A) is the exclusive domain of the elite. B) is acquired by humans as members of society through the process of enculturation. C) is being destroyed by electronic media. D) developed among nonhuman primates around 10,000 years ago. E) is more developed in industrial nations than among hunters and gatherers. A) is the exclusive domain of the elite. B) is acquired by humans as members of society through the process of enculturation. C) is being destroyed by electronic media. D) developed among nonhuman primates around 10,000 years ago. E) is more developed in industrial nations than among hunters and gatherers.

Exam 2: Culture

Anthropology is characterized by a methodological rather than moral relativism; in order to understand another culture fully, anthropologists try to understand its members' beliefs and motivations.

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Question 21

Only people living in the industrialized, capitalist countries of Europe and the United States are ethnocentric.

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Question 22

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?

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Question 23

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

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Question 24

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

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Question 25

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

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Question 26

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

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Question 27

Which of the following is an example of independent invention, the process by which people in different societies have innovated and changed in similar but independent ways?

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Indigenous cultures are at the mercy of the forces of globalization, as they can do nothing to stop threats to their cultural identity, autonomy, and livelihood.

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Question 29

What archaeological evidence suggests that humans were hunting by at least 2.6 million years ago?

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Question 30

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?

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Question 31

Compare and contrast the various mechanisms of cultural change discussed in this chapter.In particular, to what extent does each model for change suggest that culture shapes human behavior or is shaped by human behavior?

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Question 32

In anthropology, cultural relativism is not a moral position but a methodological one.It states that

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Question 33

Explain the distinctions among cultural universals, generalities, and particularities, and give examples of each.

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Culture

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Agency refers to the actions that individuals take, both alone and in groups, in forming and transforming culture.Describe examples in your own life that illustrate the relationship between agency and culture.

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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.

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Question 37

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

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Question 38

There are two meanings of globalization: globalization as fact and process, and globalization as ideology and contested policy.What is the primary and neutral meaning of globalization as it is applicable to anthropology?

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Question 39

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

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Anthropology is characterized by a methodological rather than moral relativism; in order to understand another culture fully, anthropologists try to understand its members' beliefs and motivations.

Only people living in the industrialized, capitalist countries of Europe and the United States are ethnocentric.

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?

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

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

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

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

Which of the following is an example of independent invention, the process by which people in different societies have innovated and changed in similar but independent ways?

Indigenous cultures are at the mercy of the forces of globalization, as they can do nothing to stop threats to their cultural identity, autonomy, and livelihood.

What archaeological evidence suggests that humans were hunting by at least 2.6 million years ago?

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?

Compare and contrast the various mechanisms of cultural change discussed in this chapter.In particular, to what extent does each model for change suggest that culture shapes human behavior or is shaped by human behavior?

In anthropology, cultural relativism is not a moral position but a methodological one.It states that

Explain the distinctions among cultural universals, generalities, and particularities, and give examples of each.

Culture

Agency refers to the actions that individuals take, both alone and in groups, in forming and transforming culture.Describe examples in your own life that illustrate the relationship between agency and 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.

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

There are two meanings of globalization: globalization as fact and process, and globalization as ideology and contested policy.What is the primary and neutral meaning of globalization as it is applicable to anthropology?

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

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