Question 1

The majority of human behaviors are driven by closed instincts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The interactionist perspective prioritizes nature over nurture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Discuss anthropology's approach to understanding human emotions. Does this differ from a psychological approach? If so, how? How might recent approaches to human emotions influence how we understand the work of Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict?

Accepted Answer

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Question 4

According to Margaret Mead, Samoan adolescents were openly permitted to engage in premarital sex.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Humans cannot ignore or override their basic, inborn drives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Value judgments concerning homosexuality are based on __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  genetics 
B)  behavior 
C)  anatomy 
D)  culture

Question 7

Catherine Lutz would advise researchers to do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  disregard emotion when conducting cultural research because it varies so much individually 
B)  translate Western emotional concepts into other languages 
C)  accept that all human emotions are universally equivalent 
D)  consider the cultural context when trying to understand emotions

Question 8

Ruth Benedict argued that cultures could be classified according to specific "psychological types."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

After spending nine months in Samoa and working with individuals in three different villages, Margaret Mead concluded that __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Samoan society differed little from that of the United States in the 1920s 
B)  many key elements of Samoan culture had diffused from Thailand 
C)  Franz Boas's theories of cultural relativism had serious flaws 
D)  becoming an adult was less stressful in Samoa than in the United States

Question 10

The central object of Margaret Mead's study, Coming of Age in Samoa (1928), was to determine whether or not __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  kinship patterns in Samoa could be attributed to diffusion from China 
B)  the events of World War II had an effect on traditional family structure in Samoa 
C)  the transition from adolescence into adulthood was stressful in all societies 
D)  maturation rates of Samoan teenagers were directly related to race and heredity

Question 11

According to psychologist Jean Piaget, learning occurs through the processes of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  assimilation and accommodation 
B)  enculturation and intimidation 
C)  absorption and cognation 
D)  affiliation and enculturation

Question 12

Recent research in new types of psychological anthropology show that children are not passive recipients during enculturation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Human needs for food and sex are __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  drives 
B)  instincts 
C)  obsessions 
D)  learned behavior

Question 14

The classification of foods into categories of kosher (edible) and traif (not edible) is an example of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  preoperational reasoning 
B)  cognitive dissonance 
C)  binary opposition 
D)  ethnocentric enculturation

Question 15

Instincts can be learned.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Evolutionary psychologists are particularly interested in __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  why modern technology is evolving at such a rapid rate 
B)  the influence of natural selection on the human brain during the Paleolithic 
C)  the many differences found in particular cultures today 
D)  applying the theories of Freud and Piaget to understanding human enculturation

Question 17

Nests built in a particular shape by a single species of bird are examples of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  material culture 
B)  cultural adaptation 
C)  instinctual behavior 
D)  learned behavior

Question 18

Most anthropologists have come to agree that human behavior __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  is mostly determined by genetic inheritance 
B)  is usually automatic and instinctual 
C)  results from learning only 
D)  results from a combination of biology and culture

Question 19

Discuss the human sex drive from an anthropological perspective. How does culture influence patterns of sexuality? What have anthropologists learned about the patterning of sexuality and gender throughout the world? Compare and contrast two "third genders" discussed in your text.

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Question 20

Synthesize the approaches of cognitive anthropology, evolutionary psychology, and neuroanthropology. How do you think these fields can work together to reveal the inner workings of culture and cognition? How do you think technological advances will help further research?

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Exam 4: Psychological and Cognitive Anthropology

The majority of human behaviors are driven by closed instincts.

The interactionist perspective prioritizes nature over nurture.

Discuss anthropology's approach to understanding human emotions. Does this differ from a psychological approach? If so, how? How might recent approaches to human emotions influence how we understand the work of Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict?

According to Margaret Mead, Samoan adolescents were openly permitted to engage in premarital sex.

Humans cannot ignore or override their basic, inborn drives.

Value judgments concerning homosexuality are based on __________.

Catherine Lutz would advise researchers to do which of the following?

Ruth Benedict argued that cultures could be classified according to specific "psychological types."

After spending nine months in Samoa and working with individuals in three different villages, Margaret Mead concluded that __________.

The central object of Margaret Mead's study, Coming of Age in Samoa (1928) , was to determine whether or not __________.

According to psychologist Jean Piaget, learning occurs through the processes of __________.

Recent research in new types of psychological anthropology show that children are not passive recipients during enculturation.

Human needs for food and sex are __________.

The classification of foods into categories of kosher (edible) and traif (not edible) is an example of __________.

Instincts can be learned.

Evolutionary psychologists are particularly interested in __________.

Nests built in a particular shape by a single species of bird are examples of __________.

Most anthropologists have come to agree that human behavior __________.

Discuss the human sex drive from an anthropological perspective. How does culture influence patterns of sexuality? What have anthropologists learned about the patterning of sexuality and gender throughout the world? Compare and contrast two "third genders" discussed in your text.

Synthesize the approaches of cognitive anthropology, evolutionary psychology, and neuroanthropology. How do you think these fields can work together to reveal the inner workings of culture and cognition? How do you think technological advances will help further research?