Test Bank Chapter 8 Capitalism Culture & Communication - Families in Motion Dynamics Full Practice Test Bank by Kathryn Sorrells. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 8: THE CULTURE OF CAPITALISM AND THE BUSINESS OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. The commodification of culture refers to
a. a form of resistance to dominant, hegemonic forces through the alteration of pop culture.
b. the process of representing cultural experiences as authentic.
c. the ways cultural experiences are produced and consumed for the market.
d. a type of folk culture that does not participate in the cycle of production and consumption.
Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe how the culture of capitalism impacts intercultural communication.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Intercultural Marketplace
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. In New Mexico, consumers and tourists seek “authentic” and “traditional” Native American artwork because of their fascination with different and exotic cultures. In Chapter 8, this example is used to illustrate
a. commodification of culture.
b. neoliberal economic policy.
c. globalization of popular culture.
d. globalization of folk culture.
Learning Objective: 8-3: Explain the impact of the commodification of culture and tourism on intercultural communication.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Case Study 1: Consuming and Romanticizing the “Other”
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. As consumers, we do not pay attention to the exploitative working conditions (i.e., sweat shops, low wages, and a lack of worker’s rights) behind the production of products we purchase. Instead, we focus on the power of the product to make us look and feel good. Which of the following terms describes this?
a. Cultural stereotypes
b. Neoliberalism
c. Cultural globalization
d. Fetishization
Learning Objective: 8-4: Identify concrete strategies for economic and social responsibility as intercultural actors in the global context.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Case Study 3: Consuming Cultural Spectacles
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. Tourists who visit Mardi Gras in New Orleans are unaware of the harsh working conditions experienced by young factory workers in China who produce many of the products that are consumed at the festival. Instead, tourists enjoy the festivity through the consumption of products that satisfy their desire for experiences. This is an example of ___________ of commodities.
a. fetishization
b. commodification
c. tourism
d. capitalism
Learning Objective: 8-3: Explain the impact of the commodification of culture and tourism on intercultural communication.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Case Study 3: Consuming Cultural Spectacles
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of the relationship between capitalism and intercultural communication?
a. Capitalism has had a tremendous effect on shaping U.S. cultural values.
b. Capitalism encourages collectivist cultural values.
c. Capitalism has led to increased inequities globally and within nation-states.
d. Capitalism has led to the commodification of culture globally.
Learning Objective: 8-2: Explain the history, values, and ideologies that constitute the culture of capitalism and the effect on cultures in the United States and globally.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Historical Context: Capitalism and Globalization
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Spectacle is a term that critiques
a. the flashy images in popular culture.
b. the domination of media images and consumer society over individuals.
c. the way consumption is politicized.
d. the use of graphic images in popular culture.
Learning Objective: 8-2: Explain the history, values, and ideologies that constitute the culture of capitalism and the effect on cultures in the United States and globally.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Tourism and Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. To be a more responsible consumer, John researched where the groceries sold at the local megastore come from and how it affects the local agricultural industry. This is an example of
a. being socially, economically, and culturally irresponsible as a consumer.
b. educating oneself about the circumstances and impact of capitalism.
c. favoring one type of product over others.
d. favoring one type of store over others.
Learning Objective: 8-4: Identify concrete strategies for economic and social responsibility as intercultural actors in the global context.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Economic Responsibility and Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. The case study on the Bratz dolls illustrates
a. how the toy industry has made much progress in creating racially diverse dolls.
b. how the toy company capitalizes on racial differences as hip and desirable commodity to consume.
c. how racial diversity in children’s toys can enhance intercultural communication.
d. how racial diversity in children’s toys is the first step toward multicultural understanding.
Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe how the culture of capitalism impacts intercultural communication.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Case Study 2: Consuming and Desiring the “Other”
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. In precapitalist or noncapitalist societies, people make or obtain commodities for use. According to economists, these commodities have ______.
a. surplus value
b. exchange value
c. use value.
d. production value
Learning Objective: 8-2: Explain the history, values, and ideologies that constitute the culture of capitalism and the effect on cultures in the United States and globally.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Capitalism 101: The Historical Emergence of the Culture of Capitalism
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. In precapitalist forms of commerce, where goods are bought in one place at a certain price and then sold at another site for a profit, the commodity has what economists call ______ value.
a. surplus value
b. exchange value
c. use value.
d. production value
Learning Objective: 8-2: Explain the history, values, and ideologies that constitute the culture of capitalism and the effect on cultures in the United States and globally.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Capitalism 101: The Historical Emergence of the Culture of Capitalism
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. ______ involved the implementation of protectionist polices that excluded foreign goods and subsidized cheap labor in certain industries.
a. Commodification
b. Capitalism
c. Neoliberalism
d. Mercantilism
Learning Objective: 8-2: Explain the history, values, and ideologies that constitute the culture of capitalism and the effect on cultures in the United States and globally.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Capitalism and Colonialism: Capital Accumulation and the Nation-State
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. ______ is the reassertion of liberal ideologies.
a. Commodification
b. Capitalism
c. Neoliberalism
d. Mercantilism
Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe how the culture of capitalism impacts intercultural communication.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Capitalism, Neoliberalism, and Globalization
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. The profit that is made by reducing labor costs as companies move their manufacturing and assembly sites offshore is called ______.
a. surplus value
b. exchange value
c. use value.
d. production value
Learning Objective: 8-2: Explain the history, values, and ideologies that constitute the culture of capitalism and the effect on cultures in the United States and globally.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Capitalism, Neoliberalism, and Globalization
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. When “difference” from the dominant norm is exaggerated and constructed as mysterious, strange, and alluring, it is called ______.
a. globalization
b. authenticity
c. exoticization of the Other
d. commodification
Learning Objective: 8-3: Explain the impact of the commodification of culture and tourism on intercultural communication.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Commodification of Culture
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. ______ are people who earn a living through digital communication and combine this with a desire for travel.
a. Flashbackers
b. Digital nomads
c. Tourists
d. Digital natives
Learning Objective: 8-3: Explain the impact of the commodification of culture and tourism on intercultural communication.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Tourism and Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. Seduced through leisure, entertainment, and consumption, the spectacle serves to ______ society.
a. pacify and depoliticize
b. control and overturn
c. confuse and distract
d. support and improve
Learning Objective: 8-3: Explain the impact of the commodification of culture and tourism on intercultural communication.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Tourism and Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Medium
17. Although only 4.25% of the world’s population, the United States accounts for ______ of the global consumption.
a. 24%
b. 60%
c. 7%
d. 15%
Learning Objective: 8-2: Explain the history, values, and ideologies that constitute the culture of capitalism and the effect on cultures in the United States and globally.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Economic Responsibility and Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Easy
18. In capitalist culture, segmentation and stratification of ______ as well as consumers is normalized.
a. money
b. labor
c. products
d. control
Learning Objective: 8-2: Explain the history, values, and ideologies that constitute the culture of capitalism and the effect on cultures in the United States and globally.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Culture of Capitalism
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. As it has evolved historically in the United States, the culture of capitalism promotes ______.
a. individualism
b. collectivism
c. socialism
d. egoism
Learning Objective: 8-2: Explain the history, values, and ideologies that constitute the culture of capitalism and the effect on cultures in the United States and globally.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Culture of Capitalism
Difficulty Level: Easy
20. In the postindustrial capitalist society of the United States, identities are defined by what?
a. By who we know.
b. By what we consume.
c. By what we believe.
d. By what we say.
Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe how the culture of capitalism impacts intercultural communication.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Culture of Capitalism
Difficulty Level: Medium
True/False
1. Neoliberalism is characterized by fair trade.
Learning Objective: 8-2: Explain the history, values, and ideologies that constitute the culture of capitalism and the effect on cultures in the United States and globally.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Capitalism, Neoliberalism, and Globalization
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. In the commodification of culture cultural experiences are produced and consumed.
Learning Objective: 8-3: Explain the impact of the commodification of culture and tourism on intercultural communication.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Intercultural Marketplace
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. The history of capitalism is intertwined with the history of global migration.
Learning Objective: 8-2: Explain the history, values, and ideologies that constitute the culture of capitalism and the effect on cultures in the United States and globally.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Historical Context: Capitalism and Globalization
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. In capitalist societies, people find it easier to preserve their cultural traditions.
Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe how the culture of capitalism impacts intercultural communication.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Tourism and Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Capitalism is shaped by the close networks among corporations, national governments, and global bodies of governance such as the IMF, World Bank, and WTO.
Learning Objective: 8-3: Explain the impact of the commodification of culture and tourism on intercultural communication.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Capitalism, Corporations, and Global Bodies of Governance
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Commodification of culture is problematic because it values cultural differences only for its marketability and profitability.
Learning Objective: 8-3: Explain the impact of the commodification of culture and tourism on intercultural communication.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Commodification of Culture
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. In the commodification of culture, “authentic” culture is assumed to have existed in the past and has been lost.
Learning Objective: 8-3: Explain the impact of the commodification of culture and tourism on intercultural communication.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Commodification of Culture
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Culture, within the equation of tourism and profit, is most often seen as the most important factor.
Learning Objective: 8-3: Explain the impact of the commodification of culture and tourism on intercultural communication.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Tourism and Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. The “spectacle” serves to pacify and depoliticize society.
Learning Objective: 8-3: Explain the impact of the commodification of culture and tourism on intercultural communication.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Tourism and Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. Global problems are most often framed as social ones.
Learning Objective: 8-2: Explain the history, values, and ideologies that constitute the culture of capitalism and the effect on cultures in the United States and globally.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Economic Responsibility and Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Medium
Essay
1. What does it mean when culture is commodified? What is the impact on intercultural communication? Explain and provide an example.
Learning Objective: 8-3: Explain the impact of the commodification of culture and tourism on intercultural communication.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Intercultural Marketplace
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. How can we become more socially aware and responsible as consumers? Discuss what concrete actions we can take and how these are relevant for intercultural communication.
Learning Objective: 8-4: Identify concrete strategies for economic and social responsibility as intercultural actors in the global context.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Economic Responsibility and Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Hard
3. Provide a brief overview of the history of capitalism. How has the development of capitalism affected U.S. culture?
Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe how the culture of capitalism impacts intercultural communication.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Capitalism 101: The Historical Emergence of the Culture of Capitalism
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. In the context of globalization, capitalism is increasingly affecting countries with developing economies. Discuss the likely influence of the culture of capitalism on these cultures.
Learning Objective: 8-2: Explain the history, values, and ideologies that constitute the culture of capitalism and the effect on cultures in the United States and globally.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Economic Responsibility and Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Why is an understanding of capitalism important for the study of culture and intercultural communication today?
Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe how the culture of capitalism impacts intercultural communication.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Economic Responsibility and Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Hard
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