Part of the anthropological definition of culture is that it is shared or collective. This means that
a. the people who share a culture are all members of the same nation-state.
b. people who share a culture are able to communicate and interact without serious misunderstandings orneeding to explain their behavior
c. culture is always shared by an easily identifiable group of people.
d. people who share a culture have a single, shared cultural identity.
b
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What will be an ideal response?
The hominoid group contains all of the following families except __________
a. hylobates b. pongids c. cercopithecines d. hominids
A significant problem with the focus on meeting individual needs in the perspective of Bronislaw Malinowski is that
a. human needs vary from place to place and time to time. b. not all members of a culture have their needs met to the same degree. c. an emphasis on meeting individual needs does little to explain culture. d. All of these are considered problems with the functional approach of Malinowski.
The national boundaries created under colonialism often did not correspond with preexisting cultural divisions.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)