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