What Does It Mean to View Culture as a Form

question 41

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to view culture as a form of text?

• A) This is a way to learn the underlying facts about foreign practices.
• B) This is a way of understanding the symbols associated with cultural practices and performances.
• C) This is a way of reducing the study of other cultures to books and articles.
• D) This is a way of avoiding the relativistic fallacy.

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Definitions:

Recognition

The cognitive process of identifying previously encountered objects, ideas, or situations, indicating a form of memory retrieval.

Reaction Range

The concept that genetic factors set certain limits on cognitive, emotional, and personality development, but environmental factors determine where within these limits individuals will fall.

Achievement

The accomplishment of a task or goal through effort, skill, or courage, often recognized and valued by society or the individual's personal standards.

Motivation

The internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job, role, or subject, or to make an effort to attain a goal.