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Prof.Richley CrapoProfessor
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In this assignment you will learn the principles that describe cultural change.
You will become acquainted with the four major stages of cultural evolution, archaeological evidence for the evolution of cultures, and the laws that govern cultural evolution.
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Question: Which of the following is not a social function of art?
Choices:
communicating a person’s social status.
giving pleasure to an individuals.
teaching moral and ethical principles.
maintaining harmony between groups.
Question: a cultural expression of feeling and meaning in a form that evokes an aesthetic experience in the participant or observer
Choices:
aesthetics
aesthetic locus
aesthetic experience
expressive culture
play
festivals
game
sport
art
music
ethnomusicology
scale
rhythm
vocables
dance
verbal arts
myths
legends
rhetoric
folktales
proverbs
riddles
jokes
Question: In Hindu aesthetics, the central feature of good art is:
Choices:
its ability to convey a subtle intellectual concept.
its ability to convey a moral message.
its ability to give sensuous pleasure that is equated with oneness with the divine.
its ability to support religious beliefs.
Question: Aesthetic locus is:
Choices:
the technical term for art and artistic standards.
the technical term for the objects to which a society devotes particular artistic emphasis.
any place such as a theater or dance ground where artistic performances occur.
any feature of the natural environment that people regard as particularly beautiful.
Question: In non-literate societies, art is:
Choices:
not always a specialized sphere of life.
the domain of specialists.
clearly distinguished and set apart from utilitarian life.
restricted to song and dance.
Question: According to Roberts and Sutton-Smith, games of strategy are preferred tin societies where:
Choices:
obedience training is emphasized in childhood.
independence training is emphasized in childhood.
creativity training is emphasized in childhood.
play is emphasized as fun.
Question: Which of the following is NOT true of play?
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It is common among mammals.
It is a learned ability.
It is culturally patterned.
It is intrinsically pleasurable.
Question: According to Barbara Ayres tonal ranges in adult music are:
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the same in all cultures.
larger where there is stress in childhood.
smaller where there is stress in childhood.
highly variable, but cross-culturally unpredictable.
Question: Which of the following is NOT a necessary characteristic of art?
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It is the product of an individual artist.
It conveys symbolic messages.
It uses both universal signs and culturally specific symbols.
It expresses feelings.
Question: The ability to appreciate beauty is:
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a biologically based capacity.
culturally learned.
a capacity not all individuals have.
absent in some cultures.
Question: According to Clyde Kluckhohn, common themes in myths:
Choices:
are limited to flood motifs.
do not include stories about incest.
are highly idiosyncratic and variable from culture to culture.
deal with anxiety-related matters.
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