the U.S.Constitution?

A) Cherokee
B) Dakota
C) Inuit
D) Iroquois

Question 21

Emic knowledge is knowledge of the culture learned from the outside,often leaving some aspects puzzling.

Question 22

In the United States,people have a strong faith in the scientific method of solving problems.

Question 23

In regard to social class,a study found that children of professional parents heard six times more encouragements per hour than children from families receiving welfare.

Question 24

Space orientation is one of Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck's five value orientations.

Question 25

Alexis de Tocqueville found the United States lacking in independence of mind and freedom of discussion.

Question 26

Challenges to the jury system may reflect changing beliefs about human rationality.

Question 27

The European conservative Protestant worldview dominates U.S.culture.

Question 28

Among the factors contributing to the fragmenting of the national U.S.culture are local special interest and multilanguage media.

Question 29

Among the world's industrialized nations,the United States is one of the least religious.

Question 30

As a culture,the United States is less likely to make short-term sacrifices for long-term gain.

Question 31

People in the United States define self and others by group membership.

Question 32

Human being-nature orientation is one of Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck's five value orientations.

Question 33

In the United States,people typically don't make a clear and separate distinction between human life and nature.

Question 34

Historian David Hackett Fischer argues that early immigrants from England established distinctive regional cultures in the United States that remain today.

Question 35

In 1988,the U.S.Congress passed a Senate Resolution to recognize the influence of the Iroquois League on the U.S.Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Question 36

U.S.cultural values include viewing time as a commodity and in a linear fashion.

Question 37

Between 1968 and 2001,the percentage of U.S.college freshmen who said developing a meaningful philosophy of life was a top priority grew from 41% to 83%.

Question 38

Among the factors contributing to a dominant national U.S.culture was the development of radio and television that nationalized politics and popular culture.

Question 39

Changes brought about by the Protestant Reformation included a growing support of individualism.

Question 40

The scientific method,democracy,and capitalism are institutions of Western cultures.

Question 41

______ refers to a culture's most fundamental beliefs about its place in the cosmos,beliefs about God,and beliefs about the relationship of humanity and nature.

Question 42

The word ______ did not enter the English vocabulary until 1835 when Tocqueville used it to describe what he found in the United States.

Question 43

In the United States,people have a strong faith in the ______ method of solving problems.

Question 44

People in the United States define self and others by ______.

Question 45

It has been argued that the ______ ancestry of the United States suggests that people are born evil but have the potential to be good.

Question 46

If there is one value that most of the rest of the world attributes to the United States,it is ______.

Question 47

The Great Depression,World War II,and the ______ increased the need for a strong centralized national government.

Question 48

McClelland used ______ as an indicator of a culture's degree of need for achievement.

Question 49

The term ______ refers to the use of time for self-expression and play,self-improvement and development,and work.

Question 50

International ______ transportation makes it easier and less expensive to travel abroad than to rural U.S.locations.

Question 51

When time is thought of as a ______,as it is in the United States,one needs to be constantly aware of it so time clocks are everywhere.

Question 52

People in the United States generally believe that ______ is good,the new is better than the old.

Question 53

The dominant language,the system of representative government,the structure of law,and the emphasis on individual liberty all derive from the ______ ideals formulated in England.

Question 54

Before Columbus arrived,North America was home to a diverse population of some ______ people.

Question 55

Some of the forces moving the United States toward the development of ______ cultures are the replacement of the old industrial heartland with new economic centers,integration,equal rights,and immigration eroding the homogeneity of the population.

Question 56

______ knowledge is knowledge of the culture learned from the inside,seldom consciously discussed.

Question 57

The fundamental reason for the rise of the West was an extraordinary faith in ______.

Question 58

In the United States,people typically value ______ but clearly place a higher value on human life.

Question 59

The United States is a country of ______ from all over the world.

Question 60

When time is viewed in a ______ fashion,as it is in the United States,it obviously has a past,a present,and a future.

Question 61

Discuss regional differences due to immigration in the United States.

Question 62

Discuss relational orientation in the United States.

Question 63

Describe the U.S.worldview.

Question 64

Discuss the view of change in the United States.

Question 65

Discuss social organization in the United States.

Question 66

Discuss the forces toward the development of a dominant culture in the United States.

Question 67

Discuss how goodness is viewed in the United States.

Question 68

.Discuss the regional differences in the United States that continue to exist in three areas of communication behavior.

Question 69

Discuss what is meant by hyperindividualism.

Question 70

Discuss time orientation in the United States.

Question 71

What positive and negative consequences have resulted from the U.S.time orientation?

Question 72

Identify origins of U.S cultural patterns.

Question 73

Discuss rationality in the United States and other Western cultures.

Question 74

Discuss Indigenous Americans' influence on U.S.cultural patterns.

Question 75

Explain how the scientific method relates to U.S.culture.

Question 76

Discuss human nature orientation in the United States.

Question 77

Discuss activity orientation in the United States.

Question 78

Discuss the world's perception of U.S.Americans as materialists.

Question 79

Discuss European Enlightenment's influence on U.S.cultural patterns.

Question 80

Discuss the differing perspectives of social class in the United States.