Cognitive tests with Kpelle children show that __________ are culture-specific skills
a. abstract conceptualization and decontextualized cognition
b. acquisition of multiple languages and vocabulary
c. self-actualization and striving
d. color sight and pattern recognition
Answer: a
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Alan Lomax's crosscultural research on music found:
a. almost no similarities from one society to another. b. some broad correlations between various aspects of music and a culture's level of subsistence. c. that music in egalitarian, small-scale societies was essentially similar to music in complex, industrialized societies d. that music in small-scale societies had non repetitious texts. e. that music cross-culturally involves precise articulation.
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Which of these statements about Navajo healing practices is FALSE?
a. Traditional healing rituals are of varying length and must be conducted by a “singer.” b. Traditional Navajo healing rituals are limited in where they may be performed and by whom. c. Healings done within the Native American church are less costly and time-consuming than traditional Navajo healings. d. Individual Navajos are not welcome in the Pentecostal church if they also practice traditional healing practices.