Module 1 Quiz
The discipline of anthropology, defined as the science of humankind, is considered
A social science
How does globalization affect culture?
Culture encounters make it hard for there to only be one ancestral culture, instead, our culture is comprised of many cultures that we come into contact.
Culture is dynamic refers to...
Culture is alive and in a constant state of flux
Cultural knowledge is passed on through
Enculturation or accultiration
What is one trend that identifies American cultural practices to people from other cultures?
Our practice of eating on the go and eating
One of the four tenets of culture is "culture is arbitrary", which means that
The choices that people make are dependent on the context of their culture
Cultural relativism proposes that culture should be understood in terms of the values and beliefs of the people who practice it, but what is critical versus absolute cultural relativism?
The distinction between understanding other people's cultural practices, and determining that only your culture males logical choices.
A hominin is....
The group consisting of modern humans, extinct human species and all our immediate ancestors
Culture is arbitrary refers to...
The notion that cultural knowledge is context dependent and what may be appropriate in one culture may not be in another.
When do we practice ethnocentrism?
When we evaluate other cultures based on our own naturalized concepts
