Question

1. Examples of experimental archaeology include

A.	Growing ancient varieties of seeds to learn their heat and moisture tolerance limits.

B.	All are examples of experimental archaeology.

C.	Making pots to learn what materials yield pots resistant to thermal shock.

D.

Making stone tools while wired to a brain scanning device.

2. Kibale Forest chimpanzees were found to use sticks to get at the honey in a fallen log, whereas Budongo Forest chimpanzees used chewed leaves as sponges to collect the same thing. Both societies had the same tools at their disposal, but they each chose a different approach. A single individual first used one of these techniques and other members of the group adopted it through imitation and social learning. This is an example of a cultural practice in that it shows that the practice is shared by multiple members of a community, it varies between societies, and

A.	One clever chimp innovated the behavior.

B.	It was imitated by group members.

C.	It depends on language.

D.	The potential for the same behavior exists in other societies (e.g., because the same potential tools are available)

3. The double standard in regards to human sexual behavior means that

A.	men are punished more harshly for sexual transgressions than women.

B.	one should attempt to balance personality traits with physical traits in seeking a mate.

C.	one should not engage in physical intimacy until the second meeting.

D.

women are usually punished more harshly for sexual transgressions than men.

4.

Hijra people in India are often glossed as transgender; males transition to assume the attire, behaviors, and anatomies of women. In Indian society, hijra people are

A.	invited to be present for important life events, such as births and marriages.

B.	highly respected.

C.	serve as heads of political bodies.

D.

fully incorporated in all aspects of Indian life.

5.

Various attempts have been made to teach non-human primates to communicate via signs. These demonstrate that

A.	Humans are the only primate capable of symbolic language.

B.

Only chimps, the closest relatives to humans, have much facility with language.

C.	Primates have a rich communication repertoire.

D.

Primates have some capacity for communication, but nothing like that seen for most humans.

6.

According to some linguistic researchers, how did Ebonics originate?

A.	from a slang dialect of formal American English

B.	through lack of proper education about spoken English

C.	as trade language between Africa and Europe

D.

as a creole language that emerge among enslaved Africans in the United States

7.

Tannen’s summarizes research on communication between the genders that shows all of the following EXCEPT

A.	Boys jockey for positon in large social groups using verbal displays; girls relay “secrets” to make friends within a small circle of acquaintances.

B.	Men make noises to show they are listening while women make noises to comment on what is being said.

C.	Boys and girls, women and men all communicate using a shared language in the same manner.

D.

Women are more attuned to metamessages, i.e., information communicated by body language and intonation, of communication; men pay attention to the message itself.

8.

Babies and children learn language by surveying the speakers around them and finding the modal behavior, which they imitate. This is an example of what Boyd and Richerson call _____ cultural transmission.

A.	Guided variation

B.	Direct bias

C.	Indirect bias or Prestige-bias

D.

Conformist or frequency-dependent bias

9.

he significance of Mead's field work in Oceania is that she was trying to establish whether the differences seen in the temperaments of men and women were owed to

A.	the influence of anthropologists.

B.	physical environment.

C.	culture and biology.

D.

enculturation.

Answer 1

1.Option B is correct option

Explanation-Experimental archieology is one of the very practical method of archaeological interpretation.

3.Option D is correct answer

Explanation-Double standards of sexual behaviour is a moral code of conduct that permits sexual freedom and promiscuity for men but not for women.

4.Option A is correct.

Explanation-In India Hours people are invited to be present in important life functions such as marriages and birthdays

6. Option A is correct

Explanation-Some linguistic researchers said that Ebonics was originated from a slang dialect of formal American English.