The !Kung Hunter-Gatherers of the Kalahari Desert in Africa Live

question 18

Multiple Choice

The !Kung hunter-gatherers of the Kalahari Desert in Africa live in small, nomadic groups and own few material possessions. Anthropologists refer to these cultural traits as __________ that help them survive in their social and physical environment.

• A) adaptive customs
• B) maladaptive customs
• C) assimilations
• D) backward traits

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Definitions:

Depth-Of-Processing

Refers to the idea that information is more likely to be remembered depending on the level of cognitive processing it undergoes, with deeper, more meaningful processing leading to better retention.

Encoding-Specificity

The principle that memory retrieval is most effective when the cues at the time of recall match those present during encoding.

Retrieval Cues

Stimuli or signals that can prompt the recall of information stored in memory, facilitating access to particular pieces of information.

Context Reinstatement

A way of improving retrieval by re-creating the state of mind that accompanied the initial learning.