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Question 1:

It is difficult to develop a cross-cultural intelligence test because ________.
a) different cultures possess different elementary cognitive processes
b) it is difficult to translate an intelligence test from one language to another
c) different cultures possess different functional cognitive systems
d) intelligence tests cannot be properly administered outside of a laboratory setting

Question 2:

Jean Lave’s research on “school” math versus “grocery store” math revealed the following information on cognitive styles in North America: ________.
a) Subjects only displayed their ability to use informal math strategies once they were outside the classroom setting
b) Subjects effectively applied context-free cognitive strategies to their shopping calculations
c) The informal calculations preferred in shopping situations remained the most important factor when buying groceries
d) Subjects approached grocery shopping as a problem that needed to be solved

Question 3:

In their study of syllogistic reasoning with Kpelle subjects in Liberia, Cole and Scribner found that the Kpelle ________.
a) were capable of solving syllogisms once they were trained in context-free reasoning
b) understood the syllogism, but were simply refusing to cooperate with the anthropologists
c) could not solve the syllogism because in Kpelle culture, “rightness” is typically generated through individualism.
d) could answer the syllogism at the same rate as individuals from Western countries

Question 4:

Thinking of individuals as subjects who occupy various positions within society is advantageous because it highlights that ________.
a) actions are initiated by culturally determined motives
b) occupying more than one subject position results in psychological detachment
c) individual agency is not absolute
d) all of the above

Question 5:

Sexuality refers to ________.
a) anatomy
b) sociocultural beliefs and practices
c) the way sexual desire is experienced
d) all of the above

Question 6:

The study of large-scale collective trauma and violence is so complex because ________.
a) it involves psychic, social, political, economic, and cultural factors
b) of the way violence aims to destroy the mind, the body, and the social order
c) healing and coping requires the integration of both individual and cultural factors
d) all of the above

Question 7:

In the depth perception test, the South African subjects did not interpret the line drawings in three dimensions. This is due to differences in ________ between the South African subjects and the Western researchers.
a) emotional interpretations
b) schemas and prototypes
c) cognitive styles
d) logical reasoning styles

Question 8:

The zone of proximal development illustrates the ________.
a) importance of social interaction in growth and learning
b) link between physical development and culture
c) similarities in cognition both among cultures and within cultures
d) all of the above

Question 9:

________ is an example of structural violence.
a) A soldier injured in combat
b) A victim of a random mugging
c) An individual forced to take on dangerous employment due to a lack of other opportunities
d) A person injured by a drunk driver

Question 10:

________ is an anthropologist and doctor who works with people at the bottom of Haitian society.
a) Roger Lancaster
b) Paul Farmer
c) Abram Kardiner
d) Robert Hayden

Question 11:

As a member of a culture, an individual has been provided with a range of cognitive styles. A person using an articulate style—able to pay attention to something apart from its context—is said to be ________.
a) field independent
b) field dependent
c) field coerced
d) field reliant

Question 12:

Emotions surrounding universal experiences such as birth and death are experienced in the same way across nearly all cultures.
a) True
b) False

Question 13:

Western culture views human nature as a mind–body dualism.
a) True
b) False

Question 14:

Most anthropologists agree that the source of motivation is instinct.
a) True
b) False

Question 15:

The stages of cognitive development differ both within cultures and between cultures.
a) True
b) False

Question 16:

According to Vamik Volkan, chosen traumas are a form of cultural narrative and social identity.
a) True
b) False

Question 17:

Developmental systems theory focuses on the biological forces that shape our lives, including genetics and evolutionary selection.
a) True
b) False

Question 18:

Functional cognitive systems are culturally linked sets of cognitive processes that guide perception, conception, reason, and emotion.
a) True
b) False

Question 19:

Emotion begins as a cognitive acknowledgement of a stimulus, which in turn prompts bodily arousal.
a) True
b) False

Question 20:

Procreation is the main determinant of sexual expression and forms of sexual practice.
a) True
b) False

Question 21:

When exploring the social dimensions of consciousness, Lev Vygotsky primarily focused on face-to-face interactions while Margaret Mead was more interested in the wider social, cultural, and historical context in which face-to-face interaction is embedded.
a) True
b) False

Higher Education

Cultural Anthropology, Third Edition: Chapter 05