Question 1

Which of the following anthropologists argued that cultures are collective projections of a personality type?

Accepted Answer

A) Franz Boas 
B) John Locke 
C) Ruth Benedict 
D) Margaret Mead 
E) Clifford Geertz 
A) Franz Boas 
B) John Locke 
C) Ruth Benedict 
D) Margaret Mead 
E) Clifford Geertz

Question 2

Same-sex sexual acts are punished by the death penalty in all of the following countries except:

Accepted Answer

A) Mauritania. 
B) Guatemala. 
C) Sudan. 
D) Saudi Arabia. 
E) Iran. 
A) Mauritania. 
B) Guatemala. 
C) Sudan. 
D) Saudi Arabia. 
E) Iran.

Question 3

All of the following statements about biomedicine are correct except:

Accepted Answer

A) biomedicine uses the medical category of "psychosomatic" for some disorders. 
B) biomedicine is a growing approach in healthcare. 
C) biomedicine is a completely Western approach to medicine. 
D) this approach is fundamentally a dualistic mind-body approach to medicine. 
E) biomedicine has resulted in spectacular successes depending. 
A) biomedicine uses the medical category of "psychosomatic" for some disorders. 
B) biomedicine is a growing approach in healthcare. 
C) biomedicine is a completely Western approach to medicine. 
D) this approach is fundamentally a dualistic mind-body approach to medicine. 
E) biomedicine has resulted in spectacular successes depending.

Question 4

Dependence training is most often found associated with which type of society?

Accepted Answer

A) Horticultural and pastoral societies 
B) Foraging and subsistence societies 
C) Industrial societies 
D) Chiefdom societies 
E) Class-stratified societies 
A) Horticultural and pastoral societies 
B) Foraging and subsistence societies 
C) Industrial societies 
D) Chiefdom societies 
E) Class-stratified societies

Question 5

Ideal "cultural personality" traits among Yanomamo men would include being:

Accepted Answer

A) irritated and whiny. 
B) loving and respectful. 
C) questioning and anxious. 
D) fierce and humorous. 
E) nurturing and affectionate. 
A) irritated and whiny. 
B) loving and respectful. 
C) questioning and anxious. 
D) fierce and humorous. 
E) nurturing and affectionate.

Question 6

Which of the following refers to the idea that character traits that occur with the most frequency in a cultural society are representative of the values that culture embraces?

Accepted Answer

A) National cultural traits 
B) Modal personality 
C) National personality 
D) Social conformity models 
E) Community training 
A) National cultural traits 
B) Modal personality 
C) National personality 
D) Social conformity models 
E) Community training

Question 7

Which of the following statements about self-awareness is incorrect?

Accepted Answer

A) Self-awareness occurs earlier in children as a function of the amount of social stimulation they receive. 
B) At 15 weeks of age,the home-reared infant in North America is in contact with its mother for about 20% of the time. 
C) At 15 weeks of age,infants in the Ju/'hoansi society of South Africa's Kalahari Desert are in close contact with their mothers about 70% of the time. 
D) American children develop self-awareness earlier than do Ju/'hoansi children. 
E) Self-awareness comes in stages and not all at once. 
A) Self-awareness occurs earlier in children as a function of the amount of social stimulation they receive. 
B) At 15 weeks of age,the home-reared infant in North America is in contact with its mother for about 20% of the time. 
C) At 15 weeks of age,infants in the Ju/'hoansi society of South Africa's Kalahari Desert are in close contact with their mothers about 70% of the time. 
D) American children develop self-awareness earlier than do Ju/'hoansi children. 
E) Self-awareness comes in stages and not all at once.

Question 8

What is the fear reaction of being bewitched found among Algonquian hunters?

Accepted Answer

A) Amok 
B) Latah 
C) Berdache 
D) Sadhu 
E) Windigo 
A) Amok 
B) Latah 
C) Berdache 
D) Sadhu 
E) Windigo

Question 9

A society with extensive types of childcare,a desire to make the individual feel socially attached and generally free of stranger anxiety,and with high levels of sharing and social involvement would most likely have what type of training or children?

Accepted Answer

A) Interdependence 
B) Independence 
C) Separation 
D) Modal 
E) Self-awareness 
A) Interdependence 
B) Independence 
C) Separation 
D) Modal 
E) Self-awareness

Question 10

Independence training is particularly characteristic of rural agrarian societies,where self-reliance and personal achievement are important traits for survival.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

It is common in many cultures for an individual to receive more than one name during their life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

About 3% of all humans are intersexed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In traditional Ju/'hoansi society,fathers and mothers alike show great indulgence to children.A result of this indulgence is that the children:

Accepted Answer

A) do not fear or respect men more than they do women. 
B) fear both parents equally. 
C) are spoiled and intolerant of other children. 
D) do not know how to show proper respect for their fathers. 
E) have to learn proper respect much later in life. 
A) do not fear or respect men more than they do women. 
B) fear both parents equally. 
C) are spoiled and intolerant of other children. 
D) do not know how to show proper respect for their fathers. 
E) have to learn proper respect much later in life.

Question 14

dominance.The core value to which European Americans subscribe is:

Accepted Answer

A) cooperation. 
B) dependence. 
C) generosity in sharing. 
D) rugged individualism. 
E) dominance. 
A) cooperation. 
B) dependence. 
C) generosity in sharing. 
D) rugged individualism. 
E) dominance.

Question 15

Several years ago,the Italian tourism minister commented on the "typical characteristics" of Germans,causing a huge controversy as to whether or not a people could be labeled.This labeling and grouping is called:

Accepted Answer

A) modal personality. 
B) national character. 
C) stereotype. 
D) group personality. 
E) independence training. 
A) modal personality. 
B) national character. 
C) stereotype. 
D) group personality. 
E) independence training.

Question 16

People who are born with reproductive organs,genitalia,and/or sex chromosomes that are not exclusively male or female are called:

Accepted Answer

A) androgynous. 
B) berdache. 
C) castrati. 
D) transgenders. 
E) intersexuals. 
A) androgynous. 
B) berdache. 
C) castrati. 
D) transgenders. 
E) intersexuals.

Question 17

The do not consider an infant truly "human" until they have given it a name.

Accepted Answer

A) Icelanders 
B) Aymara Indians 
C) Hopi Indians 
D) Netsilik Inuit 
E) Iroquois Indians 
A) Icelanders 
B) Aymara Indians 
C) Hopi Indians 
D) Netsilik Inuit 
E) Iroquois Indians

Question 18

Childrearing practices that encourage compliance in performing tasks and dependence upon the group rather than on the individual is called:

Accepted Answer

A) enculturation training. 
B) independence training. 
C) dependence training. 
D) transference training. 
E) community training. 
A) enculturation training. 
B) independence training. 
C) dependence training. 
D) transference training. 
E) community training.

Question 19

Which of the following includes definitions and explanations of objects,spatial orientation,and temporal orientation,as well as culturally defined values,ideals,and standards that provide an individual with a normative orientation?

Accepted Answer

A) Vital self 
B) Tabula rasa 
C) Behavioral environment 
D) Patterns of affect 
E) Core values 
A) Vital self 
B) Tabula rasa 
C) Behavioral environment 
D) Patterns of affect 
E) Core values

Question 20

Another name for an ethnic psychosis is a:

Accepted Answer

A) mental ethnic syndrome. 
B) culture psychosis. 
C) biomedicine. 
D) culture-bound syndrome. 
E) ethnic abnormality. 
A) mental ethnic syndrome. 
B) culture psychosis. 
C) biomedicine. 
D) culture-bound syndrome. 
E) ethnic abnormality.

Which of the following anthropologists argued that cultures are collective projections of a personality type?

Same-sex sexual acts are punished by the death penalty in all of the following countries except:

All of the following statements about biomedicine are correct except:

Dependence training is most often found associated with which type of society?

Ideal "cultural personality" traits among Yanomamo men would include being:

Which of the following refers to the idea that character traits that occur with the most frequency in a cultural society are representative of the values that culture embraces?

Which of the following statements about self-awareness is incorrect?

What is the fear reaction of being bewitched found among Algonquian hunters?

A society with extensive types of childcare,a desire to make the individual feel socially attached and generally free of stranger anxiety,and with high levels of sharing and social involvement would most likely have what type of training or children?

Independence training is particularly characteristic of rural agrarian societies,where self-reliance and personal achievement are important traits for survival.

It is common in many cultures for an individual to receive more than one name during their life.

About 3% of all humans are intersexed.

In traditional Ju/'hoansi society,fathers and mothers alike show great indulgence to children.A result of this indulgence is that the children:

dominance.The core value to which European Americans subscribe is:

Several years ago,the Italian tourism minister commented on the "typical characteristics" of Germans,causing a huge controversy as to whether or not a people could be labeled.This labeling and grouping is called:

People who are born with reproductive organs,genitalia,and/or sex chromosomes that are not exclusively male or female are called:

The do not consider an infant truly "human" until they have given it a name.

Childrearing practices that encourage compliance in performing tasks and dependence upon the group rather than on the individual is called:

Which of the following includes definitions and explanations of objects,spatial orientation,and temporal orientation,as well as culturally defined values,ideals,and standards that provide an individual with a normative orientation?

Another name for an ethnic psychosis is a:

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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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Exam 6: Social Identity, personality, and Gender

Which of the following anthropologists argued that cultures are collective projections of a personality type?

Same-sex sexual acts are punished by the death penalty in all of the following countries except:

All of the following statements about biomedicine are correct except:

Dependence training is most often found associated with which type of society?

Ideal "cultural personality" traits among Yanomamo men would include being:

Which of the following refers to the idea that character traits that occur with the most frequency in a cultural society are representative of the values that culture embraces?

Which of the following statements about self-awareness is incorrect?

What is the fear reaction of being bewitched found among Algonquian hunters?

A society with extensive types of childcare,a desire to make the individual feel socially attached and generally free of stranger anxiety,and with high levels of sharing and social involvement would most likely have what type of training or children?

Independence training is particularly characteristic of rural agrarian societies,where self-reliance and personal achievement are important traits for survival.

It is common in many cultures for an individual to receive more than one name during their life.

About 3% of all humans are intersexed.

In traditional Ju/'hoansi society,fathers and mothers alike show great indulgence to children.A result of this indulgence is that the children:

dominance.The core value to which European Americans subscribe is:

Several years ago,the Italian tourism minister commented on the "typical characteristics" of Germans,causing a huge controversy as to whether or not a people could be labeled.This labeling and grouping is called:

People who are born with reproductive organs,genitalia,and/or sex chromosomes that are not exclusively male or female are called:

The do not consider an infant truly "human" until they have given it a name.

Childrearing practices that encourage compliance in performing tasks and dependence upon the group rather than on the individual is called:

Which of the following includes definitions and explanations of objects,spatial orientation,and temporal orientation,as well as culturally defined values,ideals,and standards that provide an individual with a normative orientation?

Another name for an ethnic psychosis is 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

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