INTB 1203 CORE REVIEW ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Society - ✔✔Group of people who share a common set of values and norms
✔✔Folkways - ✔✔routine convention of everyday life (dress code, social manners,
neighborly behavior)
✔✔Mores - ✔✔norms seen as central to the functioning of a society and to its social life
✔✔Social Structure - ✔✔the basic social organization of a society
✔✔Group - ✔✔two or more people that share similar identity, have a common
expectations of one another's behavior
✔✔Social Strata - ✔✔hierarchical social categories often based on family background,
occupation, income
✔✔Social Mobility - ✔✔extent to which individuals can move out of the social strata into
which they are born
✔✔Caste System - ✔✔social strata is determined by family background, moving out of
strata is usually not possible
✔✔Class System - ✔✔strata is determined family born into, and socioeconomic
achievements, therefore mobility between classes is possible
✔✔Class consciousness - ✔✔a tendency for individuals to perceive themselves in
terms of their class background
✔✔Religion - ✔✔a system of shared beliefs and rituals concerned with the realm of the
sacred
✔✔Ethical system - ✔✔a coherent collection of beliefs about how to behave in society
, ✔✔Christianity - ✔✔monotheistic, Follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and the Bible
✔✔Islam - ✔✔monotheistic, follow the teachings of the prophet Muhammed and the
Q'uran
✔✔Hinduism - ✔✔seek nirvana through good deeds and reincarnation
✔✔Buddhism - ✔✔seek enlightenment through good deeds and the Noble Eightfold
Path set forth by the Buddha
✔✔Confucianism - ✔✔no god, follows teachings of Confucius, seek personal salvation
through good deeds
✔✔Power Distance - ✔✔theory of how society deals with inequalities of physical
condition and intellectual capability. Higher power distance allow inequalities to grow,
Lower power distance attempt to minimize inequalities as much as possible
✔✔Uncertainty Avoidance - ✔✔extent to which cultures socialize members to accept
ambiguous situations and to tolerate uncertainty. High uncertainty avoidance place
premium of job security, retirement benefits, etc. Low uncertainty avoidance have
greater readiness to take risks, less emotional resistance to change
✔✔Masculinity - ✔✔Masculine societies value achievement, power. Sex roles are very
distinguished
✔✔Femininity - ✔✔Feminine societies' sex roles are less distinguished
✔✔Ethnocentrism - ✔✔Behavior that is based on belief in the superiority of one's own
ethnic group or culture; often shows disregard or contempt for the culture of other
countries
✔✔WTO (World Trade Organization) pro and con - ✔✔pro: ensure nations adhere to
the rules established in wto treaties
con: lack of enforcement mechanism
✔✔IMF (International Monetary Fund) pro and con - ✔✔pro: steps in when a country
goes bankrupt
con: loans are conditional and usually politically related
✔✔World Bank pro and con - ✔✔pro: work with people to avoid corruption
con: western bias
✔✔United Nations pro and con - ✔✔pro: maintains international peace and security
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Society - ✔✔Group of people who share a common set of values and norms
✔✔Folkways - ✔✔routine convention of everyday life (dress code, social manners,
neighborly behavior)
✔✔Mores - ✔✔norms seen as central to the functioning of a society and to its social life
✔✔Social Structure - ✔✔the basic social organization of a society
✔✔Group - ✔✔two or more people that share similar identity, have a common
expectations of one another's behavior
✔✔Social Strata - ✔✔hierarchical social categories often based on family background,
occupation, income
✔✔Social Mobility - ✔✔extent to which individuals can move out of the social strata into
which they are born
✔✔Caste System - ✔✔social strata is determined by family background, moving out of
strata is usually not possible
✔✔Class System - ✔✔strata is determined family born into, and socioeconomic
achievements, therefore mobility between classes is possible
✔✔Class consciousness - ✔✔a tendency for individuals to perceive themselves in
terms of their class background
✔✔Religion - ✔✔a system of shared beliefs and rituals concerned with the realm of the
sacred
✔✔Ethical system - ✔✔a coherent collection of beliefs about how to behave in society
, ✔✔Christianity - ✔✔monotheistic, Follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and the Bible
✔✔Islam - ✔✔monotheistic, follow the teachings of the prophet Muhammed and the
Q'uran
✔✔Hinduism - ✔✔seek nirvana through good deeds and reincarnation
✔✔Buddhism - ✔✔seek enlightenment through good deeds and the Noble Eightfold
Path set forth by the Buddha
✔✔Confucianism - ✔✔no god, follows teachings of Confucius, seek personal salvation
through good deeds
✔✔Power Distance - ✔✔theory of how society deals with inequalities of physical
condition and intellectual capability. Higher power distance allow inequalities to grow,
Lower power distance attempt to minimize inequalities as much as possible
✔✔Uncertainty Avoidance - ✔✔extent to which cultures socialize members to accept
ambiguous situations and to tolerate uncertainty. High uncertainty avoidance place
premium of job security, retirement benefits, etc. Low uncertainty avoidance have
greater readiness to take risks, less emotional resistance to change
✔✔Masculinity - ✔✔Masculine societies value achievement, power. Sex roles are very
distinguished
✔✔Femininity - ✔✔Feminine societies' sex roles are less distinguished
✔✔Ethnocentrism - ✔✔Behavior that is based on belief in the superiority of one's own
ethnic group or culture; often shows disregard or contempt for the culture of other
countries
✔✔WTO (World Trade Organization) pro and con - ✔✔pro: ensure nations adhere to
the rules established in wto treaties
con: lack of enforcement mechanism
✔✔IMF (International Monetary Fund) pro and con - ✔✔pro: steps in when a country
goes bankrupt
con: loans are conditional and usually politically related
✔✔World Bank pro and con - ✔✔pro: work with people to avoid corruption
con: western bias
✔✔United Nations pro and con - ✔✔pro: maintains international peace and security
