PCUL 1F92 Lecture Notes - Scott Henderson, Lawrence Grossberg, Entertainment Weekly

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phone cost so much because so few users were buying it. The more phones you make, the lower the cost is per component. New york times now includes ebooks in the bestseller list: economics clearly plays a role in the business of popular culture. ** image of call of duty: modern warfare 3 ** Analysis of listening habits on lastfm found very little correlation between sales charts and online charts". And yet the sales were still seen as integral to an artist"s success. Popular vs art: stigma attached to popularity, tied our negative views related to the mass", meaning, and culture value, are separated from economic or financial. Is there really a lowest common denominator"? value. ** poster image of citizen kane vs. wayne"s world poster *: even under-valued works are worthy of study, we can learn much about the processes of popular culture through.

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Which of the following have been used by scientists to determine evolutionary relationships and divergence times between primate species or lineages?

	A.	evidence from the fossil record
	B.	behavioral observations of living primates
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	E.	A and C are correct

Problems with interpreting information from the fossil record include:

	A.	variation within one species may be misinterpreted (e.g. as multiple species rather than one)
	B.	differential preservation results in sample fossil populations which donât reflect the size of past populations
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Cultural practices - such as those pertaining to agriculture - can play a significant role in influencing the evolution of infectious disease microbes.

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Please need help for Multiple-Choice

22. Physical anthropologists are interested in

a. how and why the physical traits of contemporary humans vary.

b. reconstructing the evolutionary record of all forms of life.

c. reconstructing the evolutionary record of all humans.

d. a and c only

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23. Paleopathology

a. is a primary focus of research in linguistic anthropology.

b. is the analysis of disease in ancient populations.

c. examines language from the time period before the invention of writing.

d. is the analysis of disease in contemporary populations.

24. Ethnocentrism is the belief that

a. oneâs culture is no better or no worse than any other.

b. other cultures are inferior to oneâs own.

c. other cultures are superior to oneâs own.

d. to understand another cultural feature, you must look at it from within its proper cultural context.

25. Historical archaeology

a. deals with that vast segment of the human record prior to writing.

b. analyzes the first stone tools used by humans.

c. contributes significantly to our understanding of colonial American cultures.

d. none of the above

26. Ecofacts are

a. objects found in the natural environment that were used by people but not made or altered by them.

b. objects that have been made by people and are portable.

c. objects that have been made by people but are not portable.

d. objects found in the natural environment that were formed by natural occurrences such as exposure to great heat or cold.

27. Which statement about applied anthropology is false?

a. It is considered by some to be the fifth sub-branch of anthropology.

b. All four fields of anthropology have applied components.

c. The author of this textbook takes a strong stance against applied anthropology

d. In recent decades, there has been a significant increase in the percentage of applied anthropologists in the discipline of anthropology.

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