Exam 3: Culture

As a college student, you have probably heard quite a bit about "cultural diversity" or "multiculturalism" and the changing demographics of the U.S. What is multiculturalism? Why is it important to start to understand this concept? Are there any dangers in implementing multicultural education programs?

Norms are:

To the Rastafarians, their appearance symbolizes:

Culture can be defined as a shared way of life that includes values, beliefs, and norms that are transmitted within a particular society from generation to generation.

According to Harris' hypothesis about pork prohibitions, traditional societies that keep and eat pigs:

Using an anthropological perspective, explain the statement, "You are what you eat."

Chimpanzees can be taught to understand the difference between holy water and tap water.

What are some of the most important changes that will accompany increasing multiculturalism in the United States? What will be some of the problems that will occur? What are some solutions?

Anthropologists have determined that specific food preferences are biologically based, not culturally influenced.

To combat the problem of ethnocentrism, twentieth-century anthropologists developed the concept of __________.

Culture consists of both material and nonmaterial components.

Which of the following would be considered a "folkway" of contemporary culture in the United States?

After reading the section on Dress Codes and Symbolism, pick another example of dress codes and hairstyles and explain what the symbols mean to the individuals involved.

There are many definitions of culture, but there are a number of aspects common to most definitions. These include all of the following except:

The unique capacity for culture in the human species depends on learning since we do not inherit our culture through our genes.

A worldview consists of various beliefs about the nature of reality that provide people with a means of interpreting and understanding the world around them.

Cultural diversity is a reflection of environmental adaptations and the consequence of symbolic creations.

The earliest traces of material culture are:

Ethnocentrism is the practice of judging another society by the standards and values of one's own society.

Trial-and-error learning, in which an organism adjusts its behavior on the basis of direct experience, is also referred to as __________.