17 Questions
What is the process called where differing stimuli are identified by a person as belonging to the same class?
Categorization
What are the classes one uses to organize perceptions called?
Cognitive categories
How are the cognitive categories at a person's disposal acquired?
Both b and c
According to Edward Sapir, what does the vocabulary of a language encode?
The cognitive categories of that culture
What is the view of Stephen A. Tyler regarding the reality of a language?
Language reality is a socio-cultural product and hence relative
What is the New Ethnography, also known as cognitive anthropology, concerned with?
All of the above
What is the primary basis for social organization in most small-scale, non-industrialized societies?
Kinship affiliation
What does the passage say sets humans apart from other animals in terms of social organization?
The degree to which they live in groups
According to the passage, what is one of the main functions of descent groups?
To categorize kin
What does the passage say cultural anthropologists have spent a lot of time studying?
The functions of descent groups
According to the passage, what is one way in which human social groups are formed?
Based on occupation
Which of the following statements is true about kinship systems?
Some societies allow the same kin category to span multiple generations.
How do some kinship systems group certain kin?
Based on common gender
What is the principle of lineality in kinship systems?
It refers to kin related in a single line, such as son, father, and grandfather.
What is the principle of collaterality in kinship systems?
It refers to kin related through a linking relative, such as the relationship between EGO and their parents' siblings.
How does the English kinship system distinguish between kin categories?
It distinguishes kin categories based on gender, except for cousins.
Is the consistent application of a particular principle required in kinship systems?
No, the consistent application of a particular principle is not required.
Test your knowledge on the process of categorization and cognitive categories, which help in organizing perceptions. Explore how cognitive categories are acquired through enculturation.
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