Culture Is More Than a Set of Ideas or Patterns

question 30

Multiple Choice

Culture is more than a set of ideas or patterns of behavior shared by a group of people. It also includes general mechanisms created by people to promote and maintain their core values. The recent changes in same-sex marriage laws in the United States reflects the influence of which of these types of mechanisms?

• A) religious preferences
• B) powerful institutions
• C) a justice system
• D) coercive powers

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Definitions:

Demand Determinants

Factors that influence the quantity of a product or service that consumers wish to buy at various prices.

Cross-Price Elasticity

An economic measure of the responsiveness in the quantity demanded of one good when the price for another good changes.

Log-Linear Function

A mathematical function that models a relationship between two variables by applying a logarithm to the linear equation, often used in economics to transform non-linear relationships into linear ones.

Price Inelastic

A market condition where the demand for a product does not significantly change in response to changes in its price, often due to the lack of available substitutes.