ANTHRCUL 101 - Exam 1 UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - the study of the biological and cultural diversity of
human kind, past and present, throughout time, and across space
Enculturation - CORRECT ANSWER - the gradual acquisition of the characteristics and
norms of a culture or group by a person, another culture, etc
- part of "Learned" Characteristic of culture
Characteristics of Culture - CORRECT ANSWER - Learned - enculturation
Symbolic - suggests an arbitrary element to culture
Shared - suggests the concept of identity - group shares values/follows same norms
All Encompassing - everything you do is part of culture
Dynamic and Changing - symbols articulate with meaning in flexible ways
Always in Action
Integrated - into everyday life
Diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER - the spreading of culture
, Acculturation - CORRECT ANSWER - when a group of people assimilate cultural norms
from another cultural group - can create a separate 3rd culture
Domination - CORRECT ANSWER - when one culture dominates another culture
Contestation - CORRECT ANSWER - testing, disputing, or arguing between two cultures
Interpretation (how can we make culture visible?) - CORRECT ANSWER - De-Familiarizing:
making the familiar strange, unsettling what was taken for granted
Familiarizing: Learning unfamiliar categories (from another culture) on their own terms
Juxtaposition (how can we make culture visible?) - CORRECT ANSWER - the fact of two
things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect based on cultural norms. (Food
Court Video)
Cultural Relativism - CORRECT ANSWER - idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices
should be understood based on that person's own culture, rather than being judged against the
criteria of another
Ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER - believing in superiority in one's own cultural
categories
Anthropology Sub-Fields - CORRECT ANSWER - Cultural
Linguistic
Biological
Archaeological
What Distinguishes Anthro Sub-Fields - CORRECT ANSWER - Focus - objects of inquiry,
time frames
Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - the study of the biological and cultural diversity of
human kind, past and present, throughout time, and across space
Enculturation - CORRECT ANSWER - the gradual acquisition of the characteristics and
norms of a culture or group by a person, another culture, etc
- part of "Learned" Characteristic of culture
Characteristics of Culture - CORRECT ANSWER - Learned - enculturation
Symbolic - suggests an arbitrary element to culture
Shared - suggests the concept of identity - group shares values/follows same norms
All Encompassing - everything you do is part of culture
Dynamic and Changing - symbols articulate with meaning in flexible ways
Always in Action
Integrated - into everyday life
Diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER - the spreading of culture
, Acculturation - CORRECT ANSWER - when a group of people assimilate cultural norms
from another cultural group - can create a separate 3rd culture
Domination - CORRECT ANSWER - when one culture dominates another culture
Contestation - CORRECT ANSWER - testing, disputing, or arguing between two cultures
Interpretation (how can we make culture visible?) - CORRECT ANSWER - De-Familiarizing:
making the familiar strange, unsettling what was taken for granted
Familiarizing: Learning unfamiliar categories (from another culture) on their own terms
Juxtaposition (how can we make culture visible?) - CORRECT ANSWER - the fact of two
things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect based on cultural norms. (Food
Court Video)
Cultural Relativism - CORRECT ANSWER - idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices
should be understood based on that person's own culture, rather than being judged against the
criteria of another
Ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER - believing in superiority in one's own cultural
categories
Anthropology Sub-Fields - CORRECT ANSWER - Cultural
Linguistic
Biological
Archaeological
What Distinguishes Anthro Sub-Fields - CORRECT ANSWER - Focus - objects of inquiry,
time frames
