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To avoid speaking the B) Taboo
name of a dead person in
Yanomamo society or
carrying on everyday
activities
before the seal that has
been killed can be
butchered in Inuit society
are examples of which of
the
following?
A) Ritual
B) Taboo
C) Ceremony
D) Rational Explanation
,According to the A) Protoculture
textbook, cultural
practices are socially, not
biologically transmitted.
What is it called when
non-human animals,
such as some monkey
groups, pass learned
behavior to subsequent
generations?
A) Protoculture
B) Horticulture
C) Cultural Evolution
D) Non-human animals do
not pass on learned
behavior
According to lecture, C) Skewed Reciprocity
when the Cheyenne Peace
Chiefs restored clothes,
horses, and weapons to
the Arapaho hunters
whose
belongings had been
taken because they had
spoiled the hunt—a debt
that the hunters could
never repay—is an
example of which
of the following?
A) Prestation
B) Balanced Reciprocity
C) Skewed Reciprocity
D) Negative Reciprocity
,Ascribed relationships A) True
exist between people
whether or not they act to
reinforce them through
exchange.
A) True B) False
Sharing meat among D) All of the above
hunters does which of the
following for the group?
A) Creates obligations that
bind the hunters
B) Reinforces kinship and
other relationships
C) Ensures that a hunter's
family will have meat, even
when his hunts are not
successful
D) All of the above
__________ is essentially the B) Cultural Relativism
idea that a particular set of
customs or beliefs is
relative to a specific
cultural tradition and can
only
be evaluated and
understood in that
context.
A) Anthropology
B) Cultural Relativism
C) Ethnology
D) Ethnocentrism
, An American visiting A) Ethnocentrism
another country who
won't eat the food
because it "looks and
smells funny" or says that
one of their
cultural traditions is
"stupid" or "silly" would be
examples of which of the
following?
A) Ethnocentrism
B) Cultural Relativism
C) Cultural Understanding
D) A participant observer
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Terms in this set (133)
To avoid speaking the B) Taboo
name of a dead person in
Yanomamo society or
carrying on everyday
activities
before the seal that has
been killed can be
butchered in Inuit society
are examples of which of
the
following?
A) Ritual
B) Taboo
C) Ceremony
D) Rational Explanation
,According to the A) Protoculture
textbook, cultural
practices are socially, not
biologically transmitted.
What is it called when
non-human animals,
such as some monkey
groups, pass learned
behavior to subsequent
generations?
A) Protoculture
B) Horticulture
C) Cultural Evolution
D) Non-human animals do
not pass on learned
behavior
According to lecture, C) Skewed Reciprocity
when the Cheyenne Peace
Chiefs restored clothes,
horses, and weapons to
the Arapaho hunters
whose
belongings had been
taken because they had
spoiled the hunt—a debt
that the hunters could
never repay—is an
example of which
of the following?
A) Prestation
B) Balanced Reciprocity
C) Skewed Reciprocity
D) Negative Reciprocity
,Ascribed relationships A) True
exist between people
whether or not they act to
reinforce them through
exchange.
A) True B) False
Sharing meat among D) All of the above
hunters does which of the
following for the group?
A) Creates obligations that
bind the hunters
B) Reinforces kinship and
other relationships
C) Ensures that a hunter's
family will have meat, even
when his hunts are not
successful
D) All of the above
__________ is essentially the B) Cultural Relativism
idea that a particular set of
customs or beliefs is
relative to a specific
cultural tradition and can
only
be evaluated and
understood in that
context.
A) Anthropology
B) Cultural Relativism
C) Ethnology
D) Ethnocentrism
, An American visiting A) Ethnocentrism
another country who
won't eat the food
because it "looks and
smells funny" or says that
one of their
cultural traditions is
"stupid" or "silly" would be
examples of which of the
following?
A) Ethnocentrism
B) Cultural Relativism
C) Cultural Understanding
D) A participant observer
