Question

multiple choice question
the melding of cultures, leading to increasing similarities in cultural expression, is an aspect of _______.
○ innovation
○ ethnocentrism
○ functionalism
○ mcdonaldization

Explanation:

• Innovation refers to creating new ideas/objects, not cultural merging.
• Ethnocentrism is judging other cultures by one's own, not similarity.
• Functionalism focuses on social structures' roles, not cultural blending.
• McDonaldization describes the spread of standardized, similar cultural forms (a form of cultural convergence/melding leading to shared cultural expressions).

Answer:

D. McDonaldization