Cultural determinism - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Anthropology Chapter 2 Questions and Answers 100% Pass What does Enculturation refer to? Enculturation is the process through which individuals learn and internalize the social norms and cultural practices of their society. What is a Symbol? A symbol is an item, concept, image, or figure that represents something beyond its literal meaning. What is the Interpretive Theory of Culture? This theory posits that culture is expressed and communicated through symbols that carry m...

(Complete Solution pack) Sobo ANTH 402 Section 1, Quiz 1-4, Test Exam Ch 1 2 3 4 5 Final. Complete Verified solution. biological determinism an argument that biology determines completely one's capacities and characteristics what is a negative effect of biological determinism bio-determinism can lead people to place false limitations on their potential (ex: only men can fix cars, white people are better than black, the poor are dim-witted) cultural determinism culture (rather than biolo...

Straighterline Cultural Anthropology 101 Final Exam Review The nineteenth century: - Answer-• Unilineal cultural evolutionism: Maintains that all human cultural groups progress through the same phases. • Biological determinism: Sees genetic differences among races as playing a key role in determining culture. The early twentieth century - Answer-• Historical particularism: Claims that cultural change is best studied by examining history. • Functionalism: Maintains that the develo...

Paper 3 psychology: issues and opinions in psychology, Section A: Issues and Debates. Detailed but concise essay plans in note form, summaries of each issue + debate issues: - reductionism vs holism - determinism vs free will - nature-nurture - idiographic vs nomothetic debates: - ethical implications - cultural bias - gender bias

AQA A level Psychology - Paper 3 topics Exam Questions and Answers Gender bias - Answer-Psychologists seek universality but bias may be inevitable (social historical contexts) Gender bias: psychological theory/research not accurately represent experience/behaviour of men + women Alpha bias: differences exaggerated, devalue women E.g. Freud = genuine psychological differences due to physiological differences Girls suffer from 'penis envy', femininity is failed masculinity Beta bias: di...

Anth 411 Final Exam Question and answers 100% correct 2024/2025 Anth 411 Final Exam Culture - correct answer A system of knowledge, beliefs, patterns of behavior, artifacts, and institutions that are created, learned, and shared by a group of people. Ethnocentrism - correct answer One's own culture represents the natural way, or the best way, to do something. Cultural Relativism - correct answer All cultural systems are inherently equal in value. Each cultural item must be u...

AQA A level Psychology Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers Gender bias - answerPsychologists seek universality but bias may be inevitable (social historical contexts) Gender bias: psychological theory/research not accurately represent experience/behaviour of men + women Alpha bias: differences exaggerated, devalue women E.g. Freud = genuine psychological differences due to physiological differences Girls suffer from 'penis envy', femininity is failed masculinity Beta bias: differ...

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hological differences due to physiological differences Girls suffer from 'penis envy', femininity is failed masculinity Beta bias: differences minimised, needs of women ignored E.g. fight or flight research = male only sample, assumed would be applicable, Taylor et al: tend and befriend (governed by oxytocin) Androcentrism: male behaviour seen as normal, deviations seen as abnormal/inferior Female behaviour misunderstood/pathologised E.g. feminists object to PMS, medicalises female emot...

media Questions with complete solution 2024 media & society exam 1 university of Iowa Technological determinism - correct answer the technical features of a new technology determine how it will be used by and changes in society Utopia - correct answer Thought that technology solves social problems,Focus on well-to-do, Technology is root of human progress Media - correct answer Institutionally based and technologically - supported form of organizing culture, info and data dystop...