Culture and Society Exam 1 Questions and
Answers Exam
According to Tylor, what is culture? - ANSWER>>Cultures are systems of human
behavior and thought which obey natural laws, so they can be studied
scientifically.
Enculturation - ANSWER>>process by which a child learns
his or her culture
Human cultural learning depends on uniquely developed human capacity to use
_______. - ANSWER>>symbols
Symbols - ANSWER>>signs that have no necessary or natural connection with
things for which they stand
Clifford Geertz view of culture - ANSWER>>Culture is ideas based on cultural
learning and symbols.
Culture is learned through direct instruction and observation.
Anthropologists in the 19th century argued for what? - ANSWER>>"the psychic
unity of man."
They argued for this because individuals vary in emotional and intellectual
tendencies and capacities.
What type of thought is unique and crucial to cultural learning? -
ANSWER>>symbolic thought
, What are verbal and nonverbal symbols? - ANSWER>>Association between
symbols and symbolized is arbitrary and conventional
Chimpanzees and gorillas have rudimentary cultural abilities
No animal has elaborated cultural abilities to extent
of Homo sapiens
Where is culture located and transmitted through? - ANSWER>>groups
What links people who grow up in the same culture? - ANSWER>>shared beliefs,
values, memories, and expectations
What does culture do to natural biological urges? - ANSWER>>culture takes
natural biological urges and teaches us to express them in particular ways
What does our culture and cultural changes affect? - ANSWER>>ways in which we
perceive nature, human nature, and the natural
Anthropology - ANSWER>>culture includes features sometimes regarded as trivial
or unworthy of serious study
Cultures are what type of systems? - ANSWER>>integrated and patterned
What does it mean that cultures are integrated, patterned systems? -
ANSWER>>if one part changes, other parts change
Core values - ANSWER>>key, basic, or central values that integrate a culture
What type of ways do humans have to cope with environmental stress? -
ANSWER>>biological and cultural ways
Is what's good for an individual good for the group? - ANSWER>>not always
Answers Exam
According to Tylor, what is culture? - ANSWER>>Cultures are systems of human
behavior and thought which obey natural laws, so they can be studied
scientifically.
Enculturation - ANSWER>>process by which a child learns
his or her culture
Human cultural learning depends on uniquely developed human capacity to use
_______. - ANSWER>>symbols
Symbols - ANSWER>>signs that have no necessary or natural connection with
things for which they stand
Clifford Geertz view of culture - ANSWER>>Culture is ideas based on cultural
learning and symbols.
Culture is learned through direct instruction and observation.
Anthropologists in the 19th century argued for what? - ANSWER>>"the psychic
unity of man."
They argued for this because individuals vary in emotional and intellectual
tendencies and capacities.
What type of thought is unique and crucial to cultural learning? -
ANSWER>>symbolic thought
, What are verbal and nonverbal symbols? - ANSWER>>Association between
symbols and symbolized is arbitrary and conventional
Chimpanzees and gorillas have rudimentary cultural abilities
No animal has elaborated cultural abilities to extent
of Homo sapiens
Where is culture located and transmitted through? - ANSWER>>groups
What links people who grow up in the same culture? - ANSWER>>shared beliefs,
values, memories, and expectations
What does culture do to natural biological urges? - ANSWER>>culture takes
natural biological urges and teaches us to express them in particular ways
What does our culture and cultural changes affect? - ANSWER>>ways in which we
perceive nature, human nature, and the natural
Anthropology - ANSWER>>culture includes features sometimes regarded as trivial
or unworthy of serious study
Cultures are what type of systems? - ANSWER>>integrated and patterned
What does it mean that cultures are integrated, patterned systems? -
ANSWER>>if one part changes, other parts change
Core values - ANSWER>>key, basic, or central values that integrate a culture
What type of ways do humans have to cope with environmental stress? -
ANSWER>>biological and cultural ways
Is what's good for an individual good for the group? - ANSWER>>not always
