Question 1

Which of the following behaviors would most likely be subject to direct cultural constraints in American society?

Accepted Answer

A)  choosing to wear nothing 
B)  a young man's attempt to kiss his girlfriend 
C)  a woman carrying her child in a soft basket hung from her head 
D)  dancing in the street before going to work 
A)  choosing to wear nothing 
B)  a young man's attempt to kiss his girlfriend 
C)  a woman carrying her child in a soft basket hung from her head 
D)  dancing in the street before going to work

Question 2

What is the conceptual opposite of ethnocentrism?

Accepted Answer

A)  the glorification of other cultures 
B)  an understanding of the nuances of other cultures 
C)  thinking your own culture is better than others 
D)  believing that all cultures are essentially the same 
A)  the glorification of other cultures 
B)  an understanding of the nuances of other cultures 
C)  thinking your own culture is better than others 
D)  believing that all cultures are essentially the same

Question 3

Often,in the aftermath of violent events such as depopulation,relocation,enslavement,and genocide by dominant powers,deprived peoples have created new cultures in a process called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnogenesis 
B)  diasporization 
C)  acculturation 
D)  diffusion 
A)  ethnogenesis 
B)  diasporization 
C)  acculturation 
D)  diffusion

Question 4

An adaptive custom is one that __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  enhances survival and reproduction 
B)  changes with other cultural fluctuations 
C)  persists over several generations 
D)  was learned from other cultures 
A)  enhances survival and reproduction 
B)  changes with other cultural fluctuations 
C)  persists over several generations 
D)  was learned from other cultures

Question 5

How do anthropologists deal with the range of individual behaviors they meet when trying to describe a culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  They use the variations to define acceptable limits of behavior. 
B)  They ignore all but the most common few variations. 
C)  They describe all possible variations instead of looking for patterns. 
D)  They focus on the most unusual variations and the people involved in them. 
A)  They use the variations to define acceptable limits of behavior. 
B)  They ignore all but the most common few variations. 
C)  They describe all possible variations instead of looking for patterns. 
D)  They focus on the most unusual variations and the people involved in them.

Question 6

Which of the following describes the form of culture change known as diffusion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many of the foods we eat, such as pasta and chicken, were introduced to us through contact with different cultures around the world. 
B)  James Hargreaves developed the spinning jenny to increase the efficiency of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution. 
C)  Your parents teach you the proper way to speak to your elders. 
D)  Medical experiments and discoveries lead to the cure for an epidemic disease such as polio. 
A)  Many of the foods we eat, such as pasta and chicken, were introduced to us through contact with different cultures around the world. 
B)  James Hargreaves developed the spinning jenny to increase the efficiency of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution. 
C)  Your parents teach you the proper way to speak to your elders. 
D)  Medical experiments and discoveries lead to the cure for an epidemic disease such as polio.

Question 7

What does the concept of cultural integration mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  Various subgroups in the society work together. 
B)  Cultural elements are constant. 
C)  Cultural traits that are maladaptive can be made to work with adaptive traits. 
D)  Cultural elements are a fairly eclectic assortment. 
A)  Various subgroups in the society work together. 
B)  Cultural elements are constant. 
C)  Cultural traits that are maladaptive can be made to work with adaptive traits. 
D)  Cultural elements are a fairly eclectic assortment.

Question 8

Sequoya's idea to create a writing system for the Cherokee,after encountering written English,is an example of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  stimulus diffusion 
B)  innovation 
C)  acculturation 
D)  discovery 
A)  stimulus diffusion 
B)  innovation 
C)  acculturation 
D)  discovery

Question 9

Which important tenet of anthropology was first championed by Franz Boas to challenge the attitude that Western culture was inherently superior to others?

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural relativism 
B)  participant-observation 
C)  ethnocentrism 
D)  evolutionism 
A)  cultural relativism 
B)  participant-observation 
C)  ethnocentrism 
D)  evolutionism

Question 10

How did early evolutionists tend to think of Western cultures?

Accepted Answer

A)  They viewed Western cultures as being at the most progressive stage of evolution. 
B)  They believed they were lacking in important knowledge that other cultures already possessed. 
C)  They were extremely relativistic in their thinking, seeing all cultures as morally equivalent. 
D)  There was a rift between ethnocentric and relativistic evolutionists at the time. 
A)  They viewed Western cultures as being at the most progressive stage of evolution. 
B)  They believed they were lacking in important knowledge that other cultures already possessed. 
C)  They were extremely relativistic in their thinking, seeing all cultures as morally equivalent. 
D)  There was a rift between ethnocentric and relativistic evolutionists at the time.

Question 11

Do you believe that cultural relativism prevents anthropologists from finding fault with another culture's practices or from trying to make social change? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The ideal answer should includ

Question 12

Why is hair color not considered a cultural trait?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hair color may be shared by most members of a culture, but it is not a learned trait. 
B)  There are many different colors of hair within one culture. 
C)  People learn which hair colors are preferred, but they cannot change their hair color. 
D)  Hair color is neither learned nor shared throughout the culture. 
A)  Hair color may be shared by most members of a culture, but it is not a learned trait. 
B)  There are many different colors of hair within one culture. 
C)  People learn which hair colors are preferred, but they cannot change their hair color. 
D)  Hair color is neither learned nor shared throughout the culture.

Question 13

In what areas of American culture have the most drastic changes of cultural norms taken place in the last generation?

Accepted Answer

A)  sex and marriage 
B)  economics 
C)  religious practices 
D)  our educational system 
A)  sex and marriage 
B)  economics 
C)  religious practices 
D)  our educational system

Question 14

The tendency to judge other cultures without trying to grasp the reasons behind their customs is what anthropologists refer to as __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnocentrism 
B)  acculturation 
C)  cultural relativism 
D)  diffusion 
A)  ethnocentrism 
B)  acculturation 
C)  cultural relativism 
D)  diffusion

Question 15

Which of the following is a basic pattern of diffusion?

Accepted Answer

A)  intermediate contact 
B)  invention 
C)  historical interaction 
D)  discovery 
A)  intermediate contact 
B)  invention 
C)  historical interaction 
D)  discovery

Which of the following behaviors would most likely be subject to direct cultural constraints in American society?

What is the conceptual opposite of ethnocentrism?

Often,in the aftermath of violent events such as depopulation,relocation,enslavement,and genocide by dominant powers,deprived peoples have created new cultures in a process called __________.

An adaptive custom is one that __________.

How do anthropologists deal with the range of individual behaviors they meet when trying to describe a culture?

Which of the following describes the form of culture change known as diffusion?

What does the concept of cultural integration mean?

Sequoya's idea to create a writing system for the Cherokee,after encountering written English,is an example of __________.

Which important tenet of anthropology was first championed by Franz Boas to challenge the attitude that Western culture was inherently superior to others?

How did early evolutionists tend to think of Western cultures?

Do you believe that cultural relativism prevents anthropologists from finding fault with another culture's practices or from trying to make social change? Why or why not?

Why is hair color not considered a cultural trait?

In what areas of American culture have the most drastic changes of cultural norms taken place in the last generation?

The tendency to judge other cultures without trying to grasp the reasons behind their customs is what anthropologists refer to as __________.

Which of the following is a basic pattern of diffusion?

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Communication and Language

Economics

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Exam 9: Culture and Culture Change

Which of the following behaviors would most likely be subject to direct cultural constraints in American society?

What is the conceptual opposite of ethnocentrism?

Often,in the aftermath of violent events such as depopulation,relocation,enslavement,and genocide by dominant powers,deprived peoples have created new cultures in a process called __________.

An adaptive custom is one that __________.

How do anthropologists deal with the range of individual behaviors they meet when trying to describe a culture?

Which of the following describes the form of culture change known as diffusion?

What does the concept of cultural integration mean?

Sequoya's idea to create a writing system for the Cherokee,after encountering written English,is an example of __________.

Which important tenet of anthropology was first championed by Franz Boas to challenge the attitude that Western culture was inherently superior to others?

How did early evolutionists tend to think of Western cultures?

Do you believe that cultural relativism prevents anthropologists from finding fault with another culture's practices or from trying to make social change? Why or why not?

Why is hair color not considered a cultural trait?

In what areas of American culture have the most drastic changes of cultural norms taken place in the last generation?

The tendency to judge other cultures without trying to grasp the reasons behind their customs is what anthropologists refer to as __________.

Which of the following is a basic pattern of diffusion?

What Is Anthropology?

Research Methods in Anthropology

Genetics and Evolution

Human Variation and Adaptation

Primates: Past and Present

The First Hominins and the Emergence of Homo

The Emergence of Homo sapiens and the Upper Paleolithic World

Food Production and the Rise of States

Communication and Language

Economics

Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism

Sex and Gender

Marriage, Family, and Kinship

Political Life: Social Order and Disorder

Religion and Magic

The Arts

Global Problems

Practicing and Applying Anthropology

Filters