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Question 1

What is Anthropology?

Answer 1

The scientific study of man or human beings.

Anthropology explores customs, artifacts, and evolution.

Question 2

What is Sociology?

Answer 2

The study of human social relationships and institutions.

Sociology reveals the intricate webs of interaction that shape societies.

Question 3

Define Beliefs.

Answer 3

A state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing.

Question 4

What are Norms?

Answer 4

Social rules or guidelines that specify appropriate and inappropriate behavior.

Question 5

What is Culture?

Answer 5

The totality of learned, socially transmitted customs, knowledge, material objects, and behavior.

Question 6

What is Material Culture?

Answer 6

Tangible items like tools, buildings, and technology.

Question 7

What is Non-Material Culture?

Answer 7

Intangible elements like beliefs, values, norms, and traditions.

Question 8

What does Holistic mean in the context of culture?

Answer 8

Culture is integrated, dynamic, adaptive, and shared.

Question 9

Define Cultural Relativism.

Answer 9

Understanding a society by its own cultural standards.

Question 10

What is Ethnocentrism?

Answer 10

The perspective that one’s culture is superior to others.

Question 11

What are Prescriptive Norms?

Answer 11

Norms that tell us what to do.

Question 12

What are Proscriptive Norms?

Answer 12

Norms that tell us what not to do.

Question 13

What are Folkways?

Answer 13

Customary practices in daily life.

Question 14

What are Mores?

Answer 14

Strongly held norms with moral significance.

Question 15

What are Laws?

Answer 15

Formal, codified norms enforced by authorities.

Question 16

What are Values?

Answer 16

Standards used to evaluate the desirability of things.

Question 17

What is a Primary Group?

Answer 17

Close, personal relationships (e.g., family).

Question 18

What is a Secondary Group?

Answer 18

Larger, goal-oriented groups (e.g., coworkers).

Question 19

What is a Reference Group?

Answer 19

Groups we compare ourselves to for self-evaluation.

Question 20

Define In-Group.

Answer 20

A group we identify with and feel loyalty toward.

Question 21

Define Out-Group.

Answer 21

A group we see as different and may feel competition or opposition toward.

Question 22

What characterizes the Paleolithic Period?

Answer 22

Nomadic lifestyle; basic tools.

Question 23

What were key features of the Neolithic Period?

Answer 23

Agriculture, domestication of animals, and weaving.

Question 24

What was significant about the Metal Age?

Answer 24

Use of metals for tools and trade.

Question 25

What defines the Age of Modern Technology?

Answer 25

Computer age; rapid technological advancements.

Question 26

Who were Hominids?

Answer 26

Manlike primates.

Question 27

What is Homo Habilis known for?

Answer 27

First to make stone tools.

Question 28

What advancements did Homo Erectus achieve?

Answer 28

First hunters, used fire and advanced tools.

Question 29

What is Homo Sapiens recognized for?

Answer 29

First to create art and decorated tools.

Question 30

What is Cultural Lag?

Answer 30

Delay in cultural adjustments to new technologies.

Question 31

What is Cultural Shock?

Answer 31

Disorientation when exposed to an unfamiliar culture.

Question 32

What does Cultural Variation refer to?

Answer 32

Diversity of traditions and practices among human groups.

Question 33

True or False: High culture is often viewed as superior to popular culture.

Answer 33

True

Question 34

True or False: Subcultures share specific identities that deviate from mainstream culture.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

True or False: Traditions and norms are static and unchanged.

Answer 35

False

Question 36

True or False: Sociology and anthropology focus on human behavior, but their perspectives differ.

Answer 36

True