Question 1

Which of the following is not an element associated with the barrel model of culture?

Accepted Answer

A) Interstructure 
B) Social structure 
C) Infrastructure 
D) Superstructure 
E) Environment 
A) Interstructure 
B) Social structure 
C) Infrastructure 
D) Superstructure 
E) Environment

Question 2

Cross-cultural studies show that homicide rates mostly decline after the death penalty is abolished.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

A set of cultural ideas held by a group that collectively and publicly identifies itself as distinct based on shared features is called:

Accepted Answer

A) tradition. 
B) custom. 
C) subculture. 
D) culture. 
E) ethnicity. 
A) tradition. 
B) custom. 
C) subculture. 
D) culture. 
E) ethnicity.

Question 4

Which of the following statements is correct?

Accepted Answer

A) Subcultural groups always have separate religious affiliations. 
B) Ethnic groups live outside of national borders. 
C) Subcultural groups have biological differences that ethnic groups do not have. 
D) Ethnic groups collectively and publicly identify themselves as distinct. 
E) Subcultural groups collectively and publicly identify themselves as distinct. 
A) Subcultural groups always have separate religious affiliations. 
B) Ethnic groups live outside of national borders. 
C) Subcultural groups have biological differences that ethnic groups do not have. 
D) Ethnic groups collectively and publicly identify themselves as distinct. 
E) Subcultural groups collectively and publicly identify themselves as distinct.

Question 5

Behavior that has been adaptive at one time may become maladaptive later.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following statements about society and culture is incorrect?

Accepted Answer

A) Culture can exist without a society. 
B) Every culture is learned,shared,based on symbols,integrated,and dynamic. 
C) All culture is learned rather than biologically inherited. 
D) A culture is shared by the members of a society. 
E) Although members of a society may share a culture,their behavior is not uniform. 
A) Culture can exist without a society. 
B) Every culture is learned,shared,based on symbols,integrated,and dynamic. 
C) All culture is learned rather than biologically inherited. 
D) A culture is shared by the members of a society. 
E) Although members of a society may share a culture,their behavior is not uniform.

Question 7

The process by which culture is transmitted from one generation to the next is called:

Accepted Answer

A) enculturation. 
B) pluralism. 
C) adaptation. 
D) cultural relativism. 
E) subcultural variation. 
A) enculturation. 
B) pluralism. 
C) adaptation. 
D) cultural relativism. 
E) subcultural variation.

Question 8

The "Living Bridge" in Meghalaya,India is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) cultural adaptation. 
B) ethnocentrism. 
C) symbol. 
D) pluralism. 
E) cultural relativism. 
A) cultural adaptation. 
B) ethnocentrism. 
C) symbol. 
D) pluralism. 
E) cultural relativism.

Question 9

Though pastoral nomadic peoples are often blamed for causing environmental degradation,the fault is often not theirs.Rather,in areas such as sub-Saharan Africa it is caused by:

Accepted Answer

A) unrestricted development. 
B) a tremendous increase in tourism. 
C) the ever-burgeoning use of off road vehicles. 
D) governments that restrict their movements causing overgrazing. 
E) global warming. 
A) unrestricted development. 
B) a tremendous increase in tourism. 
C) the ever-burgeoning use of off road vehicles. 
D) governments that restrict their movements causing overgrazing. 
E) global warming.

Question 10

Explain the statement that people everywhere are ethnocentric in nature and practice.

Accepted Answer

Ethnocentrism refers to the tendency for

Question 11

Describe the process by which culture is learned.

Accepted Answer

Culture is learned through a process of

Question 12

Someone once remarked that a Holocaust survivor was hardly likely to be a confirmed cultural relativist.How is cultural relativism related to moral relativism? That is,can we think about the Nazis,or similar movements,in relativistic terms? Is there a role in anthropology for a universalistic conception of human rights?

Accepted Answer

Cultural relativism is the idea that a p

Question 13

__________________ set a new standard for fieldwork in anthropology through his research with the Trobriand people.

Accepted Answer

A) E.E.Evans-Pritchard 
B) Claude Levi-Strauss 
C) Bronislaw Malinowski 
D) Ruth Benedict 
E) Alfred Wallace 
A) E.E.Evans-Pritchard 
B) Claude Levi-Strauss 
C) Bronislaw Malinowski 
D) Ruth Benedict 
E) Alfred Wallace

Question 14

What is cultural relativism and why is it beneficial to understand and apply the term in the research process?

Accepted Answer

Cultural relativism is the idea that a p

Question 15

Examples of socially learned behavior are particularly evident among other primates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

George Esber worked with architects to create more culturally responsive houses for the Navajo.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The most important symbolic aspect of culture is religion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Bronislaw Malinowski said that the ethnographer's goal is "to grasp the native's point of view." Discuss the meaning of this statement and how it affects the way anthropologists do fieldwork.

Accepted Answer

Bronislaw Malinowski's statement about t

Question 19

What is a pluralistic society? Give an example of a country that is pluralistic in nature.

Accepted Answer

A pluralistic society is one in which mu

Question 20

As represented by the barrel model of culture,culture is an integrated system that responds to a combination of:

Accepted Answer

A) structural integrity. 
B) ideology and religion. 
C) international factors. 
D) ethical integrity. 
E) internal factors. 
A) structural integrity. 
B) ideology and religion. 
C) international factors. 
D) ethical integrity. 
E) internal factors.

Exam 13: Characteristics of Culture

Which of the following is not an element associated with the barrel model of culture?

Cross-cultural studies show that homicide rates mostly decline after the death penalty is abolished.

A set of cultural ideas held by a group that collectively and publicly identifies itself as distinct based on shared features is called:

Which of the following statements is correct?

Behavior that has been adaptive at one time may become maladaptive later.

Which of the following statements about society and culture is incorrect?

The process by which culture is transmitted from one generation to the next is called:

The "Living Bridge" in Meghalaya,India is an example of:

Though pastoral nomadic peoples are often blamed for causing environmental degradation,the fault is often not theirs.Rather,in areas such as sub-Saharan Africa it is caused by:

Explain the statement that people everywhere are ethnocentric in nature and practice.

Describe the process by which culture is learned.

__________________ set a new standard for fieldwork in anthropology through his research with the Trobriand people.

What is cultural relativism and why is it beneficial to understand and apply the term in the research process?

Examples of socially learned behavior are particularly evident among other primates.

George Esber worked with architects to create more culturally responsive houses for the Navajo.

The most important symbolic aspect of culture is religion.

Bronislaw Malinowski said that the ethnographer's goal is "to grasp the native's point of view." Discuss the meaning of this statement and how it affects the way anthropologists do fieldwork.

What is a pluralistic society? Give an example of a country that is pluralistic in nature.

As represented by the barrel model of culture,culture is an integrated system that responds to a combination of:

The Essence of Anthropology

Biology, Genetics, and Evolution

Living Primates

Primate Behavior

Field Methods in Archaeology and Paleoanthropology

From First Primates to First Bipeds

Origins of the Genus Homo

The Global Expansion of Homo Sapiens and Their Technology

The Neolithic Revolution: the Domestication of Plants and Animals

The Emergence of Cities and States

Modern Human Diversity: Race and Racism

Human Adaptation to a Changing World

Ethnographic Research: Its History, Methods, and Theories

Language and Communication

Social Identity, Personality, and Gender

Patterns of Subsistence

Economic Systems

Sex, Marriage, and Family

Kinship and Descent

Grouping by Gender, Age, Common Interest, and Social Status

Politics, Power, War, and Peace

Spirituality, Religion, and Shamanism

The Arts

Processes of Cultural Change

Global Challenges, Local Responses, and the Role of Anthropology

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