Question 1

Which orientation includes standards that indicate what ranges of behavior are acceptable for males and females in a particular society?

Accepted Answer

A) Spatial orientation 
B) Temporal orientation 
C) Normative orientation 
D) Object orientation 
E) Gender orientation 
A) Spatial orientation 
B) Temporal orientation 
C) Normative orientation 
D) Object orientation 
E) Gender orientation

Question 2

Culture-bound syndrome is another name for an ethnic psychosis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Schizophrenia is one of the most common of all psychoses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

You are studying the modal personality of a particular group of people by giving them Rorschach tests.In American society,a response to the white background (the PG on which the inkblots are placed)has been associated with the psychological trait of negativism.You are puzzled because you are getting a lot of white responses,but the people don't appear to be negative in other respects.Then you find out that their favorite color is white,and that they are treating the color of the PG not as a background but as a part of the design of the inkblot.This is an example of one of the problems faced by people trying to measure modal personality,which is that:

Accepted Answer

A) people do not give consistent responses to the same picture from one day to the next. 
B) not everyone in a society has the same personality. 
C) tests devised in one cultural setting may not be appropriate in another. 
D) language problems can create misinterpretations. 
E) not everyone has the same type of eyesight. 
A) people do not give consistent responses to the same picture from one day to the next. 
B) not everyone in a society has the same personality. 
C) tests devised in one cultural setting may not be appropriate in another. 
D) language problems can create misinterpretations. 
E) not everyone has the same type of eyesight.

Question 5

An alternative to the concept of national character is:

Accepted Answer

A) modal personality. 
B) core values. 
C) stereotyping. 
D) group personality. 
E) independence training. 
A) modal personality. 
B) core values. 
C) stereotyping. 
D) group personality. 
E) independence training.

Question 6

In studying three societies in New Guinea,Margaret Mead found that the roles played by men and women were determined primarily by:

Accepted Answer

A) biological inheritance. 
B) culture. 
C) animism. 
D) psychology. 
E) society. 
A) biological inheritance. 
B) culture. 
C) animism. 
D) psychology. 
E) society.

Question 7

is the distinctive way a person thinks,feels,and behaves.

Accepted Answer

A) Normative orientation 
B) Individuality 
C) Self-awareness 
D) Personality 
E) Temperament 
A) Normative orientation 
B) Individuality 
C) Self-awareness 
D) Personality 
E) Temperament

Question 8

Biomedicine is a traditional form of healing that is not widely accepted in the U.S.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

All cultures practice gender bending (creating more than two gender categories)as a way of dealing with different types of sexual categories.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Normally,personality is like a mask that one wears,sometimes uncomfortably,throughout life.It is always external to the individual.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

People who cross over or occupy an intermediate position in the binary male-female gender construction are called:

Accepted Answer

A) transsexuals. 
B) intersexuals. 
C) transgenders. 
D) eunuchs. 
E) third genders. 
A) transsexuals. 
B) intersexuals. 
C) transgenders. 
D) eunuchs. 
E) third genders.

Question 12

American children are among the earliest to develop a concept of self because of the high level of social stimulation they receive.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Both Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict were pioneers in the culture and personality movement in anthropology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Names are a form of social identity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Enculturation begins with the development of self-awareness,which may be defined as the:

Accepted Answer

A) ability to assume social roles. 
B) ability to identify oneself as an object,to react and appraise oneself. 
C) process by which the self adapts to a particular environment. 
D) process by which an individual identifies right and wrong. 
E) belief that one has lived a previous life. 
A) ability to assume social roles. 
B) ability to identify oneself as an object,to react and appraise oneself. 
C) process by which the self adapts to a particular environment. 
D) process by which an individual identifies right and wrong. 
E) belief that one has lived a previous life.

Question 16

The significance of the concept of tabula rasa is that it emphasizes the importance of culture rather than biological inheritance in determining an individual's characteristics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following statements is not correct?

Accepted Answer

A) Enculturation begins before birth. 
B) Humans must be enculturated to reach human potential. 
C) Culture is biologically inherited. 
D) Culture is socially constructed. 
E) The first agents of a child's enculturation are members of the household. 
A) Enculturation begins before birth. 
B) Humans must be enculturated to reach human potential. 
C) Culture is biologically inherited. 
D) Culture is socially constructed. 
E) The first agents of a child's enculturation are members of the household.

Question 18

In today's Native American societies,the preferred term to describe an individual who falls between the categories of "man" and "woman" is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) berdache. 
B) gay. 
C) passive homosexual. 
D) two-spirit. 
E) effeminate. 
A) berdache. 
B) gay. 
C) passive homosexual. 
D) two-spirit. 
E) effeminate.

Question 19

John Locke's theory of tabula rasa was not sufficient because it did not:

Accepted Answer

A) focus on the individual,only the group. 
B) take genetic contributions into account. 
C) address any society except Europe. 
D) consider that culture and environment are important. 
E) explain why language is so important to development. 
A) focus on the individual,only the group. 
B) take genetic contributions into account. 
C) address any society except Europe. 
D) consider that culture and environment are important. 
E) explain why language is so important to development.

Question 20

An ethnic psychosis refers to a:

Accepted Answer

A) psychotic episode experienced by a person from an exotic culture. 
B) progressive disease that strikes anthropologists when they spend more than 12 months in the field. 
C) psychosis characterized by symptoms peculiar to a particular group. 
D) universal form of mental illness. 
E) biologically-based disease that resembles schizophrenia. 
A) psychotic episode experienced by a person from an exotic culture. 
B) progressive disease that strikes anthropologists when they spend more than 12 months in the field. 
C) psychosis characterized by symptoms peculiar to a particular group. 
D) universal form of mental illness. 
E) biologically-based disease that resembles schizophrenia.

Which orientation includes standards that indicate what ranges of behavior are acceptable for males and females in a particular society?

Culture-bound syndrome is another name for an ethnic psychosis.

Schizophrenia is one of the most common of all psychoses.

An alternative to the concept of national character is:

In studying three societies in New Guinea,Margaret Mead found that the roles played by men and women were determined primarily by:

is the distinctive way a person thinks,feels,and behaves.

Biomedicine is a traditional form of healing that is not widely accepted in the U.S.

All cultures practice gender bending (creating more than two gender categories)as a way of dealing with different types of sexual categories.

Normally,personality is like a mask that one wears,sometimes uncomfortably,throughout life.It is always external to the individual.

People who cross over or occupy an intermediate position in the binary male-female gender construction are called:

American children are among the earliest to develop a concept of self because of the high level of social stimulation they receive.

Both Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict were pioneers in the culture and personality movement in anthropology.

Names are a form of social identity.

Enculturation begins with the development of self-awareness,which may be defined as the:

The significance of the concept of tabula rasa is that it emphasizes the importance of culture rather than biological inheritance in determining an individual's characteristics.

Which of the following statements is not correct?

In today's Native American societies,the preferred term to describe an individual who falls between the categories of "man" and "woman" is known as:

John Locke's theory of tabula rasa was not sufficient because it did not:

An ethnic psychosis refers to a:

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Characteristics-Of-Culture

Ethnographic Research: Its History, methods, and Theories

Becoming Human: the Origin and Diversity of Our Species

Language-And-Communication

Patterns-Of-Subsistence

Economic-Systems

Sex-Marriage-And-Family

Kinship-And-Descent

Grouping by Gender, age, common Interest, and Class

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Spirituality, religion, and Shamanism

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Exam 6: Social Identity, personality, and Gender

Which orientation includes standards that indicate what ranges of behavior are acceptable for males and females in a particular society?

Culture-bound syndrome is another name for an ethnic psychosis.

Schizophrenia is one of the most common of all psychoses.

An alternative to the concept of national character is:

In studying three societies in New Guinea,Margaret Mead found that the roles played by men and women were determined primarily by:

is the distinctive way a person thinks,feels,and behaves.

Biomedicine is a traditional form of healing that is not widely accepted in the U.S.

All cultures practice gender bending (creating more than two gender categories)as a way of dealing with different types of sexual categories.

Normally,personality is like a mask that one wears,sometimes uncomfortably,throughout life.It is always external to the individual.

People who cross over or occupy an intermediate position in the binary male-female gender construction are called:

American children are among the earliest to develop a concept of self because of the high level of social stimulation they receive.

Both Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict were pioneers in the culture and personality movement in anthropology.

Names are a form of social identity.

Enculturation begins with the development of self-awareness,which may be defined as the:

The significance of the concept of tabula rasa is that it emphasizes the importance of culture rather than biological inheritance in determining an individual's characteristics.

Which of the following statements is not correct?

In today's Native American societies,the preferred term to describe an individual who falls between the categories of "man" and "woman" is known as:

John Locke's theory of tabula rasa was not sufficient because it did not:

An ethnic psychosis refers to a:

The-Essence-Of-Anthropology

Characteristics-Of-Culture

Ethnographic Research: Its History, methods, and Theories

Becoming Human: the Origin and Diversity of Our Species

Language-And-Communication

Patterns-Of-Subsistence

Economic-Systems

Sex-Marriage-And-Family

Kinship-And-Descent

Grouping by Gender, age, common Interest, and Class

Politics Power War and Peace

Spirituality, religion, and Shamanism

The-Arts

Processes of Cultural Change

Global Challenges, local Responses, and the Role of Anthropology

Filters