Week 10 Reading Quiz 9

Middle Sexes: Biologically, at which point does a fetus take a fork in the road to being male or female? 8 weeks 7 to 8 weeks 6 to 7 weeks 4 weeks

6 to 7 weeks

Which of the following includes definitions and explanations of objects, spatial orientation, and temporal orientation, as well as culturally defined values, ideals, and standards that provide an individual with a normative orientation? Vital self Tabula rasa Behavioral environment Core values Patterns of affect

Behavioral environment

According to Abu-Lughod (Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?), most Muslim feminists have strongly opposed the wearing of burqas and other forms of veiling in their countries of origin. True False

False

Which of the following refers to the idea that character traits that occur with the most frequency in a cultural society are representative of the values that culture embraces? Modal personality Social conformity models National personality Community training National cultural traits

Modal personality

Abu-Lughod (Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?) disagrees with Laura Bush's assertion that liberating Afghan women is a reason to go to war. True False

True

Abu-Lughod (Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?) reports that after 20 years of fieldwork in Egypt, she never once met a woman who envied her Western counterparts. True False

True

What is the fear reaction of being bewitched found among Algonquian hunters? Windigo Amok Berdache Sadhu Latah

Windigo

The personality typical of a society, as indicated by the central tendency of a defined frequency distribution, is called a core value. a pattern of affect. a nuclear personality. a modal personality. culture and personality.

a modal personality.

All of the following statements about the naming ceremony are true EXEPT: all cultures have some ceremony to mark the naming of a child. through naming, the social groups acknowledges the child's birthright. personal names create a sense of individual identity. names express multiple aspects of the group identity as well. naming creates social identity.

all cultures have some ceremony to mark the naming of a child.

In Western countries, a psychological disorder known as _____ occurs most frequently among young women in which a preoccupation with thinness produces a refusal to eat. This is an example of a culture-bound syndrome. windigo bulimia amok anorexia nervosa pibloktoq

anorexia nervosa

Middle Sexes: According to the film, why do gay bring out fear and anger in straight people? Because straight people _____. think homosexuality is a sin are questioning themselves and their identity do not want to be gay deem being gay as unnatural

are questioning themselves and their identity

All of the following statements about biomedicine are correct EXCEPT: this approach is fundamentally a dualistic mind-body approach to medicine. biomedicine is a growing approach in healthcare. biomedicine uses the medical category of "psychosomatic" for some disorders. biomedicine is a completely Western approach to medicine. biomedicine has resulted in spectacular successes depending.

biomedicine is a completely Western approach to medicine

According to Abu-Lughod (Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?), the garment that entirely encloses a woman from head to toe is called a jihad. hadash. hijib. burqa.

burqa.

In studying three societies in New Guinea, Margaret Mead found that the roles played by men and women were determined primarily by animism. culture. biological inheritance. psychology. society.

culture.

In traditional Ju/'hoansi society, fathers and mothers alike show great indulgence to children. A result of this indulgence is that the children have to learn proper respect much later in life. do not know how to show proper respect for their fathers. do not fear or respect men more than they do women. are spoiled and intolerant of other children. fear both parents equally.

do not fear or respect men more than they do women.

Middle Sexes: Which statement best characterizes Noah's life? his parents believe it is their Christian duty to let him be who he is and dress in girl's clothes his biological father has excommunicated himself from the family his official transition was celebrated by his entire family his stepfather pressured his biological mother to make him act as a boy

his parents believe it is their Christian duty to let him be who he is and dress in girl's clothes

Several years ago, the Italian tourism minister commented on the "typical characteristics" of Germans, causing a huge controversy as to whether or not a people could be labeled. This labeling and grouping is called group personality. stereotype. national character. modal personality. independence training.

national character.

Middle Sexes: In the Hindu religion it is natural to have a same sex relationship natural to be in a heterosexual and homosexual relationship at the same time a sin to have sex with a person of the same sex unlawful to have an affair with someone of the same sex

natural to have a same sex relationship

According to Abu-Lughod (Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?), the Taliban treated the wearing burqa as a ________ requirement. economic religious political fashion optional

religious

Middle Sexes: In India, where do young boys experiment with sex? parties their friends' homes weddings parks

weddings