Question 1

Which statement about hikikomori is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a culture-specific psychological disorder found in China. 
B)  It affects teenage girls and young women. 
C)  It results from the enormous pressure Japanese culture places on young males to succeed in school and later in the corporate world. 
D)  It is an eating disorder found among Japanese teenage girls. 
E)  It is a form of spirit possession found in the Philippines. 
A)  It is a culture-specific psychological disorder found in China. 
B)  It affects teenage girls and young women. 
C)  It results from the enormous pressure Japanese culture places on young males to succeed in school and later in the corporate world. 
D)  It is an eating disorder found among Japanese teenage girls. 
E)  It is a form of spirit possession found in the Philippines.

Question 2

All of the following are components of any definition of culture except:

Accepted Answer

A)  ideas and values. 
B)  biological predispositions. 
C)  material objects. 
D)  behavior patterns. 
E)  attitudes in society. 
A)  ideas and values. 
B)  biological predispositions. 
C)  material objects. 
D)  behavior patterns. 
E)  attitudes in society.

Question 3

The "organic analogy" refers to the idea that:

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A)  the parts of a culture are interconnected much as are the organs of a living animal. 
B)  only the fittest members of a species will survive. 
C)  humans evolved directly from non-human primates. 
D)  culture helps people adapt to their environments. 
E)  culture is a living and breathing entity that affects human survival. 
A)  the parts of a culture are interconnected much as are the organs of a living animal. 
B)  only the fittest members of a species will survive. 
C)  humans evolved directly from non-human primates. 
D)  culture helps people adapt to their environments. 
E)  culture is a living and breathing entity that affects human survival.

Question 4

Cultural diffusion is very important in cultural change because:

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A)  people are essentially uninventive and unimaginative. 
B)  all important elements of culture came from European societies. 
C)  all important elements of culture came from Asian and African societies. 
D)  it is easier to borrow a thing or idea than it is to invent it. 
E)  it allows cultures to adapt more quickly to their changing environment. 
A)  people are essentially uninventive and unimaginative. 
B)  all important elements of culture came from European societies. 
C)  all important elements of culture came from Asian and African societies. 
D)  it is easier to borrow a thing or idea than it is to invent it. 
E)  it allows cultures to adapt more quickly to their changing environment.

Question 5

Which of the following statements about culture is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Culture determines behavior, and the individual must conform to expectations in order to succeed within a group. 
B)  Culture influences behavior and acts as a powerful force in affecting individual choices and free will. 
C)  Culture is a form of behavior itself and may be either ideal or real. 
D)  Culture and behavior are two kinds of social deviance which cause the individual significant amounts of anxiety. 
E)  There is no relation between culture and behavior. 
A)  Culture determines behavior, and the individual must conform to expectations in order to succeed within a group. 
B)  Culture influences behavior and acts as a powerful force in affecting individual choices and free will. 
C)  Culture is a form of behavior itself and may be either ideal or real. 
D)  Culture and behavior are two kinds of social deviance which cause the individual significant amounts of anxiety. 
E)  There is no relation between culture and behavior.

Question 6

How does the earliest anthropological definition of culture by Edward Tylor differ from the definitions frequently used today?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tylor's definition is more like a "laundry list" of attributes that together form a culture. 
B)  Definitions today tend to be more specialized and detailed about characteristics of culture. 
C)  Definitions of culture are no longer being formulated. Anthropology has a single significant definition of culture that all researchers use. 
D)  Culture was more evident in the time of Tylor and his definition includes details that are no longer relevant to the study of culture. 
E)  Tylor's definition is the only definition still in use today. 
A)  Tylor's definition is more like a "laundry list" of attributes that together form a culture. 
B)  Definitions today tend to be more specialized and detailed about characteristics of culture. 
C)  Definitions of culture are no longer being formulated. Anthropology has a single significant definition of culture that all researchers use. 
D)  Culture was more evident in the time of Tylor and his definition includes details that are no longer relevant to the study of culture. 
E)  Tylor's definition is the only definition still in use today.

Question 7

Which of the following best illustrates a pluralistic society?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is composed of a number of subcultural groups and has a low potential for misunderstandings or hostilities. 
B)  It has a great potential for misunderstandings or hostilities and is found in the U.S. and the United Kingdom. 
C)  It is found in the United States and the United Kingdom but because of diffusion it is rapidly disappearing. 
D)  It is a peaceable society that promotes a great deal of cultural and social solidarity. 
E)  It is a type of society that fist developed with immigration, but it is no longer in existence. 
A)  It is composed of a number of subcultural groups and has a low potential for misunderstandings or hostilities. 
B)  It has a great potential for misunderstandings or hostilities and is found in the U.S. and the United Kingdom. 
C)  It is found in the United States and the United Kingdom but because of diffusion it is rapidly disappearing. 
D)  It is a peaceable society that promotes a great deal of cultural and social solidarity. 
E)  It is a type of society that fist developed with immigration, but it is no longer in existence.

Question 8

Which statement about the concept of culture is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  Culture influences biological processes. 
B)  Culture is learned. 
C)  Cultures change over time. 
D)  All cultures include some common features. 
E)  Most cultural universals are instinctual. 
A)  Culture influences biological processes. 
B)  Culture is learned. 
C)  Cultures change over time. 
D)  All cultures include some common features. 
E)  Most cultural universals are instinctual.

Question 9

Why do anthropologists distinguish between ideal behavior and real behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  some behaviors are much more adaptive and morally superior to others 
B)  most cultures have aspirations for people to behave better than they usually do 
C)  people in a society are never completely forthcoming or truthful with each other 
D)  people in a society rarely conform completely to social norms 
E)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  some behaviors are much more adaptive and morally superior to others 
B)  most cultures have aspirations for people to behave better than they usually do 
C)  people in a society are never completely forthcoming or truthful with each other 
D)  people in a society rarely conform completely to social norms 
E)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 10

What is "culture shock" and what suggestions might you put forth for minimizing some of its more harmful effects?

Accepted Answer

Culture shock is the feeling of disorien

Question 11

Which of the following statements is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  Culture provides humans with a quicker and more efficient means of adaptation than Darwinian natural selection alone. 
B)  Darwinian natural selection is the primary means by which non-human animals and plants adapt to the world. 
C)  Darwinian natural selection is the way that animals adapt to their world, but humans adapt only by means of culture. 
D)  Not all aspects of culture are adaptive for humans. 
E)  Culture is the primary means by which humans adapt to their world. 
A)  Culture provides humans with a quicker and more efficient means of adaptation than Darwinian natural selection alone. 
B)  Darwinian natural selection is the primary means by which non-human animals and plants adapt to the world. 
C)  Darwinian natural selection is the way that animals adapt to their world, but humans adapt only by means of culture. 
D)  Not all aspects of culture are adaptive for humans. 
E)  Culture is the primary means by which humans adapt to their world.

Question 12

A subculture refers to an inferior cultural group.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

People from the same culture can predict one another's behavior because:

Accepted Answer

A)  culture determines behavior. 
B)  culture conditions behavior. 
C)  all people in any given society accept exactly the same rules for behavior. 
D)  all people in any given society have exactly the same ideas. 
E)  culture groups are programmed to imitate each other. 
A)  culture determines behavior. 
B)  culture conditions behavior. 
C)  all people in any given society accept exactly the same rules for behavior. 
D)  all people in any given society have exactly the same ideas. 
E)  culture groups are programmed to imitate each other.

Question 14

Internal cultural changes occur most often in:

Accepted Answer

A)  cities. 
B)  monumental architecture. 
C)  Asian societies. 
D)  indigenous societies. 
E)  technologically complex societies. 
A)  cities. 
B)  monumental architecture. 
C)  Asian societies. 
D)  indigenous societies. 
E)  technologically complex societies.

Question 15

When the authors use the term "small-scale society," they are referring to societies with relatively:

Accepted Answer

A)  small populations, simple technologies, and little labor specialization. 
B)  simple technologies, very specialized labor, and small populations. 
C)  numerous small subcultural groups who are economically interconnected. 
D)  isolated populations of native peoples. 
E)  undeveloped economic systems. 
A)  small populations, simple technologies, and little labor specialization. 
B)  simple technologies, very specialized labor, and small populations. 
C)  numerous small subcultural groups who are economically interconnected. 
D)  isolated populations of native peoples. 
E)  undeveloped economic systems.

Question 16

Human behavior is largely instinctual.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The most fundamental aspect of culture is its use of material objects.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

There are many cultural universals,yet cultures are still so very different.Why do you think that despite the common needs of all human beings,we still live in distinct cultural groups?

Accepted Answer

There are several reasons why despite th

Question 19

Subcultures have all of the following characteristics except:

Accepted Answer

A)  they are subsets of the wider culture. 
B)  they always enjoy all the benefits of the mainstream culture. 
C)  they retain a level of cultural uniqueness that sets them apart. 
D)  they are neither inferior nor superior to mainstream culture. 
E)  they do not control society's major institutional structures. 
A)  they are subsets of the wider culture. 
B)  they always enjoy all the benefits of the mainstream culture. 
C)  they retain a level of cultural uniqueness that sets them apart. 
D)  they are neither inferior nor superior to mainstream culture. 
E)  they do not control society's major institutional structures.

Question 20

Conversational distance in U.S.cultures tends to be approximately:

Accepted Answer

A)  9 inches from one mouth to the other. 
B)  15 inches from one mouth to the other. 
C)  20 inches from one mouth to the other. 
D)  22 inches from one mouth to the other. 
E)  29 inches from one mouth to the other. 
A)  9 inches from one mouth to the other. 
B)  15 inches from one mouth to the other. 
C)  20 inches from one mouth to the other. 
D)  22 inches from one mouth to the other. 
E)  29 inches from one mouth to the other.

Which statement about hikikomori is true?

All of the following are components of any definition of culture except:

The "organic analogy" refers to the idea that:

Cultural diffusion is very important in cultural change because:

Which of the following statements about culture is true?

How does the earliest anthropological definition of culture by Edward Tylor differ from the definitions frequently used today?

Which of the following best illustrates a pluralistic society?

Which statement about the concept of culture is false?

Why do anthropologists distinguish between ideal behavior and real behavior?

What is "culture shock" and what suggestions might you put forth for minimizing some of its more harmful effects?

Which of the following statements is false?

A subculture refers to an inferior cultural group.

People from the same culture can predict one another's behavior because:

Internal cultural changes occur most often in:

When the authors use the term "small-scale society," they are referring to societies with relatively:

Human behavior is largely instinctual.

The most fundamental aspect of culture is its use of material objects.

There are many cultural universals,yet cultures are still so very different.Why do you think that despite the common needs of all human beings,we still live in distinct cultural groups?

Subcultures have all of the following characteristics except:

Conversational distance in U.S.cultures tends to be approximately:

What is Anthropology?

Applied Anthropology

The Growth of Anthropological Theory

Methods in Cultural Anthropology

Language and Communication

Subsistence Patterns

Economics

Marriage and the Family

Kinship and Descent

Sex and Gender

Social Stratification

Political Organization and Social Control

Supernatural Beliefs

Art

The Modern World Order, Global Challenges, and the Role of Applied Anthropology

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Exam 2: The Concept of Culture

Which statement about hikikomori is true?

All of the following are components of any definition of culture except:

The "organic analogy" refers to the idea that:

Cultural diffusion is very important in cultural change because:

Which of the following statements about culture is true?

How does the earliest anthropological definition of culture by Edward Tylor differ from the definitions frequently used today?

Which of the following best illustrates a pluralistic society?

Which statement about the concept of culture is false?

Why do anthropologists distinguish between ideal behavior and real behavior?

What is "culture shock" and what suggestions might you put forth for minimizing some of its more harmful effects?

Which of the following statements is false?

A subculture refers to an inferior cultural group.

People from the same culture can predict one another's behavior because:

Internal cultural changes occur most often in:

When the authors use the term "small-scale society," they are referring to societies with relatively:

Human behavior is largely instinctual.

The most fundamental aspect of culture is its use of material objects.

There are many cultural universals,yet cultures are still so very different.Why do you think that despite the common needs of all human beings,we still live in distinct cultural groups?

Subcultures have all of the following characteristics except:

Conversational distance in U.S.cultures tends to be approximately:

What is Anthropology?

Applied Anthropology

The Growth of Anthropological Theory

Methods in Cultural Anthropology

Language and Communication

Subsistence Patterns

Economics

Marriage and the Family

Kinship and Descent

Sex and Gender

Social Stratification

Political Organization and Social Control

Supernatural Beliefs

Art

The Modern World Order, Global Challenges, and the Role of Applied Anthropology

Filters