NUSC 1167 Exam 1 with complete
solutions graded A+ passed
Fastest/Growing Ethnic Groups in US (2) - correct answer ✔✔Latin Americans and Asians
What is food? - correct answer ✔✔any substance that provides the nutrients necessary to
maintain life and growth when ingested
Different methods for obtaining foods - correct answer ✔✔agriculture: cultivation of
crops/raising animals
hunting and gathering
stores, restaurants
gender roles in hunter/gatherer societies - correct answer ✔✔men: hunted areas where
animals were predominant
women: gathered fruits, berries, grasses, and nuts
use of fire in hunter/gatherer societies - correct answer ✔✔allowed humans to consume foods
that are indigestible; allowed for the preservation of food
Omnivore's Paradox - correct answer ✔✔eat food for survival; need to use caution when eating
certain food that can be harmful
self-identity: food character - correct answer ✔✔personality types leading to specific food
habits; Asian Indians consume walnuts to improve brain function; steak is expensive, cookies
are weakness, strength is protein) meat
, self-identity: food choice - correct answer ✔✔process whereby the food likes or dislikes of
someone else are accepted and internalized as personal preferences
self-identity: factors impacting restaurant selection - correct answer ✔✔price, location,
feedback, advertising, menu, sanitation, specific clinentele
cultural identity - correct answer ✔✔important symbolic function of food
cultural groups - correct answer ✔✔religious behaviors
etiquette - correct answer ✔✔appropriate use of food and behaviors associated with eating
status - correct answer ✔✔a person's position or ranking within a particular cultural group
what is culture? - correct answer ✔✔value, beliefs, attitudes and practices accepted by
members of a group or community
enculturation - correct answer ✔✔passing of culture from generation to generation (ex.
language acquisition, socialization)
acculturation - correct answer ✔✔the process when people from one ethnicity move to an area
with different cultural norms, and begin to adapt to the new majority society
levels of acculturation: micro - correct answer ✔✔individual's change in attitude, beliefs, and
behaviors
levels of acculturation: macro - correct answer ✔✔group changes that may be physical,
economic, social or political (first generation immigrants)
solutions graded A+ passed
Fastest/Growing Ethnic Groups in US (2) - correct answer ✔✔Latin Americans and Asians
What is food? - correct answer ✔✔any substance that provides the nutrients necessary to
maintain life and growth when ingested
Different methods for obtaining foods - correct answer ✔✔agriculture: cultivation of
crops/raising animals
hunting and gathering
stores, restaurants
gender roles in hunter/gatherer societies - correct answer ✔✔men: hunted areas where
animals were predominant
women: gathered fruits, berries, grasses, and nuts
use of fire in hunter/gatherer societies - correct answer ✔✔allowed humans to consume foods
that are indigestible; allowed for the preservation of food
Omnivore's Paradox - correct answer ✔✔eat food for survival; need to use caution when eating
certain food that can be harmful
self-identity: food character - correct answer ✔✔personality types leading to specific food
habits; Asian Indians consume walnuts to improve brain function; steak is expensive, cookies
are weakness, strength is protein) meat
, self-identity: food choice - correct answer ✔✔process whereby the food likes or dislikes of
someone else are accepted and internalized as personal preferences
self-identity: factors impacting restaurant selection - correct answer ✔✔price, location,
feedback, advertising, menu, sanitation, specific clinentele
cultural identity - correct answer ✔✔important symbolic function of food
cultural groups - correct answer ✔✔religious behaviors
etiquette - correct answer ✔✔appropriate use of food and behaviors associated with eating
status - correct answer ✔✔a person's position or ranking within a particular cultural group
what is culture? - correct answer ✔✔value, beliefs, attitudes and practices accepted by
members of a group or community
enculturation - correct answer ✔✔passing of culture from generation to generation (ex.
language acquisition, socialization)
acculturation - correct answer ✔✔the process when people from one ethnicity move to an area
with different cultural norms, and begin to adapt to the new majority society
levels of acculturation: micro - correct answer ✔✔individual's change in attitude, beliefs, and
behaviors
levels of acculturation: macro - correct answer ✔✔group changes that may be physical,
economic, social or political (first generation immigrants)
