Question 1

Anthropologists, as well as other social scientists, feel that culture is

Accepted Answer

A)  inherited. 
B)  learned and shared. 
C)  transmitted only from one group to another. 
D)  only a small part of how people learn their behaviors. 
A)  inherited. 
B)  learned and shared. 
C)  transmitted only from one group to another. 
D)  only a small part of how people learn their behaviors.

Question 2

Many cognitive anthropologists feel that culture is in people's heads because

Accepted Answer

A)  they often fantasize about what culture should be. 
B)  culture actually refers to rules and ideas behind culture. 
C)  the media tells us what culture is. 
D)  it makes it a lot easier to study ancient cultures. 
A)  they often fantasize about what culture should be. 
B)  culture actually refers to rules and ideas behind culture. 
C)  the media tells us what culture is. 
D)  it makes it a lot easier to study ancient cultures.

Question 3

Define ethnocentrism. What forms does it take in our own society? What can be done to reduce attitudes of ethnocentrism between various groups?

Accepted Answer

Ethnocentrism is the belief in the super

Question 4

Why would any ¡Kung individual of the Kalahari Desert give away all of the animals they kill every day?

Accepted Answer

A)  they are really nice people who care for each other 
B)  they have learned the true meaning of life 
C)  to keep the meat to one's self would be wasteful as it would rot 
D)  spiritual beings show them the true way to live in communal harmony 
A)  they are really nice people who care for each other 
B)  they have learned the true meaning of life 
C)  to keep the meat to one's self would be wasteful as it would rot 
D)  spiritual beings show them the true way to live in communal harmony

Anthropologists, as well as other social scientists, feel that culture is

Many cognitive anthropologists feel that culture is in people's heads because

Define ethnocentrism. What forms does it take in our own society? What can be done to reduce attitudes of ethnocentrism between various groups?

Why would any ¡Kung individual of the Kalahari Desert give away all of the animals they kill every day?

What Is Anthropology

History of Anthropological Theory

Research Methods in Anthropology

Genetics and Evolution

Human Variation and Adaptation

The Living Primates

Primate Evolution: From Early Primates to Hominoids

The First Hominids

The Origins of Culture and the Emergence of Homo

The Emergence of Homo Sapiens

The Upper Paleolithic World

Origins of Food Production and Settled Life

Origins of Cities and States

Communication and Language

Getting Food

Economic Systems

Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism

Culture and the Individual

Sex, Gender, and Culture

Marriage and the Family

Marital Residence and Kinship

Associations and Interest Groups

Political Life: Social Order and Disorder

Religion and Magic

The Arts

Applied, Practicing, and Medical Anthropology

Global Problems

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Exam 14: Culture and Culture Change

Anthropologists, as well as other social scientists, feel that culture is

Many cognitive anthropologists feel that culture is in people's heads because

Define ethnocentrism. What forms does it take in our own society? What can be done to reduce attitudes of ethnocentrism between various groups?

Why would any ¡Kung individual of the Kalahari Desert give away all of the animals they kill every day?

What Is Anthropology

History of Anthropological Theory

Research Methods in Anthropology

Genetics and Evolution

Human Variation and Adaptation

The Living Primates

Primate Evolution: From Early Primates to Hominoids

The First Hominids

The Origins of Culture and the Emergence of Homo

The Emergence of Homo Sapiens

The Upper Paleolithic World

Origins of Food Production and Settled Life

Origins of Cities and States

Communication and Language

Getting Food

Economic Systems

Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism

Culture and the Individual

Sex, Gender, and Culture

Marriage and the Family

Marital Residence and Kinship

Associations and Interest Groups

Political Life: Social Order and Disorder

Religion and Magic

The Arts

Applied, Practicing, and Medical Anthropology

Global Problems

Filters