Cultural Anthropology

Which of the following is an example of an ideal cultural pattern in the United States?

the belief that everybody is equal before the law

Why are maladaptive customs likely to disappear from a society?

they diminish the chances of survival and reproduction

For something to be cultural it must be

learned and commonly shared.

Anthropologists, as well as other social scientists, feel that culture is

learned and shared.

Standards or rules about what is acceptable behavior are referred to by social scientists as

norms.

A group within a society that holds commonly shared customs is a

subculture

In anthropology, the term "culture" refers to

all the learned behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, values, and ideals that are characteristic of a particular society or population.

The anthropological attitude that a society's customs and ideas should be described objectively and understood in the context of that society's problems and opportunities is called

cultural relativism

A person who judges other cultures solely in terms of his or her own culture is said to be __________.

ethnocentric.

The most powerful transmitter of culture is probably

language.