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Saturday, April 7, 2012

Anthropology


1.

 
An alternative to the concept of national character is ______________________.
 Student ResponseCorrect AnswerFeedback
group personality  
independence training  
stereotyping  
Student Response core valuesStudent Response   
modal personality  
Score:0.5/0.5
 

2.

 
In North American society self-awareness does not occur until about ________ years of age.
 Student ResponseCorrect AnswerFeedback
5  
Student Response 2Student Response   
6  
4  
3  
Score:0.5/0.5
 

3.

 
One of the pioneers of anthropology is _______________.
 Student ResponseCorrect AnswerFeedback
Mary Douglas  
Margaret MeadStudent Response   
Nancy Scheper-Hughes  
Student Response Ruth Benedict  
Catherine Bateson  
Score:0/0.5
 

4.

 
Today in Native American Societies the preferred term to describe an individual who falls between the categories of “man” and “woman” is known as _______________.
 Student ResponseCorrect AnswerFeedback
passive homosexual  
effeminate  
gay  
berdache  
Student Response two-spiritStudent Response   
Score:0.5/0.5
 

5.

 
The personality typical of a society, as indicated by the central tendency of a defined frequency distribution, is called, _______________.
 Student ResponseCorrect AnswerFeedback
a core value  
Student Response a modal personalityStudent Response   
a nuclear personality  
a pattern of affect  
culture and personality  
Score:0.5/0.5
 

6.

 
_______________ are child-rearing practices that foster compliance in the performance of assigned tasks and reliance on the domestic group, rather than reliance on themselves.
 Student ResponseCorrect AnswerFeedback
“Tough love” training  
Independence training  
Student Response Dependence trainingStudent Response   
Domesticity training  
Assertiveness training  
Score:0.5/0.5
 

7.

 
Navajo babies begin to learn the importance of community at the _______________.
 Student ResponseCorrect AnswerFeedback
Sadhu Ritual  
Walkabout Ceremony  
Student Response First Laugh CeremonyStudent Response   
Baptism Ritual  
Corn Goddess Ceremony  
Score:0.5/0.5
 

8.

 
For anthropology, _______________ developed the idea that personality is a cultural construct.
 Student ResponseCorrect AnswerFeedback
Benjamin D. Paul  
Betty Friedan  
Ruth Fulton BenedictStudent Response   
Michael Cole  
Student Response Elizabeth Colson  
Score:0/0.5
 

9.

 
_______________ is the process by which culture is passed from one generation to the next, and through which individuals become members of their society.
 Student ResponseCorrect AnswerFeedback
Assimilation  
Student Response EnculturationStudent Response   
Accommodation  
Acculturation  
Adaptation  
Score:0.5/0.5
 

10.

 
Another name for an ethnic psychosis is a _______________________________.
 Student ResponseCorrect AnswerFeedback
mental ethnic syndrome  
culture psychosis  
cultural mental anomaly  
culture bound syndromeStudent Response   
Student Response none of the above  
Score:0/0.5
 

11.

 
In Western countries, a culture-bound psychological disorder known as _______________ occurs most frequently among young women in which a preoccupation with thinness produces a refusal to eat.
 Student ResponseCorrect AnswerFeedback
Student Response anorexia nervosaStudent Response   
pibloktoq  
latah  
bulumia  
amok  
Score:0.5/0.5
 

12.

 
Even though flawed, national character studies were important to anthropological research because they helped to turn studies from small-scale farming communities, hunters and foragers, to ___________________________________________ .
 Student ResponseCorrect AnswerFeedback
large-scale multinational characteristics  
urban homeless  
independence training  
stereotypes  
Student Response large-scale contemporary state societiesStudent Response   
Score:0.5/0.5
 

13.

 
The _______________ includes definitions and explanations of objects, spatial orientation, and temporal orientation, as well as culturally defined values, ideals, and standards that provide an individual with a normative orientation.
 Student ResponseCorrect AnswerFeedback
vital self  
tabula rasa  
patterns of affect  
Student Response behavioral environmentStudent Response   
core values  
Score:0.5/0.5
 

14.

 
_______________ orientation includes standards that indicate what ranges of behavior are acceptable for males and females in a particular society.
 Student ResponseCorrect AnswerFeedback
Spatial  
NormativeStudent Response   
Student Response Gender  
Object  
Temporal  
Score:0/0.5
 

15.

 
The concept of tabula rasa _______________.
 Student ResponseCorrect AnswerFeedback
is a linguistic method of doing frame substitution  
Student Response implies that individuals are shaped primarily by their experiences, which differ from culture to cultureStudent Response   
was developed in the 20thcentury  
tabulates the influence of race on culture  
states that the races are biologically different  
Score:0.5/0.5
 

16.

 
Biomedicine is the predominant medical system found in _______________.
 Student ResponseCorrect AnswerFeedback
Native American societies  
Asia, Africa, and Latin America  
Hindu cultures  
indigenous societies  
Student Response EuramericaStudent Response   
Score:0.5/0.5
 

17.

 
Margaret Mead’s study of three societies in New Guinea demonstrated that _______________.
 Student ResponseCorrect AnswerFeedback
Student Response women are biologically programmed to be passive, obedient, compliant, loyal and caring  
men are biologically programmed to be tough, aggressive, assertive, dominant, self-reliant and achievement-oriented  
women are biologically programmed to be tough, angry, and efficient  
men are biologically programmed to be interested in self-decoration, art, theater and petty gossip  
none of the aboveStudent Response   
Score:0/0.5
 

18.

 
The agents of enculturation _______________.
 Student ResponseCorrect AnswerFeedback
are persons involved in transmitting culture to the next generation  
are at first the members of the family into which the child is born  
vary, depending on the structure of the family into which a child is born  
include peer groups and school teachers  
Student Response all of the aboveStudent Response   
Score:0.5/0.5
 

19.

 
The core values of _______________ culture promote the integration of the individual into a larger group.
 Student ResponseCorrect AnswerFeedback
Student Response Anglo-American  
Filipino  
Scandinavian  
Jewish  
ChineseStudent Response   
Score:0/0.5
 

20.

 
Female anthropologist _________________________________ stated that the purpose of anthropology is to “make the world safe for human differences.”
 Student ResponseCorrect AnswerFeedback
Catherine Bateson  
Margaret Mead  
Student Response Ruth BenedictStudent Response   
Mary Douglas  
Nancy Scheper-Hughes  
Score:0.5/0.5
 

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