Module 1

Question 1

Cultural Relativism

Answer 1

a society’s customs and attitudes should be described objectively, and understood in the context of that society’s problems and opportunities.

Question 2

Noble Savage

Answer 2

someone from a primitive culture who is supposedly uncorrupted by contact with society.

Question 3

Ethnocentrism

Answer 3

when we use our cultural norms to make generalizations about other peoples’ cultures and customs.

Question 4

Cultural change

Answer 4

forces within, contact between societies, and changes in natural environment.

Question 5

Diffusion

Answer 5

movement of things and ideas from one culture to another.

Question 6

Acculturation (Native Americans)

Answer 6

when alien traits diffuse in on a large scale and replace traditional cultural patterns.

Question 7

Transculturation

Answer 7

when a person moves to another society and adopts its culture.

Question 8

Stimulus diffusion

Answer 8

genuine invention that is sparked by an idea from another culture.