Cultural anthropology

Question 1

What is ethnology?

Answer 1

the comparison and analysis of different cultural groups in modern societies

Question 2

What is cultural relativism?

Answer 2

a culture judged according to its unique traditions and customs

Question 3

the concept of believing one’s culture is better than another culture

Answer 3

ethnocentrism

Question 4

created by a society to address and satisfy the personal needs of the people

Answer 4

social institutions

Question 5

What are cultural traits?

Answer 5

the customs, values, social institutions, art, music, dance, language, and traditions that are part of a society’s culture

Question 6

Which of these statements is true?

Social institutions are part of the material culture.

Social institutions are part of the nonmaterial culture.

People in a society receive positive sanctions when they display deviant behavior.

Polyandry describes the marriage of a woman to only one husband.

Answer 6

Social institutions are part of the nonmaterial culture.

Question 7

What are folkways?

Answer 7

the social customs that teach an individual how to act within a group

Question 8

What are mores?

Answer 8

serious prohibitions against deviant behavior in a society that result in severe punishment

Question 9

What are laws?

Answer 9

rules established for the protection of all people within a society

Question 10

What is a taboo?

Answer 10

a type of action that is not approved by the people in a society