Categorization and Cognitive Categories Quiz
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What is the process called where differing stimuli are identified by a person as belonging to the same class?

  • Ethno science
  • Enculturation
  • Categorization (correct)
  • Cognition
  • What are the classes one uses to organize perceptions called?

  • Ethno semantic analysis
  • Organizing principles
  • Folk taxonomies
  • Cognitive categories (correct)
  • How are the cognitive categories at a person's disposal acquired?

  • By learning a particular language
  • Through the process of enculturation
  • Spontaneously in their mind
  • Both b and c (correct)
  • According to Edward Sapir, what does the vocabulary of a language encode?

    <p>The cognitive categories of that culture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the view of Stephen A. Tyler regarding the reality of a language?

    <p>Language reality is a socio-cultural product and hence relative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the New Ethnography, also known as cognitive anthropology, concerned with?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary basis for social organization in most small-scale, non-industrialized societies?

    <p>Kinship affiliation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the passage say sets humans apart from other animals in terms of social organization?

    <p>The degree to which they live in groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the passage, what is one of the main functions of descent groups?

    <p>To categorize kin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the passage say cultural anthropologists have spent a lot of time studying?

    <p>The functions of descent groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the passage, what is one way in which human social groups are formed?

    <p>Based on occupation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following statements is true about kinship systems?

    <p>Some societies allow the same kin category to span multiple generations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do some kinship systems group certain kin?

    <p>Based on common gender</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the principle of lineality in kinship systems?

    <p>It refers to kin related in a single line, such as son, father, and grandfather.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the principle of collaterality in kinship systems?

    <p>It refers to kin related through a linking relative, such as the relationship between EGO and their parents' siblings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the English kinship system distinguish between kin categories?

    <p>It distinguishes kin categories based on gender, except for cousins.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Is the consistent application of a particular principle required in kinship systems?

    <p>No, the consistent application of a particular principle is not required.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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