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

Which of the following statements is correct?

Accepted Answer

A) A society is a union of multiple cultures. 
B) Human survival depends on every individual being fit. 
C) A correctly functioning culture has consistency across all of its parts,though not necessarily harmony. 
D) Unregulated self-gratification does not impact the society as a whole. 
E) Although all individuals are not exactly the same,all are enculturated equally. 
A) A society is a union of multiple cultures. 
B) Human survival depends on every individual being fit. 
C) A correctly functioning culture has consistency across all of its parts,though not necessarily harmony. 
D) Unregulated self-gratification does not impact the society as a whole. 
E) Although all individuals are not exactly the same,all are enculturated equally.

Question 3

A society's economic base is part of the superstructure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

All societies require the same degree of cultural uniformity in order to function properly.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The rule-governed relationships that hold a society together,with all their rights,duties,and obligations,are known as its:

Accepted Answer

A) constitution. 
B) social structure. 
C) cultural relativism. 
D) laws. 
E) ethnocentrism. 
A) constitution. 
B) social structure. 
C) cultural relativism. 
D) laws. 
E) ethnocentrism.

Question 6

All of the following statements about pluralistic societies are correct except:

Accepted Answer

A) these are societies in which two or more ethnic groups coexist within the same state. 
B) together these societies comprise a nation. 
C) pluralistic societies did not exist before about 5,000 years ago. 
D) these societies have a more complex order than those states composed of a single ethnic group. 
E) ethnocentrism can be maladaptive within pluralistic societies. 
A) these are societies in which two or more ethnic groups coexist within the same state. 
B) together these societies comprise a nation. 
C) pluralistic societies did not exist before about 5,000 years ago. 
D) these societies have a more complex order than those states composed of a single ethnic group. 
E) ethnocentrism can be maladaptive within pluralistic societies.

Question 7

According to Bronislaw Malinowski,the nature of an institution is determined by its:

Accepted Answer

A) structure. 
B) function. 
C) culture. 
D) superstructure. 
E) infrastructure. 
A) structure. 
B) function. 
C) culture. 
D) superstructure. 
E) infrastructure.

Question 8

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 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What percentage of cosmetic procedures and nonsurgical procedures were done on women in the United States in 2011?

Accepted Answer

A) 100 
B) 91 
C) 83 
D) 61 
E) 47 
A) 100 
B) 91 
C) 83 
D) 61 
E) 47

Question 11

North American Indians form subcultures within the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

China is a pluralistic society.Which ethnic group dominates others in China and has a socially and politically ethnocentric ruling policy?

Accepted Answer

A) Buddhists 
B) Uyghur 
C) Li 
D) Mongol 
E) Han 
A) Buddhists 
B) Uyghur 
C) Li 
D) Mongol 
E) Han

Question 13

Among the Kapauku Papuans of New Guinea,the fact that an attempt to eliminate warfare (which would create a balanced sex ratio)would affect the practice of polygyny,which would affect the economy (since women raise pigs,and the more wives a man has,the more pigs he can keep),shows that culture is:

Accepted Answer

A) materialistic. 
B) relative. 
C) pluralistic. 
D) integrated. 
E) enculturated. 
A) materialistic. 
B) relative. 
C) pluralistic. 
D) integrated. 
E) enculturated.

Question 14

All of the following are signs that a culture is not adequately satisfying the needs and expectations of those who live by its rules except:

Accepted Answer

A) recovering environments. 
B) high crime rate. 
C) high delinquency rate. 
D) malnutrition (including obesity). 
E) emotional disorders. 
A) recovering environments. 
B) high crime rate. 
C) high delinquency rate. 
D) malnutrition (including obesity). 
E) emotional disorders.

Question 15

Every culture provides its members ways to think of the meaning of life and death.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Infrastructure can be best described as a society's:

Accepted Answer

A) subsistence system. 
B) religious system. 
C) political system. 
D) domestic activities and daily life. 
E) kinship system. 
A) subsistence system. 
B) religious system. 
C) political system. 
D) domestic activities and daily life. 
E) kinship system.

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

Accepted Answer

A) All culture is learned. 
B) All learned behavior is cultural. 
C) Culture is humankind's "social heredity." 
D) Culture is not biologically inherited. 
E) Culture is transmitted from one generation to the next through enculturation. 
A) All culture is learned. 
B) All learned behavior is cultural. 
C) Culture is humankind's "social heredity." 
D) Culture is not biologically inherited. 
E) Culture is transmitted from one generation to the next through enculturation.

Question 19

Which of the following statements about the relationship between sex and gender is incorrect?

Accepted Answer

A) Sex is the same as gender. 
B) Sex refers to physical differences between males and females,whereas gender refers to the cultural meanings assigned to sex. 
C) Sexual differences are biological; gender differences depend on cultural definition. 
D) Gender differences began with human culture,several million years ago. 
E) The biological differences between males and females have decreased since the time of the earliest humans. 
A) Sex is the same as gender. 
B) Sex refers to physical differences between males and females,whereas gender refers to the cultural meanings assigned to sex. 
C) Sexual differences are biological; gender differences depend on cultural definition. 
D) Gender differences began with human culture,several million years ago. 
E) The biological differences between males and females have decreased since the time of the earliest humans.

Question 20

To say that culture is shared means that all members of a society behave in the same way.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

Which of the following statements is correct?

A society's economic base is part of the superstructure.

All societies require the same degree of cultural uniformity in order to function properly.

The rule-governed relationships that hold a society together,with all their rights,duties,and obligations,are known as its:

All of the following statements about pluralistic societies are correct except:

According to Bronislaw Malinowski,the nature of an institution is determined by its:

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

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

What percentage of cosmetic procedures and nonsurgical procedures were done on women in the United States in 2011?

North American Indians form subcultures within the United States.

China is a pluralistic society.Which ethnic group dominates others in China and has a socially and politically ethnocentric ruling policy?

Among the Kapauku Papuans of New Guinea,the fact that an attempt to eliminate warfare (which would create a balanced sex ratio)would affect the practice of polygyny,which would affect the economy (since women raise pigs,and the more wives a man has,the more pigs he can keep),shows that culture is:

All of the following are signs that a culture is not adequately satisfying the needs and expectations of those who live by its rules except:

Every culture provides its members ways to think of the meaning of life and death.

Infrastructure can be best described as a society's:

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

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

Which of the following statements about the relationship between sex and gender is incorrect?

To say that culture is shared means that all members of a society behave in the same way.

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Exam 2: Characteristics-Of-Culture

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

Which of the following statements is correct?

A society's economic base is part of the superstructure.

All societies require the same degree of cultural uniformity in order to function properly.

The rule-governed relationships that hold a society together,with all their rights,duties,and obligations,are known as its:

All of the following statements about pluralistic societies are correct except:

According to Bronislaw Malinowski,the nature of an institution is determined by its:

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

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

What percentage of cosmetic procedures and nonsurgical procedures were done on women in the United States in 2011?

North American Indians form subcultures within the United States.

China is a pluralistic society.Which ethnic group dominates others in China and has a socially and politically ethnocentric ruling policy?

Among the Kapauku Papuans of New Guinea,the fact that an attempt to eliminate warfare (which would create a balanced sex ratio)would affect the practice of polygyny,which would affect the economy (since women raise pigs,and the more wives a man has,the more pigs he can keep),shows that culture is:

All of the following are signs that a culture is not adequately satisfying the needs and expectations of those who live by its rules except:

Every culture provides its members ways to think of the meaning of life and death.

Infrastructure can be best described as a society's:

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

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

Which of the following statements about the relationship between sex and gender is incorrect?

To say that culture is shared means that all members of a society behave in the same way.

The-Essence-Of-Anthropology

Ethnographic Research: Its History, methods, and Theories

Becoming Human: the Origin and Diversity of Our Species

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 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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