question

a boy is born into a society that practices matrilineal descent. the person who exercises authority over him is

answer

his mother's brother

question

a clan is similar to lineage except: A. a clan has fewer people B. clan members are unable to trace exact genealogical links to their common ancestor C. clans are more likely to hold tangible property corporately D. clans are exogamous whereas lineages are endogamous E. clans are patrilocal whereas lineages are matrilocal

answer

B. clan members are unable to trace exact genealogical links to their common ancestor

question

a network of relative within which individuals possess certain mutual rights and obligations Is called

answer

kinship

question

a phratry is a unilineal descent group composed of two or more ____ that believe they are related to each other

answer

clans

question

a totem is all of the following except: A. a word that comes from the Ojibwa American Indian word which means "he is a relative of mine" B. a symbol of animals, plants, natural forces, and objects C. usually assoicatied with a clan's concept of its mythical origins D. found in our own society in the names we give to baseball and football teams E. found in all societies that have lineages

answer

E found in all societies that have lineages

question

A young man of Jewish affiliation moves to New York City to find a job. Seeing no reason to "go it alone," he calls everyone he knows from both his mother's and father's side of the family, and attends various meetings to which he is invited. He is invited to multiple events and gatherings by virtue of his being related to various ancestors on both parents' side. These groups support him when he runs out of money and help him find an apartment and a job. We can say that he is a member of either a bilateral descent group or which of the following?

answer

ambilineal

question

all of the following are types of descent except: A. moiety B. phratry C. lineage D. clan E. institution

answer

e. institution

question

True/False: The Tsu is a corporate kin group that traces its ancestry back about five generations through the female line

answer

false

question

Lineage always involve a totem

answer

false

question

among the Han, brothers and their sons were part of the same household and paternal uncles were like second fathers. what type of descent is this

answer

patrilineal

question

among the Hopi, which of the following functions as a landholding corporation, allocation land for the support of member households

answer

lineages

question

an extended unilineal descent group whose members claim descent from a common ancestor but who cannot trace their genealogical links to that ancestor is called an

answer

clan

question

clans, because they may have members living in many different villages, depend on ____ to proved symbolic identification and promote solidarity

answer

totems

question

T/F: descent groups make all laws for the state

answer

false

question

if two people are given the same kinship term, this means that

answer

they occupy a similar family status

question

if you are member of a patrilineal descent group

answer

your sister belong to the same patrilineal descent group that you do

question

in which kinship terminology are ego's brother and sister distinguished from cousins and both father's brother and mother's brother are given the same kinship term uncle?

answer

eskimo

question

In _____ kinship terminology, the term "brother" is given to ego's brother, father's brother's son, and mother's sister's song; a different term is used for the sons of father's sister and mother's brother. "Mother" refers to ego's mother and mother's sister; "father" refers to ego's father and father's brother. Separate terms are used for mother's brother and father's sister.

answer

Iroquois

question

Jane Leek, born and raised in the U.S., decides to hold a family reunion. She invites her siblings, parents, both sets of grandparents, her great-aunts and great-uncles, their children, her aunts, uncles, and their children. This group brought together for a temporary time, with such vague boundaries, is called a(n)

answer

kindred

question

Matrilineal descent groups are associated with farming societies in which _____ performs most of the labor in the house and gardens

answer

women

question

members o a moiety

answer

belong to one of two major descent groups in a society

question

new reproductive technologies are

answer

changing the traditional understandings of kinship

question

North Americans assume that they are related equally to the relatives on both the mother's and father's side. The group composed of such people to whom these individuals feel that they belong is called what kind of descent group?

answer

bilateral

question

the Hawaiian system of kinship terminology is usually associated with what type of descent

answer

ambilineal

question

the splitting of a descent group into two or more entities is called

answer

fission

question

the Turkish honor killings that van Eck studied were occurring in which country

answer

netherlands

question

through what practice do lineages develop new alliances within the larger social system

answer

exogamy

question

what are honor killings

answer

Murder condoned by the genealogical group in order to retaliate for shame of unapproved sexual activity

question

when kinship memberships is traced either through males or through females but not both, it is called

answer

unilineal

question

you belong to a patrilineal descent group. which of the following belong to the same group

answer

your father's sister

question

A society with extensive types of childcare, a desire to make the individual feel socially attached and generally free of stranger anxiety, and with high levels of sharing and social involvement would most likely have what type of training or children?

answer

interdependence

question

t/f: all cultures have some ceremony to mark the naming of a child

answer

false

question

an alternative to the concept of national character is

answer

core values

question

an ethnic psychosis refers to

answer

a psychosis characterized by symptoms peculiar to a particular group

question

t/f: an individual's personality is never part of the internalized awareness of the person

answer

false

question

another name for an ethnic psychosis is a

answer

culture-bound syndrome

question

childrearing practices that encourage compliance in performing tasks and dependence upon the group rather than on the individual is called

answer

dependence training

question

dependence training is most often found associated with which type of soceity

answer

foraging and subsistence societies

question

enculturation begins with the development of self-awareness, which may be defined as

answer

the ability to identify oneself as an object, to react and appraise oneself

question

idea cultural personality traits among Yanomamo men would include being

answer

fierce and humourous

question

in Western countries, a psychological disorder known as _____ occurs most frequently among young women in which a preoccupation with thinness produces a refusal to eat. This is an example of a culture-bound syndrome

answer

anorexia nervosa

question

John lockes theory of tabula rasa was not sufficient because it did not

answer

take genetic contributions into account

question

Living in a tropical environment where one learns to orient oneself through a vertical landscape of tall trees and speckled light is part of

answer

spatial orientation

question

Navajo babies begin to learn the importance of community at the

answer

FIRST laugh ceremony

question

The core value to which European Americans subscribe is

answer

rugged individualism

question

The personality typical of a society, as indicated by the central tendency of a defined frequency distribution, is called

answer

modal personality

question

The _____ do not consider an infant truly "human" until they have given it a name.

answer

aymara indians

question

Which of the following anthropologists argued that cultures are collective projections of a personality type

answer

ruth benedict

question

Which of the following includes definitions and explanations of objects, spatial orientation, and temporal orientation, as well as culturally defined values, ideals, and standards that provide an individual with a normative orientation?

answer

behavioral environment

question

Which of the following refers to the idea that character traits that occur with the most frequency in a cultural society are representative of the values that culture embraces?

answer

modal personality

question

t/f: American children develop self-awareness earlier than do Ju/'hoansi children.

answer

false

question

t/f: Culture is biologically inherited

answer

false

question

Which orientation includes standards that indicate what ranges of behavior are acceptable for males and females in a particular society?

answer

normative orientation

question

_____ is the distinctive way a person thinks, feels, and behaves.

answer

personality

Anthropology Exam 3 – Flashcards

Unlock all answers in this set

Haven't found what you were looking for?

Search for samples, answers to your questions and flashcards