Question 1

A larger culture is more likely to tolerate a subculture if their values and physical appearance are similar.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Among the Kapauku Papuans of New Guinea,the fact that an attempt to eliminate warfare (which would create a balanced sex ratio) would affect the practice of polygyny,which would affect the economy (since women raise pigs,and the more wives a man has,the more pigs he can keep) ,shows that culture is:

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A)  materialistic.
B)  relative.
C)  pluralistic.
D)  integrated.
E)  enculturated.F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

Why is language the most important symbolic aspect of culture?

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Question 4

How can we evaluate how adaptive a culture is for its people? What are the signs of a culture that is functioning well and one that is stressed?

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Evaluating how adaptive a culture is for...

Question 5

Explain how ethnocentrism impacts culture change.

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Question 6

The belief that one's own way of life is superior to others is called:

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A)  ethnocentrism.
B)  cultural relativism.
C)  egocentrism.
D)  kulturpride.
E)  ethnicity.F) None of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 7

Apply the "barrel model of culture" to your own culture.

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The "barrel model of culture" is a conce...

Question 8

Distinguish between the terms "society" and "culture."

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Society and culture are closely related ...

Question 9

Symbols are arbitrary.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of these incorrectly describes the Amish?

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A)  They originated in Western Europe.
B)  They have strong pacifist beliefs.
C)  There are more than one million in the United States today.
D)  They primarily live in the mid-Atlantic and Midwest of the United States.
E)  They prohibit marrying outside the group.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 11

Anthropologists say that "culture is learned and shared." What do they mean by this,and how does this occur?

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Anthropologists mean that culture is not...

Question 12

Cultures respond to motions and actions within and around them because they are:

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A)  symbolic.
B)  functional.
C)  ethnocentric.
D)  dynamic.
E)  integrated.F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 13

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

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A)  All culture is learned.
B)  All learned behavior is cultural.
C)  Culture is humankind's "social heredity."
D)  Culture is not biologically inherited.
E)  Culture is transmitted from one generation to the next through enculturation.F) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 14

Using the Amish as an example of subcultural variation,discuss the factors that seem to determine whether or not subcultural variation is tolerated by the larger culture.Compare the Amish with another group less well tolerated in our own society.

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The Amish are a unique subculture within...

Question 15

What is the measure of a society's success?

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The measure of a society's success can b...

Question 16

To say that culture is shared means that all members of a society behave in the same way.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What does it mean to say that a culture has adaptive characteristics?

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When we say that a culture has adaptive ...

Question 18

The most important symbolic aspect of culture is:

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A)  art.
B)  language.
C)  religion.
D)  money.
E)  politics.F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 19

The gradual process of making beneficial adjustments to the environment is called:

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A)  adjustment.
B)  adaption.
C)  adaptation.
D)  acclimatization.
E)  alteration.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

What does Laura Nader mean when she says that the beauty industry and many plastic surgeons are involved in "standardizing" bodies?

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A)  They focus on the cultural body,treating others as in need of changes and adjustments to be culturally normal.
B)  They are working to sell cosmetics only to people who meet cultural ideals and do not address their markets to other women.
C)  They are not interested in selling their products anywhere but in the United States.
D)  They work together and have the same advisory boards so that there will be no competition between each other's companies.
E)  They are working on cloning experiences so that future people will have a perfect body.F) B) and C)
G) All of the above

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