The Idea of Culture MCQ

The transformation of adopted cultural traits, resulting in new cultural forms is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Enculturation

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Values are culturally defined ideas of what is _____

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Something that stands for something else is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Symbol

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Subculture is a system of_____ and customs that are significantly different from those of a larger, dominant culture within the same society.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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A theoretical perspective that holds all cultures reflect similar deep, underlying patterns and that anthropologists should attempt to decipher these patterns is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Structural Anthropology

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Plasticity is the ability of humans to change their behavior in response to a wide range of _____ demands.

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Correct Answer: Environmental

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The idea that society can be fruitfully compared to a living organism in which various parts work together to create a properly functioning whole is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Organic Analogy

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The ideas members of a culture share about the way things ought to be done refers to_____

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Correct Answer: Norms

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Neo-Marxists are anthropologists who apply the insights of _____ to the analysis of society and who treat the ideas of these thinkers as starting points for analysis rather than doctrine that must be followed.

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Correct Answer: Marx and weber

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A theoretical approach that emphasizes culture as a system of meaning and proposes that the aim of cultural anthropology is to interpret the meanings that cultural acts have for their participants is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Interpretive Anthropology

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Innovation is a new _____ that is qualitatively different from previously existing forms.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Habitus refer to the often taken-for-granted ways of acting that are acquired through_____

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Correct Answer: Both

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Functionalists are adherents of the anthropological theory that holds specific cultural institutions function to_____

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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____ is a theoretical approach that focuses on the ways in which members of a culture classify their world and holds that anthropology should be the study of cultural systems of classification.

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Correct Answer: Ethnoscience

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Enculturation is the process of learning to be a member of a particular cultural group.

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Correct Answer: True

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Ecological Functionalists are the anthropologists who focus on the relationship between environment and _____

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Correct Answer: Society

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The movement of objects and ideas from one culture to another is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Diffusion

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_____ are the adherents of an anthropological perspective that focuses on culture as the principal force in shaping the typical personality of a society as well as on the role of personality in the maintenance of cultural institutions.

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Correct Answer: Culture and Personality Theorists

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Cognitive Anthropolgy is a theoretical approach that defines culture in terms of the rules and meanings underlying behavior rather than human behavior itself.

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Correct Answer: False

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Anthropological Theory is a set of propositions about_____

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Correct Answer: All of these

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A change in the biological structure or lifeways of an individual or population by which it becomes better fitted to survive and reproduce in its environment is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Adaption

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Transculturation is the process of innovations from one culture transforming when they are adopted by a new culture.

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Correct Answer: True

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Some cultures change, while some cultures remain the same, according to theories of cultural change.

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Correct Answer: False

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What is an innovation?

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Correct Answer: A new object, or way of behaving or thinking

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What is the difference between cultural adaptation and biological adaptation?

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Correct Answer: Cultural adaptation is a faster process than biological adaptation.

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Lawns first became popular in the United States after World War II. What type of lifestyle is associated with ownership of a lawn in the United States?

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Correct Answer: Suburban living

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An idea that members of a culture have about the way things ought to be done is called a ______.

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Correct Answer: Norm

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Anthropologists who study the relationship between environment and society are called ______.

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Correct Answer: Ecological functionalists

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______ are the key mechanism for how humans fill their world with meaning.

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Correct Answer: Symbols

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Which of the following statements best reflects how ecological functionalists have interpreted the Hindu taboo against eating beef?

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Correct Answer: Their dung is an essential source of cooking fuel.

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Which of the following best describes why anthropologists believe humans have developed culture?

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Correct Answer: Culture is a way of codifying and making sense of reality.

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Culture and personality theories of human behavior emphasize that ______.

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Correct Answer: A culture is best understood through examining practices of child rearing

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Children in Mali classify some kinds of termites as food, while Americans consider termites pests. This difference can be explained by the fact that ______.

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Correct Answer: Different cultures have different models for classifying elements of their environment.

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______ is the context in which human actions can be understood.

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Correct Answer: Culture

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Anthropologists develop theories of human behavior in order to ______.

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Correct Answer: Set propositions about which aspect of culture are critical to understand

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Which statement describes a characteristic of a symbol?

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Correct Answer: A symbol is invented, and changed, by humans.

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