Rene Spitz studied 91 physically and emotionally normal infants who were placed in orphanages because of unfortunate circumstances. A significant number of these children died because
a. their basic physical needs were not met.
b. they were malnourished.
c. they suffered emotional starvation due to lack of physical contact.
d. they contracted measles from one another due to crowded conditions.
Question 2Cell phones and computers are examples of:
a. psychological culture.
b. material culture.
c. cognitive culture.
d. ideal culture.
e. techno-culture.
Question 3The cases of Anna and Isabelle were used to illustrate
a. the importance of social contact for normal development.
b. the fact that humans are born with a great learning capacity.
c. that people are born with preconceived notions about standards of appearance and behavior.
d. that two-year-olds are bothered when rules are violated.
Question 4Which theory claims that language shapes what its speaker can perceive or understand?
a. functional values theory
b. material culture
c. cultural diffusion
d. cultural relativism
e. Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Question 5In the case of Anna and Isabelle, Anna was described as having no glimmering of speech, absolutely no ability to walk, no sense of gesture, nor the least capacity to feed herself even when food was put in front of her, and no comprehension of cleanliness.. Anna's desperate state can be traced to a lack of
a. collective memory.
b. nature.
c. social contact.
d. engrams.
Question 6Cultural relativism means that:
a. absolutes, such as right or wrong, do not exist with regard to cultural practices.
b. some cultures are clearly superior in relation to others.
c. cultures must be studied on their own terms before being compared or judged.
d. all cultures must be understood as consisting of many subcultures.
e. cultures which are inferior can learn relatively little from superior cultures.
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