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A group expects people to take turns while speaking in a conversation. Which cultural element does this expectation illustrate?
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02
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What is the anthropological term for sustained research that may combine participant observation, interviews, and other forms of evidence?
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Ideas about what is good, important, or desirable are cultural .
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People in one community use a particular greeting gesture to convey respect. Which cultural element is the gesture functioning as?
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A value
- B
A norm
- C
A symbol
- D
A biological trait
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Which kinds of evidence or methods may contribute to ethnographic research and contextual study, as described? Select all that apply.
- A
Participant observation
- B
Interviews
- C
Historical records and material objects
- D
Laboratory experiments as the only source of evidence
06
True or false
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Cultural variation can occur within a society as well as between societies.
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True
- B
False
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The introduction of a new practice is one example of cultural .
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Which approaches help anthropologists study cultural practices carefully and in context? Select all that apply.
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Ask who shares a practice and whether people interpret it differently.
- B
Assume that every member of a group follows the same practice in the same way.
- C
Consider participants’ explanations alongside wider historical and social contexts.
- D
Remain attentive to how the researcher’s perspective shapes the account.
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People in the same society participate in some practices differently because they belong to different occupations and communities. Which concept best describes this pattern?
- A
Cultural variation between societies
- B
Cultural variation within a society
- C
A universal norm shared identically by everyone
- D
Biological inheritance
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What is the method called in which researchers spend time with people and, where appropriate, take part in everyday activities?
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Open ended
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A workplace has a broad expectation that people show respect, but employees disagree about what respectful behavior looks like. Explain why the shared expectation does not predict that every employee will behave in the same way, and describe how an anthropologist could study this pattern.
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An anthropologist examines old household objects and historical records alongside present-day practices. What can this evidence help the anthropologist investigate?
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To prove that customs never change
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To replace the explanations of people who practice the customs
- C
To investigate how customs and meanings changed over time
- D
To show that all members of a group use objects in the same way
13
True or false
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A practice can be part of a shared culture even if not every member of the society knows or performs it.
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True
- B
False
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What term describes ideas about what is good, important, or desirable in a group?
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A person learns a community's customary way of greeting others by interacting with people there. Which idea about culture does this example best illustrate?
- A
They inherit the practice biologically from their parents.
- B
They learn the practice through social interaction.
- C
They develop the practice without contact with other people.
- D
They all follow the practice in exactly the same way.
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A gesture is understood as respectful in one setting but interpreted differently in another. Which cultural element does the gesture illustrate?
- A
It is a formal rule that must be obeyed by law.
- B
It is an idea about what is desirable.
- C
It is a gesture or object that carries a meaning people recognize.
- D
It is a behavior that every member of a society performs identically.
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True or false
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True or false: If a cultural pattern is shared in a society, it predicts that every member of that society will behave the same way.
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True
- B
False
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People in one society participate in a shared practice differently according to their occupations and community memberships. Which conclusion best fits this example?
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Variation can occur only between different societies.
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People in the same society must share every practice in the same way.
- C
People in one society may participate in cultural practices differently.
- D
Differences within a society show that it has no shared culture.
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What is the name for sustained cultural research that may combine participant observation, interviews, and other evidence?
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A cultural anthropologist spends time in a community and joins some everyday activities while observing how they unfold. Which method is being used?
- A
Participant observation, because it relies only on historical documents.
- B
Participant observation, because researchers observe and may take part in everyday activities.
- C
Interviews, because researchers must avoid spending time in everyday settings.
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Interviews, because they show exactly how practices unfold in every setting.
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