Ch.7 Test Bank Docx The Cultural Construction Of Identity - Complete Test Bank | Cultural Anthropology Problem 8e by Richard H. Robbins. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 7: The Cultural Construction of Identity
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. In a sociocentric group, people have a/n ______ view of the self.
a. egocentric
b. individualistic
c. holistic
d. aspirational
Learning Objective: Question 7.1: How does the concept of personhood vary from society to society?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Question 7.1: How Does the Concept of Personhood Vary from Society to Society?
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. A person in an egocentric society would introduce themselves to a stranger using their ______.
a. first name only
b. first and family name
c. first and family names along with place of origin
d. first names and social position
Learning Objective: Question 7.1: How does the concept of personhood vary from society to society?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Egocentric and Sociocentric Self
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Japanese people have a more ______ sense of self than American people.
a. egocentric
b. heliocentric
c. sociocentric
d. child-centric
Learning Objective: Question 7.1: How does the concept of personhood vary from society to society?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Personhood in Japan and America
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. ______ is a universal social identity.
a. Race
b. Gender
c. Socioeconomic status
d. Religion
Learning Objective: Question 7.2: How do societies distinguish individuals from one another?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Question 7.2: How Do Societies Distinguish Individuals from One Another?
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. In traditional societies, what is the central organizing principle?
a. age
b. income
c. kinship
d. skill
Learning Objective: Question 7.2: How do societies distinguish individuals from one another?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Question 7.2: How Do Societies Distinguish Individuals from One Another?
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. The Académie Française exists to preserve which French identity marker?
a. language
b. cuisine
c. fashion
d. sexuality
Learning Objective: Question 7.2: How do societies distinguish individuals from one another?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Question 7.2: How Do Societies Distinguish Individuals from One Another?
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. The existence of intersex babies demonstrates that ______.
a. gender has a biological basis
b. sex during pregnancy is harmful
c. gender is a social construct
d. gender is hardwired
Learning Objective: Question 7.2: How do societies distinguish individuals from one another?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Constructing Male and Female
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. The berdache or nadle is ______.
a. biologically male but culturally female
b. biologically female and attracted to women
c. biologically female but culturally male
d. biologically male but a third gender category
Learning Objective: Question 7.2: How do societies distinguish individuals from one another?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Constructing Male and Female
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. Native American gender categories are based on ______ preference.
a. sexual
b. clothing
c. occupational
d. play
Learning Objective: Question 7.2: How do societies distinguish individuals from one another?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Constructing Male and Female
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. Which of the following is an example of gender hedging?
a. Allowing their son to wear dresses at home but not in public
b. Explaining the difference between gender and sexuality to a stranger at a coffee shop
c. Refraining from commenting when their daughter plays rough at the park
d. Refusing to purchase dolls for their son
Learning Objective: Question 7.2: How do societies distinguish individuals from one another?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Constructing Male and Female
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. A man who makes an active effort to lose his Southern accent is ______.
a. “otherizing” himself
b. becoming more intelligent
c. being phony
d. renegotiating his social identity
Learning Objective: Question 7.2: How do societies distinguish individuals from one another?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Language, Gender, and Race
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. Using the term “those people” to describe a group you don’t belong to is an example of ______.
a. linguistic hedging
b. apartheid
c. “telling”
d. “otherizing” language
Learning Objective: Question 7.2: How do societies distinguish individuals from one another?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Language, Gender, and Race
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. Which of the following is an example of a rite of passage?
a. Thanksgiving
b. taking communion
c. graduation
d. the Super Bowl
Learning Objective: Question 7.3: How do individuals learn who they are?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Question 7.3: How Do Individuals Learn Who They Are?
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. A wedding reception would most align with van Gennep’s ______ phase.
a. separation from existing identity
b. transition
c. incorporation into new identity
d. initiation
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Question 7.3: How Do Individuals Learn Who They Are?
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. Males are more likely than females to undergo rites of passage that change them from children into adults because ______.
a. girls are expected to take on more adult roles from childhood
b. boys must distance themselves from their mothers to become men
c. men must bear more responsibility than women in most societies
d. male identity is much more straightforward than female identity
Learning Objective: Question 7.3: How do individuals learn who they are?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Transition to Adulthood
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. Circumcision for the Maasai is part of the ______ rite of passage.
a. initiation
b. conversion
c. marriage
d. birth
Learning Objective: Question 7.3: How do individuals learn who they are?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Transition to Adulthood
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. The part of joining a fraternity that is correlated with van Gennep’s transition phase is ______.
a. bid day
b. initiation/hazing
c. choosing a fraternity to pledge
d. being welcomed as a full fraternity brother
Learning Objective: Question 7.3: How do individuals learn who they are?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Transition to Adulthood
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. Fraternity membership involves the strengthening of the social identity of ______.
a. brothers
b. maleness
c. students
d. athletes
Learning Objective: Question 7.3: How do individuals learn who they are?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Transition to Adulthood
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. Gang rape in America frequently serves as a ______.
a. transition phase in marriage
b. solidification of adult identity
c. male bonding ritual
d. rite of passage
Learning Objective: Question 7.3: How do individuals learn who they are?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Transition to Adulthood
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. Phallocentric ideas of masculinity involve ______.
a. the demonstration of sexual power over women
b. positive attributes associated with men
c. making sure only men do jobs that are dangerous for women
d. expanding ideas of maleness to include traits associated with homosexual men
Learning Objective: Question 7.3: How do individuals learn who they are?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Transition to Adulthood
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. An American woman who chooses work that has been traditionally designated as “men’s work” is likely to experience ______.
a. harassment and discrimination
b. celebration of her talent and skill
c. transition rituals
d. classification in a third gender category
Learning Objective: Question 7.3: How do individuals learn who they are?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Work and Career
Difficulty Level: Medium
22. Gifts involve the expectation of ______.
a. social responsibility
b. redistribution
c. hierarchy
d. reciprocity
Learning Objective: Question 7.4: How do individuals communicate their identities to one another?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Question 7.4: How Do Individuals Communicate Their Identities to One Another?
Difficulty Level: Easy
23. Raquel gives Jessica an expensive handmade fountain pen as a gift, and Jessica gives Raquel a cheap candy-filled mug. According to Mauss’s theory Raquel is most likely ______.
a. of higher status than Jessica
b. dismissive of the relationship with Jessica
c. Jessica’s best friend
d. demonstrating her femininity
Learning Objective: Question 7.4: How do individuals communicate their identities to one another?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Question 7.4: How Do Individuals Communicate Their Identities to One Another?
Difficulty Level: Medium
24. Reciprocal exchange in the Trobriand Islands takes the form of ______.
a. the potlatch
b. the kula
c. Christmas gifting
d. name competitions
Learning Objective: Question 7.4: How do individuals communicate their identities to one another?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Question 7.4: How Do Individuals Communicate Their Identities to One Another?
Difficulty Level: Easy
25. The kula ring involves the exchange of ______.
a. offspring for fostering
b. commodities and possessions
c. red shell necklaces and white shell armbands
d. banana leaf bundles and yams
Learning Objective: Question 7.4: How do individuals communicate their identities to one another?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Question 7.4: How Do Individuals Communicate Their Identities to One Another?
Difficulty Level: Easy
26. A Gitksan’s man name changes along with his ______.
a. family membership
b. social status
c. gender positioning
d. religious affiliation
Learning Objective: Question 7.4: How do individuals communicate their identities to one another?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Question 7.4: How Do Individuals Communicate Their Identities to One Another?
Difficulty Level: Medium
27. The name of a Gitksan chief goes to ______ upon his death.
a. his firstborn son through patrilineal inheritance
b. his sister’s firstborn son through matrilineal inheritance
c. the most generous person at the funeral potlatch
d. the person who claims it via single combat
Learning Objective: Question 7.4: How do individuals communicate their identities to one another?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Question 7.4: How Do Individuals Communicate Their Identities to One Another?
Difficulty Level: Medium
28. Giving a Gitksan potlatch guest very few gifts demonstrates that the guest ______.
a. is very wealthy
b. is expected to give many gifts instead
c. comes from outside the area
d. has low social status
Learning Objective: Question 7.4: How do individuals communicate their identities to one another?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Question 7.4: How Do Individuals Communicate Their Identities to One Another?
Difficulty Level: Medium
29. Which is an example of an alienated commodity?
a. Bag of flour purchased from the locally owned general store
b. Mug purchased at Starbucks
c. Handknit sweater
d. Kula armband
Learning Objective: Question 7.4: How do individuals communicate their identities to one another?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Gifts and Commodities
Difficulty Level: Medium
30. The difference between a commodity and a possession is how ______ it is.
a. old
b. beautiful
c. meaningful
d. expensive
Learning Objective: Question 7.4: How do individuals communicate their identities to one another?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Gifts and Commodities
Difficulty Level: Medium
31. Which of the following is an example of an identity struggle?
a. A man in his sixties sees himself as looking much younger than his same-aged peers, but others see him as an old man
b. A teenaged boy believes he is overweight and his parents constantly suggest dieting and exercise tips
c. A woman believes she is intelligent and capable, and her coworkers respect her abilities
d. A little girl is shy and quiet, and her parents encourage her to be more outgoing
Learning Objective: Question 7.5: How do individuals defend their identities when they are threatened?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Question 7.5: How Do Individuals Defend Their Identities When They Are Threatened?
Difficulty Level: Medium
32. A Big Man in Papua New Guinea is most likely to make moka with ______.
a. his wife
b. his worst enemy
c. the sons of his sister
d. an unrelated acquaintance
Learning Objective: Question 7.5: How do individuals defend their identities when they are threatened?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Making Moka in Papua New Guinea
Difficulty Level: Medium
33. To be successful in moka trading, one must ______.
a. walk away with the most gifts
b. give more than the other partner can return
c. choose the nicest gifts
d. produce all moka gifts without help from others
Learning Objective: Question 7.5: How do individuals defend their identities when they are threatened?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Making Moka in Papua New Guinea
Difficulty Level: Medium
34. If a Big Man pushes to delay a moka ceremony, it shows that ______.
a. he does not want to maintain the moka partnership
b. his kin networks are strong
c. his magic is not as powerful as it should be
d. he needs more time to raise moka gifts
Learning Objective: Question 7.5: How do individuals defend their identities when they are threatened?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Making Moka in Papua New Guinea
Difficulty Level: Medium
35. Migration ______ identity.
a. maintains
b. strengthens
c. threatens
d. does not impact
Learning Objective: Question 7.5: How do individuals defend their identities when they are threatened?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Migrants and Refugees
Difficulty Level: Medium
True/False
1. People in all societies use personal names.
Learning Objective: Question 7.1: How does the concept of personhood vary from society to society?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Question 7.1: How Does the Concept of Personhood Vary from Society to Society?
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Race is a social identity in every society.
Learning Objective: Question 7.2: How do societies distinguish individuals from one another?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Question 7.2: How Do Societies Distinguish Individuals from One Another?
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Social identities are permanent.
Learning Objective: Question 7.3: How do individuals learn who they are?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Question 7.3: How Do Individuals Learn Who They Are?
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Commodities are changed into possessions via the process of appropriation.
Learning Objective: Question 7.4: How do individuals communicate their identities to one another?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gifts and Commodities
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. One moka partner always owes the other.
Learning Objective: Question 7.5: How do individuals defend their identities when they are threatened?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Making Moka in Papua New Guinea
Difficulty Level: Easy
Short Answer
1. How do personal names reflect something about society as a whole?
Learning Objective: Question 7.1: How does the concept of personhood vary from society to society?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Egocentric and Sociocentric Self
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. How does language convey gender?
Learning Objective: Question 7.2: How do societies distinguish individuals from one another?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Language, Gender, and Race
Difficulty Level: Hard
3. Apply Arnold van Gennep’s phases to a rite of passage in American culture.
Learning Objective: Question 7.3: How do individuals learn who they are?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Question 7.3: How Do Individuals Learn Who They Are?
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. How are commodities converted into possessions appropriate for gifting in America?
Learning Objective: Question 7.4: How do individuals communicate their identities to one another?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Gift Giving and Christmas in America
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. How does the moka process impact identity in Papua New Guinea?
Learning Objective: Question 7.5: How do individuals defend their identities when they are threatened?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Making Moka in Papua New Guinea
Difficulty Level: Hard
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Complete Test Bank | Cultural Anthropology Problem 8e
By Richard H. Robbins