Module 3 Anthropology and the study of culture

Question 1

This dynamism of culture is due to the changing needs of humans as they interpret and survive in their environment.

Answer 1

Culture changes.

Question 2

the process of learning your own culture

Answer 2

Enculturation

Question 3

Humans are born into cultures that have values on beauty and the body. As such, they alter their bodies to fit into the physiological norms that are dictated by the culture.

Answer 3

Culture affects biology.

Question 4

Culture can also cause problems for the people who subscribe to it. These problems arise when the environment has changed and culture remained the same.

Answer 4

Culture is maladaptive.

Question 5

includes all the tangible and visible parts of culture, which include clothes, food and even buildings

Answer 5

Material culture –

Question 6

the culture of parents’ society + the culture of interacting society= the culture of an individual

Answer 6

Culture is shared.

Question 7

The key strength of anthropology as a discipline of the social science is its holistic approach to the study of humans. It is holistic in the sense that it studies;

Answer 7

1. humans, both as biological and social creatures
2. human behavior from the time species existed to the time that it will desist
3. human behavior from all regions of the world
4. all forms of human actions and beliefs

Question 8

Culture is learned.

Answer 8

Enculturation
Acculturation
Deculturation

Question 9

includes all the intangible parts of culture, which consist of values, ideas, and knowledge

Answer 9

Nonmaterial culture –

Question 10

culture can be modified to accommodate desirable traits from other cultures

Answer 10

Acculturation

Question 11

Five sub disciplines of anthropology:

Answer 11

A. Archaeology – examines the remains of ancient and historical human populations
B. Cultural anthropology – promotes the study of a society’s culture
C. Linguistic anthropology – examines the language of a group of people
D. Physical anthropology – looks into the biological development of humans
E. Applied anthropology – attempts to solve contemporary problems.

Question 12

Both the material and the non-material parts of the culture are influenced by the goal of humans to address their needs as dictated by the environment and their biology.

Answer 12

Culture is adaptive.

Question 13

culture has been lost and even the cultural trait itself is in the process of being forgotten.

Answer 13

Deculturation

Question 14

It is what a person has, does, and thinks as part of society

Answer 14

Culture is everything.