Cultures Develop Over Time

question 10

Multiple Choice

Cultures develop over time:

• A) So quickly and so unpredictable that studies become almost immediately obsolete
• B) In a very slow and predictable manner
• C) Such that surface level artefacts may change relatively quickly,but deeper behaviors and assumptions may take much longer to change
• D) Inevitably toward a convergent,single "superculture"

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Definitions:

Chatter Box

A person who talks at length about trivial matters, often perceived as overly talkative.

Fixated

Experiencing an obsessive attachment to a person, object, or idea, often resulting from unresolved developmental conflicts.

Freudian Therapist

A psychotherapist who employs the techniques and theories of Freud, focusing on unconscious processes and psychosexual development.

Defence Mechanisms

According to Sigmund Freud, mechanisms through which the ego allows the expression of libidinal desires in a distorted or symbolic form.