What is Franz Boas's concept of 'diffusion'?
Explanation
This question tests the definition of 'diffusion', a key concept in historical particularism used to explain how cultures change and share traits.
Other questions
According to the definition provided, what constitutes culture for anthropologists?
What is the term anthropologists use for the process of learning culture?
Which of the following are the four key elements an anthropologist may consider when trying to understand the complex workings of a culture, as described in the section 'Culture Is Symbolic and Material'?
What is the anthropological concept of ethnocentrism?
What was the core concept of the 'unilineal cultural evolution' theory proposed by early anthropologists like Edward Burnett Tylor and Lewis Henry Morgan?
Who was the key figure in American anthropology who rejected unilineal cultural evolution and advocated for an approach called 'historical particularism'?
What is Clifford Geertz's 'interpretivist approach' primarily concerned with?
In the context of power dynamics within a culture, what does the term 'stratification' refer to?
What concept did Italian political philosopher Antonio Gramsci develop to describe the ability of a dominant group to create consent and agreement within a population without the use of force?
According to the U.S. Census Bureau data from 2010 cited in the chapter, what percentage of all marriages in the U.S. were interracial?
James Scott's book 'Weapons of the Weak' describes what form of resistance used by Malaysian peasants?
What is the emerging field of epigenetics, as discussed in the chapter, primarily concerned with?
The chapter states that the human body contains approximately 100 trillion cells. What percentage of these cells are independent microorganisms that form the human microbiome?
According to Max Weber's 'The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism', what cultural values were central to the 'Protestant ethic' that enabled early capitalism to flourish?
What is the term for the mixing of cultural influences into a community's beliefs and practices, often seen as a result of globalization instead of simple homogenization?
The chapter discusses how McDonald's adapts its menu in different countries. In which country does McDonald's serve McSpaghetti?
What does anthropologist Lila Abu-Lughod's study of television dramas in Egypt explore?
What are 'mental maps of reality' as defined in the chapter?
The Supreme Court case 'Loving v. Virginia' in 1967 was a landmark decision that addressed which cultural norm?
According to the chapter's discussion of consumer culture, approximately how many television commercials do children in the United States watch per year?
What is the primary argument of Margaret Mead's book 'Coming of Age in Samoa' as described in the chapter?
The research strategy of 'thick description,' advocated by Clifford Geertz, involves what?
What is the concept of 'agency' in an anthropological context?
In 2017, how many gun-related deaths were reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, according to the chapter's opening section?
What does the concept of 'cultural relativism' require an anthropologist to do?
Which theoretical framework, developed by British social anthropologists between the 1920s and 1960s, viewed human societies as living organisms and analyzed them at a fixed point in time?
What is a primary function of 'mental maps of reality'?
The French law passed in 2004 banning clothing that indicates particular religious beliefs in public schools was widely understood to be targeting what?
What percentage of human genetic codes are identical among all people, according to the chapter?
In the discussion of consumer culture, what does the chapter identify as the 'mythical mediator of gift exchange and the symbol of Christmas consumer marketing'?
What is the primary characteristic that differentiates 'values' from 'norms' in the anthropological framework presented in the chapter?
How did early British social anthropologists, practicing structural functionalism, approach their fieldwork?
According to the chapter, what is the concept of a 'symbol'?
What was the total U.S. credit card debt in 2018, as cited in the section on Financial Services and Credit Cards?
In the analysis of the Balinese cockfight, what did Clifford Geertz argue the event symbolized?
What is the primary argument of the 'Your Turn: Fieldwork' exercise on College Students and Consumer Culture?
How much of the world's money exists in tangible, physical form, according to the chapter's discussion of symbols?
The American Anthropological Association's Declaration on Anthropology and Human Rights draws heavily on principles articulated in documents from which organization?
What does the 'Your Turn: Fieldwork' exercise on Blue Jeans ask students to consider about the clothing in their closet?
Who did Eric Wolf urge anthropologists to see power as an aspect of?
In Robert Smith's book 'Mexican New York', what is a key way that immigrants maintain connections to their hometowns in Mexico?
What is the estimated number of firearms owned by Americans for a population of 320 million people, as stated in the chapter?
The Gregorian calendar, used in much of the world today, was introduced in 1582 by which institution?
In the context of the historical development of anthropology, who were considered 'armchair anthropologists'?
Which of the following is an example of a 'norm'?
The chapter discusses how humans are not just 'human beings' but 'human becomings.' What evidence supports this idea?
In the 'Social Life of Things' feature on blue jeans, where are the jeans described as being sewn and then dyed/distressed?
What is the primary critique of Clifford Geertz's culture concept, as mentioned at the end of the section 'Culture and Meaning'?
According to the chapter, which two elements of culture powerfully frame what its participants say, do, and think?