Chap 2 QUIZ
Activities that are biologically based, such as eating and sleeping, are universally the same for all humans.
false
Cultural appropriation involves relationships of power.
false
A cross-cultural perspective on eating insect larvae would reveal the artificiality of taste that eating insects can be adaptive the cultural constructions of insects as food all of the answers are correct
all of the answers are correct
The theorist most connected with post-structuralism is
Renato Rosaldo
A symbol is something that conventionally stands for something else all of the answers are correct includes numbers and the alphabet is the basis of human behavior
all of the answers are correct
If you wanted to understand the norms of a society, you would most likely focus on
everyday interactions
All humans are born with some culture.
false
"Owning" culture
means controlling symbols that give meaning
Who was responsible for the theory of social evolution?
E. B. Tylor
A social consequence of introducing coffee into the highlands of Papua New Guinea was that people had more access to commodities young men gained social status coffee plantations took over all open land all of the answers are correct
all of the answers are correct
Ethnocentrism presents a major problem for anthropologists is a common feature of culture means you think your culture is superior to others all of the answers are correct
all of the answers are correct
When Kay Warren presented her anthropological research, a group of Maya intellectuals, activists, and political leaders
challenged her right, as a foreign anthropologist, to study the Maya culture
Cultural relativism is important because it helps anthropologists understand and defend all the things that people in other cultures do.
false
People rarely hold conflicting values.
false
The defining feature of historical particularism is
individual societies develop particular cultural traits and undergo a unique process of change
How would a critical relativist explain Native American criticisms of cultural appropriation?
it is important to understand Native American claims from their point of view though it doesn't necessarily mean we should accept them as the only way to view the issue
Norms are stable because
people learn them when they are young
The idea that embraces dynamic cultural processes and the idea that the observer of cultural processes can never see culture completely objectively represent
post-structuralism
Anthropologists overcome ethnocentrism by
seeing matters from the point of view of another culture
If a functionalist were to explain why the teacher lectures from the front of the classroom to students organized in neatly arranged chairs, she or he would emphasize that
this way of teaching organizes people to promote shared cultural goals
