Given Current Globalization and the Rarity of Small, Isolated Cultures

question 54

Multiple Choice

Given current globalization and the rarity of small, isolated cultures, many contemporary cultural anthropologists have abandoned __________.

• A)fieldwork
• B)learning a non-Western language
• C)the concept of holism
• D)the concept of cultural relativism
• E)participant observation

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Definitions:

Shaping

A method used in behavioral training and psychology to gradually teach new behaviors through reinforcement of successive approximations toward the target behavior.

Latent Learning

A form of learning that is not immediately expressed in an overt response; it occurs without obvious reinforcement to be applied later when needed.

Vicarious Learning

The process of learning behaviors by observing the consequences of others’ actions and adapting one’s own behavior accordingly.

Innate Learning

A learning process present at birth, not acquired through experience or training but known as instinctual behavior.