Anthropology 150 - The Human Adventure » 2019 » Quiz 6

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Question #1
Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
A.   culture is a major reason for human adaptability
B.   cultural learning is uniquely elaborated in humans
C.   all humans have the capacity for culture
D.   racial groups differ in their capacities for culture
Question #2
Human culture arises out of the ability of humans to:
A.   form bonds of sexual attraction with fellow humans
B.   make effective tools
C.   protect themselves against predators
D.   communicate with one another
E.   hunt successfully
Question #3
Culture is
A.   genetically inherited
B.   transmitted biologically
C.   learned behavior
D.   instinctive behavior
Question #4
Our extrasomatic means of adaptation include
A.   bipedal locomotion
B.   stereoscopic vision
C.   industrial technology
Question #5
Which of the following statements is true about ethnocentrism
A.   pride in one's own society and its customs
B.   the belief that all cultures are equally worthy of respect
C.   the belief that cultures other than one's own are inferior
D.   an attitude found only in Western cultures
E.   the belief that all humans are essentially similar and rational
Question #6
One of the following statements about society and culture is INCORRECT
A.   A culture is shared by all members of a given society
B.   Although members of a society may share a culture, their behavior is not uniform
C.   Culture can exist without a society
D.   A society can have multiple cultures
E.   All human societies are cultural
Question #7
How do you describe a person who judges other cultures solely in terms of his own
A.   egocentric
B.   ethnocentric
C.   scientific
D.   ethnographic
Question #8
Only humans are capable of developing
A.   systems of communication
B.   tools
C.   an ideology
D.   a social structure
E.   an ecological system
Question #9
Learning is important in human evolution because
A.   cultural adaptations favor the survival of those who are competitive
B.   genetic selection no longer occurs in the human species
C.   humans are the only primates capable of learning new behaviors
D.   learning permits rapid and efficient adaptation to social and environmental change
Question #10
The opposite of cultural relativism is,,
A.   universalism
B.   secular humanism
C.   cultural realism
D.   diffusion
E.   ethnocentrism

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