UNIT8

Social Status is the social position occupied by an individual within a group or a society. true. false.

Social structure is a sociological concept that aims to describe the model of social organization and the principles that govern it. T. F.

All social behaviors are embedded in culture, including leisure and tourism. T. F.

The social structure does not tend to generate a set of principles of social differentation backed by the value system. T. F.

Every society has rules that set a hierarchy: these codes are the key to social structure. T. F.

Travel and leisure are part of the various expressions of the human beings, but not in all societies. F. T.

the concept of traveling needs are TRANSPORT, ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD. T. F.

Social class refers to the set of different issues in the society. F. T.

The Middle Class is the one that generates mass tourism. T. F.

If we focus from the decade of the 50s-60s of the last century the middle classes have been the travelling group par excellence. T. F.

Travel, leisure and entertainment aren`t organized in accordance with the traditions and customs of each people. F. T.

The main needs of the concept of travelling are transport, accommodation and food, but also physical and mental rest, evasion, sports, relationships, business, study, etc. t. f.

Travelling needs apart from food, accomodation and transport do not reffer to other things. F. T.

Physical and mental rest are also travelling needs. T. F.

Social structure is a sociological concept that aims to describe the model of social organization. T. F.

According to social class and tourism,the tourist activity of people from the upper class is dependent on holiday periods and their monetary purchasing. F. T.

Cultural features of tourists correspond to cultural features of the host. T. F.

From the decade of the 50's-60's of the last century, high social classes have been the travelling group par excellence. F. T.

Within the tourist sector, status and social class, have to do with the people involved in the touristic supply and touristic demand. T. F.

Culture encompasses all spheres of social life and individual life. T. F.

Culture is the social knowledge, transmitted from generation to generation through the socialization process,allowing the establishment of a set of social relations and collective life. T. F.

Culture is the social knowledge, transmitted from generation to generation through the socialization process, allowing the establishment of a set of social relations and collective life. T. F.

Middle class tourist activity is dependent on holiday periods and their monetary purchasing; their socieconomic status is based on their income. F. T.

SOCIAL STATUS is the social position occupied by an individual within a group or a society. T. F.

All societies share the same culture. The culture from one to another does not differ. F. T.

Urban Hotels locations can be near to tourist attractions and far from the historic city. F. T.

some of the material elements of culture are: Values, Norms, ideas and beleifs. T. F.

In the lower class, there are people with a higher socioeconomic profile. They are also called "elite tourism". F. T.

Referring to social status, within the upper class, we can find people with a higher socioeconomic profile. T. F.

We defined multiculturalism in tourism as encounters between tourists and host residents. T. F.

one of the characteristics of culture is that it could be general and specific at the same time. T. F.

The Tourism activity produces effects on tourists that negatively modifies their individual and social behavior in relation to the host context. F. T.

Multiculturalism is the convergence in the same geographical area of people from multiple cultures, which are the same, as well as always keeping their differences and identity. F. T.

The emergence of the middle class is one of the factors that propitiated the current multicultural society. T. F.

Tourists can get cultural enrichment while they are resting from their daily life. T. F.

On of the characteristics of culture is that it is learned by the enculturation process. T. F.

One of the characteristics of culture is that is used creatively. T. F.

The increase of migration flows and population mobility is one of the factors that propitated the current multicultural society. T. F.

One of the factors that propiciated the current multicultural society is mass culture and society. T. F.

Expansion of political-democratic way of thinking in one of the factors that prpitiated the current multicultural society. T. F.

One of the factors that propitiate the multicultural society is the chage and devolpment in transport. T. F.

one of the characteristics of culture is that it is adaptive and maladaptive. T. F.

Mass media is a factor that propitiated the current multicultural society. T. F.

One of the four types of individuals who work in the sex tourism are people who freely offer and sell sexual services. T. F.

The tourist profile on gay tourism seeks excellence in service and quality products. T. F.

One of the traditional notions of gender identity in females is the emotional stability. F. T.

Gender is not the basic principle of social organization, embedded in it. F. T.

The definition of social class is considered as the following: It refers tot he set of common characteristics of a group of individuals who share them. These features allow a link between them and creates the differences from other groups. T. F.

The main characteristic of sexual tourism is the international dimension. T. F.

Sex tourism is a typology of a very specific tourism and tourist, where supply and demand come together in a consumption that is directly related to the satisfaction of sex in multiple facets. T. F.

Sex tourist doesn't demand it as a kind of leisure. F. T.

Various gay tolerance celebrations and a better acceptance scheme had been key factors for the growth of gay related leisure offers. T. F.

Child prostitution and organized forced prostitution are 2 types of sex tourism out of the 4 types there are. t. f.

In modern societies, gender issues are a basic reference to help understanding the stereotypes, values and roles assigned to women and men. T. F.

Sex tourism occurs mainly in countries with limited resources. T. F.

Catalonia, is the region that receives more gay tourists in Spain. T. F.

Since the last 10 years, gay or gay-friendly tourism is increasing. T. F.

Neither the consumption of leisure nor tourist preferences are linked to social stereotypes or images for the identification of gender. F. T.