ANTHA202: Quiz #2
Culture is uniquely human. a. True b. False
a. True
The perspective that aims to identify and understand cultures in the entirety is called a. holistic b. structural c. symbolic d. enculturation
a. holistic
Culture is a. learned and shared b. inherited c. a product of biology d. a product of individual psychology e. something you are given just at home and school
a. learned and shared
"Owning" culture a. means controlling symbols that give meaning b. happens inevitably over time c. makes it personal d. all of the above
a. means controlling symbols that give meaning
The structuralist approach to culture theorizes that a. people make sense of the world through binary oppositions b. cultures evolve over time c. culture is systematic, operating in a balanced fashion to keep society functioning smoothly d. individual societies develop individual traits e. all of the above
a. people make sense of the world through binary oppositions
All humans are born with some culture. a. True b. False
b. False
People rarely hold conflicting values. a. True b. False
b. False
The process of learning culture from a very young age is called a. growing up b. enculturation c. ethnocentrism d. evolving e. acculturation
b. enculturation
The defining feature of historical particularism is a. all societies pass through stages from primitive to complex b. individual societies develop particular cultural traits and undergo a unique process of change c. cultural differences are the result of different evolutionary stages d. the material world shapes people's customs and beliefs
b. individual societies develop particular cultural traits and undergo a unique process of change
The main idea behind the holistic perspective is to study culture a. through its individual parts b. through systematic connections of different parts c. as integrated and balanced d. all of the above
b. through systematic connections of different parts
Who was responsible for the theory of functionalism? a. Franz Boas b. E.B. Tylor c. Bronislaw Malinowski d. Alfred Kroeber
c. Bronislaw Malinowski
The theory of culture that proposes that cultural practices, beliefs, and institutions fulfill the psychological and physical needs of society is called a. historical particularism b. social evolution c. functionalism d. cultural materialism
c. functionalism
The idea that embraces dynamic cultural processes and the idea that the observer of cultural processes can never see culture completely objectively represent a. interpretive anthropology b. neo-evolutionism c. post-structuralism d. historical particularism e. structuralism
c. post-structuralism
The American anthropologist responsible for the concept of historical particularism was named a. E.B. Tylor b. Morgan c. Alfred Kroeber d. Franz Boas
d. Franz Boas
The theorist most connected with post-structuralism is a. Marvin Harris b. Victor Turner c. Claude Levi-Strauss d. Renato Rosaldo e. Marvin Harris
d. Renato Rosaldo
A symbol a. is a common means of reinforcing of human behavior b. is something that conventionally stands for something else c. includes numbers and the alphabet d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Cultural determinism is unproductive for cultural analysis because a. it denies the influence of factors like physical environment and biology on humans b. it can justify atrocities c. it explains all human action as the product of culture alone d. all of the above e. none of the above
d. all of the above
Ethnocentrism a. presents a major problem for anthropologists b. means you think your culture is superior to others c. is common to all people d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Examples of social institutions are a. kinship b. marriage c. farming d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Anthropologists overcome ethnocentrism by a. developing theories to explain human action b. studying a culture's customs c. defending whatever another culture does d. seeing matters from the point of view of another culture
d. seeing matters from the point of view of another culture
