Question 1

How do anthropologists define the concept of culture? Consider the three components of culture.

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Culture is everything that peo...

Question 2

Culture exerts a powerful force on individuals.Discuss some examples of how culture affects and pressures the individual.

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Question 3

In comparison to the United States and Germany,why have so few scientists received Nobel Prizes in Japan?

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A)   Japan does not have a strong scientific tradition, as do the Western nations.
B)   Japanese scientists have focused more on productive efficiency rather than any kind of technological advances.
C)   Most Japanese scientists who are advanced choose to immigrate to Europe or the United States.
D)   Japanese scientists have been chosen to receive the Nobel Prize, but because of cultural tradition they have not traveled to accept the award.
E)   Japanese culture does not value bold experimentation of individual accomplishment as much as these other countries.F) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 4

Societies with very simple technology are called primitive societies by most anthropologists today.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Forced borrowing under conditions of external pressure is a form of:

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A)   cultural diffusion.
B)   cultural innovation.
C)   acculturation.
D)   invention.
E)   colonialism.F) D) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 6

The spread of a cultural element from one society to another is called:

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A)   innovation.
B)   tabula rasa.
C)   ethnocentrism.
D)   cultural diffusion.
E)   invention.F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 7

"Wearing a green hat" in Taiwan means that:

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A)   a man's wife or girlfriend has been unfaithful.
B)   a young man is eligible to be married
C)   a young woman is eligible to be married
D)   a man's wife has died.
E)   the person (male or female)  is celebrating a birthday.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

Discuss the importance of invention,innovation,and cultural diffusion and illustrate each of these concepts by using examples with which you are familiar in your own culture.

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Invention, innovation, and cultural diff...

Question 9

Define the organic analogy made popular by some of the early functionalist anthropologists.

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The organic analogy is a compa...

Question 10

In your own words,how would you define the concept of culture? What general statements hold true for all cultures of the world?

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Culture can be defined as the shared bel...

Question 11

Trying to operate in an unfamiliar culture:

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A)   often leads to the experience of culture shock.
B)   is never difficult for an educated person.
C)   is relatively easy if you have read a book about that culture.
D)   may lead to physical distress but not psychological distress.
E)   creates mild psychological stress.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 12

How many things that you do during your waking hours are purely biologically based? Give at least 3 examples of routine behavior and distinguish the learned cultural practices from biology.

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During my waking hours, many of the thin...

Question 13

Cross cultural coaching is appropriate in which setting?

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A)   factory
B)   public high school
C)   the United States Army
D)   work in federal agencies
E)   Cross-cultural coaching is appropriate in all settings.F) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 14

Which of the following is not an example of cultural diffusion?

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A)   the popularity of Tokyo Disneyland in Japan
B)   the popularity of manga, karaoke, and sushi in the United States
C)   the use of the detachable outrigger on the island of Hiva Oa
D)   a feng shui McDonald's constructed in a California city with a large Asian population
E)   African women exercising and losing weight to fit the American ideal of beautyF) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 15

What types of cultures remain completely static year after year?

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A)   small-scale cultures
B)   non-Western cultures
C)   No culture remains completely static.
D)   Western cultures
E)   All cultures are static.F) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 16

A Hindu who vomits after inadvertently eating beef illustrates which cultural principle?

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A)   Culture is learned.
B)   Cultures are always changing.
C)   Culture influences biological processes.
D)   The parts of a culture are interrelated.
E)   Culture is adaptive.F) C) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 17

Few cultural universals have to do with meeting the basic physiological needs of humans.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Why is the word "primitive" ethnocentric?

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It implies that something prim...

Question 19

The United States is an example of a monochronic culture.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Saying that every society has an economic system means that:

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A)   every society has a system of standardized currency.
B)   every society has markets.
C)   each receives goods and services based on his or her capacity to pay.
D)   every society has worked out a patterned way of ensuring that people get what they need for survival.
E)   every society is now part of the globalized economy.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

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