Question 1

What are the six characteristics of culture?

Accepted Answer

They are that all cultures are

Question 2

As culture traits move from one society to another:

Accepted Answer

A) Their meanings tend to remain unchanged. 
B) They tend to lose their meanings. 
C) Their meanings tend to change. 
D) They lose their logical integration into culture. 
E) They tend to become less and less important to the society in which they originated. 
A) Their meanings tend to remain unchanged. 
B) They tend to lose their meanings. 
C) Their meanings tend to change. 
D) They lose their logical integration into culture. 
E) They tend to become less and less important to the society in which they originated.

Question 3

Language has many symbolic components,but it is not considered a symbol system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Describe Marvin Harris' analysis of Hindu cows in India using an ecological functionalist approach.

Accepted Answer

Cows serve a greater material

Question 5

Diffusion is generally a peaceful process that benefits all of the cultures involved.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Comparing culture to a system implies that:

Accepted Answer

A) A change in one part of culture will result in changes in other parts of culture. 
B) Culture is a means to an end. 
C) Each cultural pattern has the same meaning for every individual. 
D) A culture has no immediate relationship to its natural environment. 
E) No part of culture can work unless every part of culture works. 
A) A change in one part of culture will result in changes in other parts of culture. 
B) Culture is a means to an end. 
C) Each cultural pattern has the same meaning for every individual. 
D) A culture has no immediate relationship to its natural environment. 
E) No part of culture can work unless every part of culture works.

Question 7

Conflict is present in large hierarchical societies,but absent in small egalitarian societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Compare Tylor's 1873 definition of culture with that which is most used today.How are they alike and different?

Accepted Answer

Tylor's is like a "laundry list" of char

Question 9

Name three adaptive aspects of a Karen house in northwestern Thailand.

Accepted Answer

It has a pointed roof,overhang

Question 10

Sir Edward Tylor's early definition of culture was intended as a way of explaining the differences between human societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Define cognitive anthropology and give an example of a cognitive approach in the discipline.

Accepted Answer

Cognitive anthropology is a theoretical

Question 12

All of the following are characteristics that are emphasized in Inuit enculturation except:

Accepted Answer

A) Violence. 
B) Cooperation. 
C) Emotional restraint. 
D) Physical acuity. 
E) Independence. 
A) Violence. 
B) Cooperation. 
C) Emotional restraint. 
D) Physical acuity. 
E) Independence.

Question 13

One advantage of cultural adaptation over biological adaptation is that culture can usually change more rapidly than biology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Describe a spectator sport from the perspective of an anthropologist who believes that the primary purpose of culture is to make human social life meaningful.

Accepted Answer

As an anthropologist who believes that t

Question 15

Ethnobotany is:

Accepted Answer

A) The study of the way members of different cultures classify plants. 
B) The study of the dietary habits of members of different cultures. 
C) The use of words from other languages to describe plants in North American forests. 
D) The method that anthropologists use to discover what is edible in any culture. 
E) The study of the way members of different cultures understand health,sickness,and healing. 
A) The study of the way members of different cultures classify plants. 
B) The study of the dietary habits of members of different cultures. 
C) The use of words from other languages to describe plants in North American forests. 
D) The method that anthropologists use to discover what is edible in any culture. 
E) The study of the way members of different cultures understand health,sickness,and healing.

Question 16

Conflict is likely to be found:

Accepted Answer

A) Only in large scale industrialized societies. 
B) Only in societies that have capitalist economic systems. 
C) Only in societies that have a social hierarchy and separation into classes or castes. 
D) Only in societies that claim to have principles of equality but do not follow them. 
E) In all sorts of societies. 
A) Only in large scale industrialized societies. 
B) Only in societies that have capitalist economic systems. 
C) Only in societies that have a social hierarchy and separation into classes or castes. 
D) Only in societies that claim to have principles of equality but do not follow them. 
E) In all sorts of societies.

Question 17

A subculture is a group that has differing values and beliefs from the dominant culture in the same society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In which society are some children believed to be born chichuru (spirit children)if they have physical abnormalities?

Accepted Answer

A) Western Brazil. 
B) Northeastern Ghana. 
C) Northern Africa. 
D) Eastern South America. 
E) Southwestern Europe. 
A) Western Brazil. 
B) Northeastern Ghana. 
C) Northern Africa. 
D) Eastern South America. 
E) Southwestern Europe.

Question 19

What are the disadvantages of cultural adaptation over biological adaptation?

Accepted Answer

Cultural adaptation may involv

Question 20

Anthropologists consider that the concept of humanness and the recognition of human status is:

Accepted Answer

A) A biological designation. 
B) A sociological achievement. 
C) A cultural designation. 
D) Patterned and integrated throughout cultures. 
E) A cultural universal. 
A) A biological designation. 
B) A sociological achievement. 
C) A cultural designation. 
D) Patterned and integrated throughout cultures. 
E) A cultural universal.

What are the six characteristics of culture?

As culture traits move from one society to another:

Language has many symbolic components,but it is not considered a symbol system.

Describe Marvin Harris' analysis of Hindu cows in India using an ecological functionalist approach.

Diffusion is generally a peaceful process that benefits all of the cultures involved.

Comparing culture to a system implies that:

Conflict is present in large hierarchical societies,but absent in small egalitarian societies.

Compare Tylor's 1873 definition of culture with that which is most used today.How are they alike and different?

Name three adaptive aspects of a Karen house in northwestern Thailand.

Sir Edward Tylor's early definition of culture was intended as a way of explaining the differences between human societies.

Define cognitive anthropology and give an example of a cognitive approach in the discipline.

All of the following are characteristics that are emphasized in Inuit enculturation except:

One advantage of cultural adaptation over biological adaptation is that culture can usually change more rapidly than biology.

Describe a spectator sport from the perspective of an anthropologist who believes that the primary purpose of culture is to make human social life meaningful.

Ethnobotany is:

Conflict is likely to be found:

A subculture is a group that has differing values and beliefs from the dominant culture in the same society.

In which society are some children believed to be born chichuru (spirit children)if they have physical abnormalities?

What are the disadvantages of cultural adaptation over biological adaptation?

Anthropologists consider that the concept of humanness and the recognition of human status is:

Anthropology and Human Diversity

Doing Cultural Anthropology

Communication

Making a Living

Economics

Kinship

Marriage, family, and Domestic Groups

Gender

Political Organization

Stratification

Religion

Creative Expression: Anthropology and the Arts

Power, conquest, and a World System

Culture, change, and the Modern World

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Exam 3: The Idea of Culture

What are the six characteristics of culture?

As culture traits move from one society to another:

Language has many symbolic components,but it is not considered a symbol system.

Describe Marvin Harris' analysis of Hindu cows in India using an ecological functionalist approach.

Diffusion is generally a peaceful process that benefits all of the cultures involved.

Comparing culture to a system implies that:

Conflict is present in large hierarchical societies,but absent in small egalitarian societies.

Compare Tylor's 1873 definition of culture with that which is most used today.How are they alike and different?

Name three adaptive aspects of a Karen house in northwestern Thailand.

Sir Edward Tylor's early definition of culture was intended as a way of explaining the differences between human societies.

Define cognitive anthropology and give an example of a cognitive approach in the discipline.

All of the following are characteristics that are emphasized in Inuit enculturation except:

One advantage of cultural adaptation over biological adaptation is that culture can usually change more rapidly than biology.

Describe a spectator sport from the perspective of an anthropologist who believes that the primary purpose of culture is to make human social life meaningful.

Ethnobotany is:

Conflict is likely to be found:

A subculture is a group that has differing values and beliefs from the dominant culture in the same society.

In which society are some children believed to be born chichuru (spirit children)if they have physical abnormalities?

What are the disadvantages of cultural adaptation over biological adaptation?

Anthropologists consider that the concept of humanness and the recognition of human status is:

Anthropology and Human Diversity

Doing Cultural Anthropology

Communication

Making a Living

Economics

Kinship

Marriage, family, and Domestic Groups

Gender

Political Organization

Stratification

Religion

Creative Expression: Anthropology and the Arts

Power, conquest, and a World System

Culture, change, and the Modern World

Filters