Question 1

In some cultures, intersex babies are seen as conduits to the gods or links between the natural and supernatural worlds because of their

Accepted Answer

A)  anomalous nature 
B)  gender 
C)  self-sufficiency 
D)  for all of these reasons 
E)  cisnormativity 
A)  anomalous nature 
B)  gender 
C)  self-sufficiency 
D)  for all of these reasons 
E)  cisnormativity A

Question 2

Myopia or nearsightedness has doubled in the USA in the last fifty years. Of all the factors listed, this best explained by

Accepted Answer

A)  The reduction of recess time for school children 
B)  Genetics 
C)  Straining one's eyes by reading too many books 
D)  Better access to eye doctors 
E)  Changes in the US diet 
A)  The reduction of recess time for school children 
B)  Genetics 
C)  Straining one's eyes by reading too many books 
D)  Better access to eye doctors 
E)  Changes in the US diet A

Question 3

Attention from (or the services of) a person in a 'gender crossover' role in a society that offers and authorizes such a role:

Accepted Answer

A)  can be or can involve a blessing. 
B)  can increase one's fertility. 
C)  can improve one's luck in love with the opposite sex. 
D)  All three substantive answers are correct. 
E)  No answer is correct. 
A)  can be or can involve a blessing. 
B)  can increase one's fertility. 
C)  can improve one's luck in love with the opposite sex. 
D)  All three substantive answers are correct. 
E)  No answer is correct. D

Question 4

Any set of acts that moves a person from one status to another is known as a:

Accepted Answer

A)  rite of passage. 
B)  liminal period. 
C)  crossover. 
D)  mundane transition. 
E)  graduation. 
A)  rite of passage. 
B)  liminal period. 
C)  crossover. 
D)  mundane transition. 
E)  graduation.

Question 5

The 'transition' stage in a 'rite of passage' is also called:

Accepted Answer

A)  the initiation process. 
B)  the liminal period. 
C)  the integration period. 
D)  the embodied period. 
E)  the exceptional stage. 
A)  the initiation process. 
B)  the liminal period. 
C)  the integration period. 
D)  the embodied period. 
E)  the exceptional stage.

Question 6

The 'liminal' period of the 'rite of passage' is best compared to

Accepted Answer

A)  standing in a doorway, on the threshold. 
B)  being or feeling illuminated. 
C)  being born. 
D)  dying. 
E)  standing on a rooftop. 
A)  standing in a doorway, on the threshold. 
B)  being or feeling illuminated. 
C)  being born. 
D)  dying. 
E)  standing on a rooftop.

Question 7

Cross-culturally, 'gender crossover' roles are:

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A)  always explicitly linked to sexuality. 
B)  highly institutionalized in all cultures. 
C)  equally possible in all cultural contexts. 
D)  more likely to be practiced by males than females. 
E)  more likely to be practiced where people are poor. 
A)  always explicitly linked to sexuality. 
B)  highly institutionalized in all cultures. 
C)  equally possible in all cultural contexts. 
D)  more likely to be practiced by males than females. 
E)  more likely to be practiced where people are poor.

Question 8

How is having a male elder feed boys honey in the school initiation 'Rite of Passage' undertaken by ultra-Orthodox Jewish people equivalent to men feeding boys semen in the male rite of passage undertaken among the Sambia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mother's milk is replaced with a non-maternal fluid, decreasing the initiate's femininity and increasing his masculinity. 
B)  It isn't equivalent. 
C)  It makes the boys hyperactive. 
D)  It allows women a role in the rite. 
E)  The substances are the only practical sources of fuel for the body. 
A)  Mother's milk is replaced with a non-maternal fluid, decreasing the initiate's femininity and increasing his masculinity. 
B)  It isn't equivalent. 
C)  It makes the boys hyperactive. 
D)  It allows women a role in the rite. 
E)  The substances are the only practical sources of fuel for the body.

Question 9

What kind of culture is most likely to include, officially, an accepted third-gender or 'gender crossover' category (such as the Zuni 'lhamana')?

Accepted Answer

A)  a culture that places a high value on ambiguity 
B)  a culture that sees the natural and supernatural worlds as vitally linked 
C)  a culture whose cosmology involves transformational processes 
D)  All three substantive answers are correct. 
E)  No answer is correct (no cultures include gender crossover roles officially). 
A)  a culture that places a high value on ambiguity 
B)  a culture that sees the natural and supernatural worlds as vitally linked 
C)  a culture whose cosmology involves transformational processes 
D)  All three substantive answers are correct. 
E)  No answer is correct (no cultures include gender crossover roles officially).

Question 10

What did Margaret Mead's findings from research in New Guinea make clear in regard to 'sex' and 'gender'?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sex begets (leads to) gender through biological determinism. 
B)  Gender expectations are culturally relative. 
C)  Gender naturally arises out of sex. 
D)  Gender conformity is determined by sex. 
E)  Sex and gender are always the same. 
A)  Sex begets (leads to) gender through biological determinism. 
B)  Gender expectations are culturally relative. 
C)  Gender naturally arises out of sex. 
D)  Gender conformity is determined by sex. 
E)  Sex and gender are always the same.

Question 11

Because there is a universally shared muscular aspect to facial emotion expression, the trick to accurately reading masked (hidden) emotions hinges on:

Accepted Answer

A)  looking at eyes rather than mouths. 
B)  paying attention to a person's mouth corners. 
C)  looking at ear and nose movement . 
D)  attending to subtle hand movements. 
E)  There is no muscular universality to emotional expression. 
A)  looking at eyes rather than mouths. 
B)  paying attention to a person's mouth corners. 
C)  looking at ear and nose movement . 
D)  attending to subtle hand movements. 
E)  There is no muscular universality to emotional expression.

Question 12

Digital multitasking is correlated with being

Accepted Answer

A)  So distracted that any net gains from doing more than one thing at once are offset by reductions in how well each task is completed 
B)  Much more productive overall 
C)  Better at retaining information than individuals raised in cultures where they don't multitask 
D)  Less distracted and more focused 
E)  More effective and less distracted than expert researchers have shown us to be 
A)  So distracted that any net gains from doing more than one thing at once are offset by reductions in how well each task is completed 
B)  Much more productive overall 
C)  Better at retaining information than individuals raised in cultures where they don't multitask 
D)  Less distracted and more focused 
E)  More effective and less distracted than expert researchers have shown us to be

Question 13

Based on what we read about her work on sex and gender in New Guinea, Margaret Mead can best be classified as:

Accepted Answer

A)  a cultural determinist. 
B)  a biological determinist. 
C)  an evolutionary biologist. 
D)  a unilineal evolutionist. 
E)  a biocultural anthropologist. 
A)  a cultural determinist. 
B)  a biological determinist. 
C)  an evolutionary biologist. 
D)  a unilineal evolutionist. 
E)  a biocultural anthropologist.

Question 14

Which term do we use to refer precisely to the 'making physical' of culture or its internalization in our comportment (movement, how we carry our bodies) and/or anatomy and physiology?

Accepted Answer

A)  embodiment 
B)  materialization 
C)  engendering 
D)  imprinting 
E)  concretization 
A)  embodiment 
B)  materialization 
C)  engendering 
D)  imprinting 
E)  concretization

Question 15

'Rites of passage' often end with a symbolic:

Accepted Answer

A)  rebirth. 
B)  death. 
C)  puberty. 
D)  old age. 
E)  childhood. 
A)  rebirth. 
B)  death. 
C)  puberty. 
D)  old age. 
E)  childhood.

Question 16

Which population is best prepared by their culture to grasp how people really feel even when people hide their emotions?

Accepted Answer

A)  American 
B)  Japanese 
C)  Canadian 
D)  Jamaican 
E)  Egyptian 
A)  American 
B)  Japanese 
C)  Canadian 
D)  Jamaican 
E)  Egyptian

Question 17

Technically speaking, someone who straddles the biological border between 'male' and 'female' sex categories is:

Accepted Answer

A)  intersex 
B)  transgender 
C)  cisnormative 
D)  sex-nonconcordant 
E)  transsexual 
A)  intersex 
B)  transgender 
C)  cisnormative 
D)  sex-nonconcordant 
E)  transsexual

Question 18

Which of the following terms denotes a gender performance that-by mainstream US standards-appears concordant with ('matches') one's sex, enabling a person to 'pass' without strangers suspecting that their gender and sex are not in accord?

Accepted Answer

A)  heterosexual 
B)  transgender 
C)  androgyny 
D)  cisnormative 
E)  dysreguatory 
A)  heterosexual 
B)  transgender 
C)  androgyny 
D)  cisnormative 
E)  dysreguatory

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT one of the functions of culturally provided 'gender crossover' roles?

Accepted Answer

A)  to provide political guidance for the community as a whole 
B)  to serve as a gender role model 
C)  to provide economic benefits to their family 
D)  to act as a spiritual service provider or a bridge between this human world and the spirit world when needed (e.g., to call for rain or to conduct fertility-bringing ceremonies) 
E)  to act as a go-between for men and women 
A)  to provide political guidance for the community as a whole 
B)  to serve as a gender role model 
C)  to provide economic benefits to their family 
D)  to act as a spiritual service provider or a bridge between this human world and the spirit world when needed (e.g., to call for rain or to conduct fertility-bringing ceremonies) 
E)  to act as a go-between for men and women

Question 20

What does a biocultural approach to human carriage and gesture tell us in regard to how human males and females move their bodies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Male and female gesture and carriage differences are the same across cultures, confirming current understandings of gender's natural basis. 
B)  Cross-cultural diversity in male and female carriage and gesture norms challenges the assumption that gendered ways of moving the body are 'universal.' 
C)  How someone moves is wholly a reflection of that person's individual personality. 
D)  Gesture is an integral part of language, and therefore provides the best insight into the way males and females differentially view or categorize their worlds. 
E)  Females around the world sit with legs together, and men around the world sit with legs apart; so this is a natural way of sitting tied to 'sex,' not 'gender.' 
A)  Male and female gesture and carriage differences are the same across cultures, confirming current understandings of gender's natural basis. 
B)  Cross-cultural diversity in male and female carriage and gesture norms challenges the assumption that gendered ways of moving the body are 'universal.' 
C)  How someone moves is wholly a reflection of that person's individual personality. 
D)  Gesture is an integral part of language, and therefore provides the best insight into the way males and females differentially view or categorize their worlds. 
E)  Females around the world sit with legs together, and men around the world sit with legs apart; so this is a natural way of sitting tied to 'sex,' not 'gender.'

In some cultures, intersex babies are seen as conduits to the gods or links between the natural and supernatural worlds because of their

Myopia or nearsightedness has doubled in the USA in the last fifty years. Of all the factors listed, this best explained by

Attention from (or the services of) a person in a 'gender crossover' role in a society that offers and authorizes such a role:

Any set of acts that moves a person from one status to another is known as a:

The 'transition' stage in a 'rite of passage' is also called:

The 'liminal' period of the 'rite of passage' is best compared to

Cross-culturally, 'gender crossover' roles are:

How is having a male elder feed boys honey in the school initiation 'Rite of Passage' undertaken by ultra-Orthodox Jewish people equivalent to men feeding boys semen in the male rite of passage undertaken among the Sambia?

What kind of culture is most likely to include, officially, an accepted third-gender or 'gender crossover' category (such as the Zuni 'lhamana')?

What did Margaret Mead's findings from research in New Guinea make clear in regard to 'sex' and 'gender'?

Because there is a universally shared muscular aspect to facial emotion expression, the trick to accurately reading masked (hidden) emotions hinges on:

Digital multitasking is correlated with being

Based on what we read about her work on sex and gender in New Guinea, Margaret Mead can best be classified as:

Which term do we use to refer precisely to the 'making physical' of culture or its internalization in our comportment (movement, how we carry our bodies) and/or anatomy and physiology?

'Rites of passage' often end with a symbolic:

Which population is best prepared by their culture to grasp how people really feel even when people hide their emotions?

Technically speaking, someone who straddles the biological border between 'male' and 'female' sex categories is:

Which of the following terms denotes a gender performance that-by mainstream US standards-appears concordant with ('matches') one's sex, enabling a person to 'pass' without strangers suspecting that their gender and sex are not in accord?

Which of the following is NOT one of the functions of culturally provided 'gender crossover' roles?

What does a biocultural approach to human carriage and gesture tell us in regard to how human males and females move their bodies?

Anthropology and Complexity

Genetic Adaptation

Developmental Adjustment and Epigenetic Change

Emergence of Culture and People Like Us

Global Expansion, Human Variation, and the Invention of Race

Foraging

Agricultural Revolution

Epidemics and Immunities

Political Economy of Health Disparities

Stress, Meaning, and Health

Body Ideals and Outcomes

Kinship

Conclusion

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Exam 11: Culture in Practice

In some cultures, intersex babies are seen as conduits to the gods or links between the natural and supernatural worlds because of their

Myopia or nearsightedness has doubled in the USA in the last fifty years. Of all the factors listed, this best explained by

Attention from (or the services of) a person in a 'gender crossover' role in a society that offers and authorizes such a role:

Any set of acts that moves a person from one status to another is known as a:

The 'transition' stage in a 'rite of passage' is also called:

The 'liminal' period of the 'rite of passage' is best compared to

Cross-culturally, 'gender crossover' roles are:

How is having a male elder feed boys honey in the school initiation 'Rite of Passage' undertaken by ultra-Orthodox Jewish people equivalent to men feeding boys semen in the male rite of passage undertaken among the Sambia?

What kind of culture is most likely to include, officially, an accepted third-gender or 'gender crossover' category (such as the Zuni 'lhamana')?

What did Margaret Mead's findings from research in New Guinea make clear in regard to 'sex' and 'gender'?

Because there is a universally shared muscular aspect to facial emotion expression, the trick to accurately reading masked (hidden) emotions hinges on:

Digital multitasking is correlated with being

Based on what we read about her work on sex and gender in New Guinea, Margaret Mead can best be classified as:

Which term do we use to refer precisely to the 'making physical' of culture or its internalization in our comportment (movement, how we carry our bodies) and/or anatomy and physiology?

'Rites of passage' often end with a symbolic:

Which population is best prepared by their culture to grasp how people really feel even when people hide their emotions?

Technically speaking, someone who straddles the biological border between 'male' and 'female' sex categories is:

Which of the following terms denotes a gender performance that-by mainstream US standards-appears concordant with ('matches') one's sex, enabling a person to 'pass' without strangers suspecting that their gender and sex are not in accord?

Which of the following is NOT one of the functions of culturally provided 'gender crossover' roles?

What does a biocultural approach to human carriage and gesture tell us in regard to how human males and females move their bodies?

Anthropology and Complexity

Genetic Adaptation

Developmental Adjustment and Epigenetic Change

Emergence of Culture and People Like Us

Global Expansion, Human Variation, and the Invention of Race

Foraging

Agricultural Revolution

Epidemics and Immunities

Political Economy of Health Disparities

Stress, Meaning, and Health

Body Ideals and Outcomes

Kinship

Conclusion

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