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1
Perception of linguistic forms begins as early as the fetal stage of development.
A)
True.
B)
False.
2
The only way a child learns the rules of his culture is by mimicking adult behavior.
A)
True.
B)
False.
3
Acculturation is the process by which a child learns cultural rules and norms.
A)
True.
B)
False.
4
Anthropologists now know that all mental illness is caused by brain malfunctioning and therefore manifests itself the same way in all human beings.
A)
True.
B)
False.
5
Anthropologists Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict both studied the relationship between early childhood experiences and cultural norms.
A)
True.
B)
False.
6
Windigo psychosis, a mental state associated with Algonquian Native Americans, shares some characteristics with what Westerners refer to as paranoid schizophrenia.
A)
True.
B)
False.
7
All members of a culture know exactly how to act and what the consequences are for violating the norms; therefore everyone follows the same rules the same way.
A)
True.
B)
False.
8
An American cultural value is to appear happy even if that is not an expression of the true underlying emotion.
A)
True.
B)
False.
9
Individuals who, through their own vision and actions, transform ideas in a culture are called innovators or revolutionaries.
A)
True.
B)
False.
10
"Compartmentalization" refers to a psychotic need among Anglo-Americans to place all their things in neat piles.
A)
True.
B)
False.
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