Question 1

Much of the current-day understanding of scientific theory is due to the work of:

Accepted Answer

A) Stephen Tylor. 
B) Clifford Geertz. 
C) Margaret Mead. 
D) Ruth Benedict. 
E) Karl Popper. 
A) Stephen Tylor. 
B) Clifford Geertz. 
C) Margaret Mead. 
D) Ruth Benedict. 
E) Karl Popper.

Question 2

What is culture? Using each of the six characteristics of culture,discuss the meaning behind this term.

Accepted Answer

Culture can be defined as the beliefs, c

Question 3

Learned behavior is found exclusively in humans beings.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which theoretical school of thought focused on presenting objective descriptions of cultures within their historical and environmental context?

Accepted Answer

A) cognitive anthropology 
B) culture and personality 
C) ecological functionalism 
D) symbolic anthropology 
E) historical particularism 
A) cognitive anthropology 
B) culture and personality 
C) ecological functionalism 
D) symbolic anthropology 
E) historical particularism

Question 5

Today,anthropologists are focused especially on culture change.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Describe how food and the institution of eating are the result of enculturation.Use examples from your own cultural background.

Accepted Answer

Food and the institution of eating are d

Question 7

The process of learning to be a member of a specific cultural group is called:

Accepted Answer

A) culturation. 
B) enculturation. 
C) acculturation. 
D) transculturation. 
E) diffusion. 
A) culturation. 
B) enculturation. 
C) acculturation. 
D) transculturation. 
E) diffusion.

Question 8

What is the role of adaptation in human society? Use examples to show what you mean.

Accepted Answer

The role of adaptation in human society

Question 9

All of the following statements about the lengthy period of human immaturity are correct except:

Accepted Answer

A) it allows time for an enormous amount of learning to occur. 
B) it demands that human cultures provide stable environments for their young. 
C) it allows mature individuals in a society to function as teachers and no longer be in a role as learners. 
D) it requires human cultures to protect their young for long periods of time. 
E) it leaves few specific human behaviors directly under genetic control. 
A) it allows time for an enormous amount of learning to occur. 
B) it demands that human cultures provide stable environments for their young. 
C) it allows mature individuals in a society to function as teachers and no longer be in a role as learners. 
D) it requires human cultures to protect their young for long periods of time. 
E) it leaves few specific human behaviors directly under genetic control.

Question 10

Which of the following anthropologists was classified primarily as a culture and personality theorist?

Accepted Answer

A) Margaret Mead 
B) Victor Turner 
C) A.R.Radcliffe-Brown 
D) Bronislaw Malinowski 
E) Oliver Sacks 
A) Margaret Mead 
B) Victor Turner 
C) A.R.Radcliffe-Brown 
D) Bronislaw Malinowski 
E) Oliver Sacks

Question 11

Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Innovation is usually welcomed by cultures,while diffusion is often a source of conflict. 
B) Diffusion is usually welcomed by cultures,while innovation is often a source of conflict. 
C) Both innovation and diffusion are often sources of conflict within cultures. 
D) Both innovation and diffusion are highly valued and usually welcomed openly by virtually all cultures. 
E) Neither innovation nor diffusion operates on a cultural level. 
A) Innovation is usually welcomed by cultures,while diffusion is often a source of conflict. 
B) Diffusion is usually welcomed by cultures,while innovation is often a source of conflict. 
C) Both innovation and diffusion are often sources of conflict within cultures. 
D) Both innovation and diffusion are highly valued and usually welcomed openly by virtually all cultures. 
E) Neither innovation nor diffusion operates on a cultural level.

Question 12

Which of the following anthropologists would be most interested in studying the role of the mudyi tree,with its white,sticky sap,for girls' puberty rites among the Ndembu of East Africa?

Accepted Answer

A) Margaret Mead 
B) Victor Turner 
C) A.R.Radcliffe-Brown 
D) Bronislaw Malinowski 
E) Franz Boas 
A) Margaret Mead 
B) Victor Turner 
C) A.R.Radcliffe-Brown 
D) Bronislaw Malinowski 
E) Franz Boas

Question 13

Since the 16th century,which of the following has been the most dramatic source of culture change?

Accepted Answer

A) development of a world economic system 
B) discovery of the internet 
C) development of new religious movements 
D) the establishment of empires 
E) innovations in horticulture 
A) development of a world economic system 
B) discovery of the internet 
C) development of new religious movements 
D) the establishment of empires 
E) innovations in horticulture

Question 14

Which of the following statements best illustrates the experience of mild autism?

Accepted Answer

A) It is an inability to understand any form of language and communication. 
B) It is a physical impairment that leads an individual to be able to hear words aloud,but the individual cannot respond in any way. 
C) It is an emotional impairment,and autistic individuals have no ability to feel anything at all. 
D) It is a social impairment that leads autistic individuals to avoid all forms of human contact. 
E) It is an inability to intuitively understand the meaning and feelings that accompany very basic human interactions. 
A) It is an inability to understand any form of language and communication. 
B) It is a physical impairment that leads an individual to be able to hear words aloud,but the individual cannot respond in any way. 
C) It is an emotional impairment,and autistic individuals have no ability to feel anything at all. 
D) It is a social impairment that leads autistic individuals to avoid all forms of human contact. 
E) It is an inability to intuitively understand the meaning and feelings that accompany very basic human interactions.

Question 15

Which of the following statements best illustrates the significance of culture for most anthropologists?

Accepted Answer

A) Anthropologists agree on the basic characteristics of culture,but they vary on the significance they attach to each of the characteristics and how they study culture. 
B) Anthropologists agree on the characteristics of culture and on the importance of each of these,but they do not all study observable behavior. 
C) Anthropologists see culture distinctly and do not agree on the characteristics of culture. 
D) Anthropologists study observable behavior,but only a few of them study cultural attributes. 
E) Anthropologists study observable behavior,but the meanings and understandings that people attach to their behavior is not important to anthropologists. 
A) Anthropologists agree on the basic characteristics of culture,but they vary on the significance they attach to each of the characteristics and how they study culture. 
B) Anthropologists agree on the characteristics of culture and on the importance of each of these,but they do not all study observable behavior. 
C) Anthropologists see culture distinctly and do not agree on the characteristics of culture. 
D) Anthropologists study observable behavior,but only a few of them study cultural attributes. 
E) Anthropologists study observable behavior,but the meanings and understandings that people attach to their behavior is not important to anthropologists.

Question 16

Name the six characteristics of culture.

Accepted Answer

It is learned,patter

Question 17

Which of the following is not a characteristic shared by all cultures?

Accepted Answer

A) Cultures are subject to change. 
B) Cultures are shared. 
C) Cultures are transmitted biologically. 
D) Cultures are patterned and integrated. 
E) Cultures are made up of learned behaviors. 
A) Cultures are subject to change. 
B) Cultures are shared. 
C) Cultures are transmitted biologically. 
D) Cultures are patterned and integrated. 
E) Cultures are made up of learned behaviors.

Question 18

How would you best characterize a subculture?

Accepted Answer

A) It is a dominant cultural group within a society that does not hold a majority of the population. 
B) It is a group within a dominant society that does not share the society's norms and values. 
C) It is a cultural group that is oppressed and subordinated by a dominant culture. 
D) It is a cultural group made up of immigrants into a dominant society who do not speak the same language or have the same culture. 
E) It is a group that manages and guides all political and social decisions within a state society. 
A) It is a dominant cultural group within a society that does not hold a majority of the population. 
B) It is a group within a dominant society that does not share the society's norms and values. 
C) It is a cultural group that is oppressed and subordinated by a dominant culture. 
D) It is a cultural group made up of immigrants into a dominant society who do not speak the same language or have the same culture. 
E) It is a group that manages and guides all political and social decisions within a state society.

Question 19

Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Humans adapt to their environments purely through biological mechanisms. 
B) Humans are plastic and are able to change their behavior in order to adapt to changing social and ecological conditions. 
C) Humans are not constrained biologically,only culturally. 
D) Humans are plastic and biologically adaptive to any kind of social and environmental condition. 
E) All of the statements listed are true. 
A) Humans adapt to their environments purely through biological mechanisms. 
B) Humans are plastic and are able to change their behavior in order to adapt to changing social and ecological conditions. 
C) Humans are not constrained biologically,only culturally. 
D) Humans are plastic and biologically adaptive to any kind of social and environmental condition. 
E) All of the statements listed are true.

Question 20

Culture is an "ensemble of texts…which the anthropologist strains to read over the shoulders of those to whom they properly belong." Whose words are these?

Accepted Answer

A) Bronislaw Malinowski 
B) Franz Boas 
C) Victor Turner 
D) Clifford Geertz 
E) Margaret Mead 
A) Bronislaw Malinowski 
B) Franz Boas 
C) Victor Turner 
D) Clifford Geertz 
E) Margaret Mead

Much of the current-day understanding of scientific theory is due to the work of:

What is culture? Using each of the six characteristics of culture,discuss the meaning behind this term.

Learned behavior is found exclusively in humans beings.

Which theoretical school of thought focused on presenting objective descriptions of cultures within their historical and environmental context?

Today,anthropologists are focused especially on culture change.

Describe how food and the institution of eating are the result of enculturation.Use examples from your own cultural background.

The process of learning to be a member of a specific cultural group is called:

What is the role of adaptation in human society? Use examples to show what you mean.

All of the following statements about the lengthy period of human immaturity are correct except:

Which of the following anthropologists was classified primarily as a culture and personality theorist?

Which of the following statements is true?

Which of the following anthropologists would be most interested in studying the role of the mudyi tree,with its white,sticky sap,for girls' puberty rites among the Ndembu of East Africa?

Since the 16th century,which of the following has been the most dramatic source of culture change?

Which of the following statements best illustrates the experience of mild autism?

Which of the following statements best illustrates the significance of culture for most anthropologists?

Name the six characteristics of culture.

Which of the following is not a characteristic shared by all cultures?

How would you best characterize a subculture?

Which of the following statements is true?

Culture is an "ensemble of texts…which the anthropologist strains to read over the shoulders of those to whom they properly belong." Whose words are these?

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Exam 2: Culture Counts

Much of the current-day understanding of scientific theory is due to the work of:

What is culture? Using each of the six characteristics of culture,discuss the meaning behind this term.

Learned behavior is found exclusively in humans beings.

Which theoretical school of thought focused on presenting objective descriptions of cultures within their historical and environmental context?

Today,anthropologists are focused especially on culture change.

Describe how food and the institution of eating are the result of enculturation.Use examples from your own cultural background.

The process of learning to be a member of a specific cultural group is called:

What is the role of adaptation in human society? Use examples to show what you mean.

All of the following statements about the lengthy period of human immaturity are correct except:

Which of the following anthropologists was classified primarily as a culture and personality theorist?

Which of the following statements is true?

Which of the following anthropologists would be most interested in studying the role of the mudyi tree,with its white,sticky sap,for girls' puberty rites among the Ndembu of East Africa?

Since the 16th century,which of the following has been the most dramatic source of culture change?

Which of the following statements best illustrates the experience of mild autism?

Which of the following statements best illustrates the significance of culture for most anthropologists?

Name the six characteristics of culture.

Which of the following is not a characteristic shared by all cultures?

How would you best characterize a subculture?

Which of the following statements is true?

Culture is an "ensemble of texts…which the anthropologist strains to read over the shoulders of those to whom they properly belong." Whose words are these?

What Is Anthropology and Why Should I Care

Doing Cultural Anthropology

Communication

Making a Living

Economics

Marriage, Family, and Kinship

Sex and Gender

Political Organization

Stratification: Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Caste

Religion

Power, Conquest, and a World System

Globalization and Change

Anthropology Makes a Difference

Filters