Test 1 Psyc660
Directions:
Answer 5 questions.
If you answer more than 5 I'm only going to grade the first 5
Each is worth 10 points.
Please include question with each response.
Must be in my inbox by 3pm Tues. March 6
1.How is human
hunting (that of traditional hunter-gatherers) different (i.e.
more cooperative) than chimpanzee hunting?
2.What is shared
intentionality and how might it be critical to the creation of
human culture?
3.What is
ancestralization? What factors can cause it?
4.What are
the moral lessons that rugby was thought to inculcate in young
males?
5.Describe how the phrase ‘I am
because we are, and since we are, therefore I am’ encapsulates the
critical difference between the traditional African view of
personhood and the Western view?
6.What is the role of shared
social values in the creation of human society? What role does
taboo play in this?
7.What is a taboo trade-off and
why does even contemplating one bring suspicion upon oneself?
8.What is the
relationship between ritualized behavior and working memory? What
relevance might this have for performance under stress such as
athletic performance?