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ANTH 411 Exam 1 Question and answers rated A+ 2024/2025 ANTH 411 Exam 1 Anthropology - correct answer the study of human beings, their biology, their prehistory and histories, and their changing languages, cultures, and social institutions Culture - correct answer the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next Characteristics of Culture - correct answer way of life, symbols, layered, co...

Anth 411 Exam 2 Question and answers correctly solved 2024/2025 Anth 411 Exam 2 According to Basso, what is the main reason or explanation for why the Western Apache tend to remain silent in certain situations? - correct answer They use silence as a way of dealing with ambiguity or uncertainty in social settings Which of the following is NOT an example of a particular social situation where the Western Apache would rely on silence as a form of communication? - correct answer All of...

ANTH 411 Exam 2 Question and answers already passed 2024/2025 ANTH 411 Exam 2 medical anthropology - correct answer rests on the belief that medicine and illness are also impacted by culture applied anthropology - correct answer The use of anthropological knowledge and methods to solve practical problems, often for a specific client. critical medical anthropology - correct answer an approach to the study of health and illness that analyzes the impact of inequality and stratific...

ANTH 411 Exam Question and answers verified to pass 2024/2025 ANTH 411 Exam #3 True/False: It is important to study subcultures within cultures because you can learn more specific information about a group of people with common interests, occupations, statuses, roles, and/or identities. - correct answer True Who defined culture as "that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society...

ANTH 411 EXAM 1 Questions with complete solution 2024/2025 ANTH 411 EXAM 1 What is anthropology? - correct answer study of human beings What is culture? - correct answer system of knowledge, beliefs, patterns of behavior, artifacts, and institutions that are created, learned, and shared by a group of people characteristics of culture - correct answer layered, shared, socially constructed Enculturation - correct answer the process of learning culture Holism - correct answ...

Anth 411 Exam 2 Question and answers verified to pass 2024/2025 Anth 411 Exam 2 Language - correct answer Key system of symbols, organized by certain rules, to convey information Animal/human communication - correct answer Similar communication tactics between animals and humans Unique characteristics of human language - correct answer Every culture has a different way of using their human language. Words like key in english is different from ki in Japanese and qui in French ...

Anth 411 Exam 3 Question and answers rated A+ 2024/2025 Anth 411 Exam 3 Identity - correct answer Define yourself by choice or ascription (age, ethnic, professional, religious, etc.) Situational Negotiation of Identity - correct answer When one of your identities precedes the other, depending on the situation Intersectionality - correct answer Interconnected nature of social categorizations (race,class, gender) as they apply to an individual or group Status - correct answer ...

ANTH 411 Exam 3 Question and answers rated A+ 2024/2025 ANTH 411 Exam 3 Identity - correct answer - Multiple and complex ways in which people come to define themselves - Either by choice or by ascription Situational negotiation of identity - correct answer - Depending on the context, one of your identities will take precendent over the others Intersectionality - correct answer - Interconnected nature of social categorizations (race, class, gender) as they apply to an individual...

Anth 411 Exam 2 Question and answers 100% correct 2024/2025 Anth 411 Exam 2 Social Inequality - correct answer Ways people are differently ranked or valued. Social Stratification - correct answer Arranges groups of people into layers of superiority/inferiority and inequality. Ascribed Status - correct answer Social position inherited, given at birth, and passed down from generation to generation. Achieved Status - correct answer Social position established and changeable du...

ANTH 411 Exam 2 Questions with complete solution 2024/2025 ANTH 411 Exam 2 Social Inequality - correct answer Ways people are differently ranked or valued Social Stratification - correct answer Arranged groups of people into layers of superiority/inferiority and inequality Ascribed Status - correct answer Given at birth Achieved Status - correct answer Something you earn/achieve through your own actions Race - correct answer A flawed system of classification, created an...