Question 1

Although culture is one of the principal means humans use to adapt to their environment,some cultural traits can be harmful to a group's survival.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Acculturation is the process by which people lose the culture they learned as children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The human capacity for culture has an evolutionary basis that extends back at least 2.6 million years.This date corresponds to

Accepted Answer

A)  the earliest production of cave art found in South Africa. 
B)  early toolmakers, whose products survive in the archaeological record. 
C)  a genetic mutation that caused an increase in brain size and complexity. 
D)  the advent of anatomically modern primates. 
E)  evidence of hunting and the use of fire to cook tough meats. 
A)  the earliest production of cave art found in South Africa. 
B)  early toolmakers, whose products survive in the archaeological record. 
C)  a genetic mutation that caused an increase in brain size and complexity. 
D)  the advent of anatomically modern primates. 
E)  evidence of hunting and the use of fire to cook tough meats.

Question 4

According to Leslie White,culture is dependent upon the ability to create and use symbols.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Culture is transmitted in society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

How are cultural rights different from human rights?

Accepted Answer

A)  Human rights are real, whereas cultural rights are just perceived. 
B)  The United Nations protects human rights but not cultural rights. 
C)  Cultural rights are vested in groups, not in individuals. 
D)  Cultural rights are more clear-cut than human rights. 
E)  The term cultural rights is a politically correct synonym for human rights. 
A)  Human rights are real, whereas cultural rights are just perceived. 
B)  The United Nations protects human rights but not cultural rights. 
C)  Cultural rights are vested in groups, not in individuals. 
D)  Cultural rights are more clear-cut than human rights. 
E)  The term cultural rights is a politically correct synonym for human rights.

Question 7

Culture is transmitted by both formal and informal instruction,but not by observation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

While cultural abilities have a biological basis,they do not have an evolutionary basis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

How has this chapter challenged your understanding of the concept of human nature?

Accepted Answer

This chapter has challenged my understan

Question 10

What does it mean to say that culture is all-encompassing?

Accepted Answer

To say that culture is all-encompassing

Question 11

What process is most responsible for the existence of international culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnocentrism 
B)  cultural relativism 
C)  dendritic acculturation 
D)  gene flow 
E)  cultural diffusion, whether direct, indirect, or by force 
A)  ethnocentrism 
B)  cultural relativism 
C)  dendritic acculturation 
D)  gene flow 
E)  cultural diffusion, whether direct, indirect, or by force

Question 12

Something,verbal or nonverbal,that stands for something else is known as a

Accepted Answer

A)  transmitter. 
B)  symbol. 
C)  taboo. 
D)  substitute. 
E)  talisman. 
A)  transmitter. 
B)  symbol. 
C)  taboo. 
D)  substitute. 
E)  talisman.

Question 13

Modern means of transportation and communication have facilitated the process of globalization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Although rap music originated in the United States,it is now popular all over the world.Which of the following mechanisms of cultural change is responsible for this?

Accepted Answer

A)  acculturation 
B)  enculturation 
C)  independent invention 
D)  colonization 
E)  diffusion 
A)  acculturation 
B)  enculturation 
C)  independent invention 
D)  colonization 
E)  diffusion

Question 15

Although there are many different levels of culture,an individual can participate in only one level at a time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Anthropologist Clifford Geertz defined culture as ideas based on cultural learning and symbols.For anthropologist Leslie White,culture originated when our ancestors acquired the ability to use symbols.What is a symbol?

Accepted Answer

A)  a distinctive or unique cultural trait, pattern, or integration that can be translated into other cultures 
B)  any element within a culture that distinguishes it from other cultures, precisely because it is difficult to translate 
C)  something verbal or nonverbal, within a particular language or culture, that comes to stand for something else, with no necessary or natural connection to the thing for which it stands 
D)  a linguistic sign within a particular language that comes to stand for something else in another language 
E)  something verbal or nonverbal with a non-arbitrary association with what it symbolizes 
A)  a distinctive or unique cultural trait, pattern, or integration that can be translated into other cultures 
B)  any element within a culture that distinguishes it from other cultures, precisely because it is difficult to translate 
C)  something verbal or nonverbal, within a particular language or culture, that comes to stand for something else, with no necessary or natural connection to the thing for which it stands 
D)  a linguistic sign within a particular language that comes to stand for something else in another language 
E)  something verbal or nonverbal with a non-arbitrary association with what it symbolizes

Question 17

What is the term for the kind of cultural change that results when two or more cultures have consistent firsthand contact?

Accepted Answer

A)  acculturation 
B)  enculturation 
C)  independent invention 
D)  colonization 
E)  imperialism 
A)  acculturation 
B)  enculturation 
C)  independent invention 
D)  colonization 
E)  imperialism

Question 18

Anthropologists agree that cultural learning is uniquely elaborated among humans and that all humans have culture.They also accept a doctrine designated in the 19th century as the "psychic unity of man." What does this doctrine mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  Although women and men both share the emotional and intellectual capacities for culture, at the population level there is less variability in these capacities among men than among women. 
B)  Although individuals differ in their emotional and intellectual capacities, all human populations have equivalent capacities for culture. 
C)  Although an individual's genetic endowment does not affect that person's ability to learn cultural traditions, it does affect his or her capacity to change culture creatively. 
D)  Although human populations differ in their emotional and intellectual capacities, all individuals have equivalent capacities for culture. 
E)  Both mental abilities and mental disabilities are evenly distributed among individuals of all cultures. 
A)  Although women and men both share the emotional and intellectual capacities for culture, at the population level there is less variability in these capacities among men than among women. 
B)  Although individuals differ in their emotional and intellectual capacities, all human populations have equivalent capacities for culture. 
C)  Although an individual's genetic endowment does not affect that person's ability to learn cultural traditions, it does affect his or her capacity to change culture creatively. 
D)  Although human populations differ in their emotional and intellectual capacities, all individuals have equivalent capacities for culture. 
E)  Both mental abilities and mental disabilities are evenly distributed among individuals of all cultures.

Question 19

Cultural particularities are unique to certain cultures,while cultural generalities are common to several (but not all)cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Once an individual has been enculturated,that person must adhere to the cultural rules that govern that culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Culture

Although culture is one of the principal means humans use to adapt to their environment,some cultural traits can be harmful to a group's survival.

Acculturation is the process by which people lose the culture they learned as children.

The human capacity for culture has an evolutionary basis that extends back at least 2.6 million years.This date corresponds to

According to Leslie White,culture is dependent upon the ability to create and use symbols.

Culture is transmitted in society.

How are cultural rights different from human rights?

Culture is transmitted by both formal and informal instruction,but not by observation.

While cultural abilities have a biological basis,they do not have an evolutionary basis.

How has this chapter challenged your understanding of the concept of human nature?

What does it mean to say that culture is all-encompassing?

What process is most responsible for the existence of international culture?

Something,verbal or nonverbal,that stands for something else is known as a

Modern means of transportation and communication have facilitated the process of globalization.

Although rap music originated in the United States,it is now popular all over the world.Which of the following mechanisms of cultural change is responsible for this?

Although there are many different levels of culture,an individual can participate in only one level at a time.

Anthropologist Clifford Geertz defined culture as ideas based on cultural learning and symbols.For anthropologist Leslie White,culture originated when our ancestors acquired the ability to use symbols.What is a symbol?

What is the term for the kind of cultural change that results when two or more cultures have consistent firsthand contact?

Anthropologists agree that cultural learning is uniquely elaborated among humans and that all humans have culture.They also accept a doctrine designated in the 19th century as the "psychic unity of man." What does this doctrine mean?

Cultural particularities are unique to certain cultures,while cultural generalities are common to several (but not all)cultures.

Once an individual has been enculturated,that person must adhere to the cultural rules that govern that culture.

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Human Variation and Adaptation

The Primates

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Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

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Anthropologists agree that cultural learning is uniquely elaborated among humans and that all humans have culture.They also accept a doctrine designated in the 19^th century as the "psychic unity of man." What does this doctrine mean?