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Anthropology 4616: Culture and Personality
Midsemester Exam
1 March 2010
You may have the entire class period for the exam.
Your exam must be turned in or uploaded to your WebDrop file no later than 3:15 p.m.
This exam is available in electronic form from the General Purpose Course WebDrop Folder at
< https://webdrop.d.umn.edu
>
If you are uploading a file to WebDrop call it something like your emailname _CP_midterm
do not use the characters " ' # :
Upload all four of your questions in one file.
Do not upload them separately in four files.
This is an open-book exam. You may bring and use your texts, dictionary, thesaurus, a writing handbook, class handouts, notes, outlines, drafts, memos, and a Ouija board. You may also use references and materials from your other classes and the web, with the caveat , of course, that you properly cite any sources you use.
You may bring and use your laptop but you must upload your exam to your WebDrop folder at the end of the exam period < https://webdrop.d.umn.edu
>. Please upload the entire exam as
one file, including the optional take-home question if you choose to do that question.
NOTE: If you normally generate a .wps file (from the Microsoft Works word processor) please turn in your paper as a .rtf
(Rich Text Format) document. ( It does not work simply to type in the .rtf extension on an existing .wps file. You must load the original document and then resave it as a .rtf file type.)
Answer FOUR (only 4) of the following questions. Keep in mind that there is more than one approach you can take in answering these questions.
Follow these guidelines:
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Organize your answer before you begin.

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Be sure to state:
1. What or who something is
2. Where it occurred or is located (if appropriate)
3. How it is important
4. When it occurred
5. Why it is important
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State YOUR position or approach clearly.
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Cite specific examples or references to support your statements.
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Mention problem areas or other relevant materials which you would like to consider further in a more thorough statement. That is, when you're finished with your answer, what major questions are still left unanswered?
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Summarize your argument or discussion.
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Wherever appropriate use materials from more than one region of the world.
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Remember that each of your responses should have a beginning , middle , and an end .
Note: Do not discuss any topic at length in more than one question.
1.
From the CP forum :
Chapter 5 of our text is all about National Character Studies. Identify one of the countries studied in this chapter (excluding the U.S.A.) and discuss the main national character study/studies done on that country.
2.
From the CP forum :
In chapter one of the text , “The Psychology of Primitive Peoples,” there is a small section on perception, or "Do you see what I see?" Define the idea of perception and elaborate on at least three examples given in the book. This includes matter of being colorblind, and the eye-test examination given. Finally, compare that material to what we have been doing in class.

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3.
From the CP forum :
In class we watched a video discussing the long-standing Mead vs. Freeman debate
( Margaret Mead and Samoa ). Explain what the debate was all about, using, in part, the items from your Free Listing assignment, and discuss your personal take on the debate.
Who do you think was "right"? And why do think that the Mead vs. Freeman controversy is commonly considered one of t he great “debates” in both the history of anthropology and the history of science?
4.
From the CP forum :
Compare and contrast the Black Indians ’ participation in the Mardi Gras with an event in your life. How do these events relate to Culture and Personality studies?
5.
From Class:
Relate the study of any one topic so far considered in your Culture and Personality class to what you are currently studying in one or more of your other classes.
6.
Optional Take-Home Question:
NOTE: Essentially you may make up ONE question total. You may either do that as a take-home and bring it to class with you, or you may do that in class the day of the exam. If you elect to do the optional take-home exam and bring it with you to class, then you must choose three (3) additional of the remaining questions presented on the actual exam, as they are presented on the exam.
If you do not like these questions, make up and answer a question of your own choice relating to a topic which you have not considered in your other answers and concerning a topic related to the materials covered in class up to the midterm exam . Answers should contain specific information supporting your position. Both your question and your answer will be evaluated. If you like these questions but simply prefer to make one of your own, go ahead.
If you elect to make up and answer a question, you may prepare your question and answer in advance and bring them with you to the exam. If you prepare your question and answer in advance you only need to answer three (3) midterm exam questions in class.

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7.
On Current Affairs:
Canada's Meghan Agosta and Jayna Hefford, right, celebrate with cigars after Canada beat USA 2-0
Photo: AP
A lead article in the UK’s major paper The Telegraph on Friday 26 February 2010 reports, “Canadian women's ice hockey team apologise for beer and cigars on ice”
[including an underage player “pictured on the ice with a beer in her hand.”
The full text of the short article is available on-line at
< http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/winter-olympics/7326057/Canadian-womens-ice-hockey-team-apologise-forbeer-and-cigars-on-ice.html
>
, and is reprinted below.
In the “culture” of the Olympics, as set forward by the International Olympics Committee
(IOC), the Number One mission of the Olympics is to “Encourage and support the promotion of ethics in sport as well as education of youth through sport . . . .” Fifteenth on the IOC’s list is to “Encourage and support initiatives blending sport with culture and education
.”
< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee#Mission_and_role >
A main concept in Culture and Personality studies —indeed, of all of anthropology—is
“enculturation.” And a main tenant in Culture and Personality Studies is that young people in any culture learn (are “enculturated”) through both “education” and “imitation”
(aka “habituation”) but that, in fact, they learn more through “imitation” than “education.”
Formulaically one might represent the enculturation process as . . .

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The all-conquering Canadian women's ice hockey team has apologised after players celebrated winning Olympic gold by quaffing champagne and beer, and smoking cigars, on the ice.
By Nick Allen in Los Angeles
Published: 5:45PM GMT 26 Feb 2010
Victorious players emerged from the dressing room, still in their uniforms and with gold medals hanging from their necks, more than half an hour after beating the United States 2-0.
During their impromptu celebration on the Vancouver ice rink Haley Irwin was pictured pouring champagne into the mouth of team-mate Tessa Bonhomme, while another player tried to drive the ice-resurfacing machine and honked the horn.
Others lay stretched out on the ice drinking from champagne bottles and beer cans.
Marie-Philip Poulin, 18, who scored both goals, is still under the legal drinking age of 19 in Vancouver but was pictured on the ice with a beer in her hand. The drinking age in Alberta, where the Canadian team trains, is 18.
Supporters said the events were simply a traditional ice hockey celebration following what was a highly emotional moment for Canada as it hosts the Winter Olympics.
But Gilbert Felli, IOC executive director of the Olympic games, said: "It is not what we want to see. I don't think it's a good promotion of sport values.
"If they celebrate in the changing room, that's one thing, but not in public. We will investigate what happened."
In a statement Hockey Canada said the team regretted "any embarrassment" the celebration may have caused.
It said: "The members of Team Canada apologise if their on-ice celebrations, after fans had left the building, have offended anyone.
"In the excitement of the moment the celebration left the confines of our dressing room and shouldn't have." The alcohol-fuelled celebration is believed to have happened after the players were asked to go back onto the ice to have their photographs taken.
Steve Keough, a spokesman for the Canadian Olympic Committee, said: "In terms of the actual celebration, it's not exactly something uncommon in Canada. It was not our intention to go against any Olympic protocols."