Watching out the English

（上次，不知道為何題目卷在迅雷不及掩耳之下被收走了以致於無跡可循。今天特地早早收起來。）

（感想：千萬不要不吃午餐就去考試，會發冷、想吐跟頭暈，以致於幾乎無法思考。以上徵兆，從作答之初始就會開始發生）

1. 'The interaction between autobiographical (or episodic) memory and semantic memory that is of special significance for social and cultural anthropologists.' Discuss.



2. EITHER
a) Do conventional (or dead) metaphors tell us anything about how people think about the world?



OR



b)Assess the claim that language shape thought and discuss its implications for anthropology.



3. If we assume that kin recognition is based on an innate capacity, what would be the implications for the study of kinship for social and cultural anthropologist.



4. How far does the work of any one of the following scholars advance our understanding of the nature of culture: Vygotsky, Daekins, Piaget, Bartlett.



5. What evidence is there that Theory of Mind varies cross-culturally?



6. 'Religious concepts are both natural and unnatural, intuitive and counter-intutive. It is this combinationt that explains their success.' Discuss this statement with reference to adults AND/OR children's religious concepts.



7. Using appropriate ethnographic and experimental evidence, assess the contention that the human mind is predisposed to naturalize and essentialize the difference between social groups.



8. "Human societies depend on the acquiescence of duly socialized individuals in a network of intentionalities."(Gell) Discuss with reference to art AND/OR material culture.



9. Assess Goody's claim that the technology of writing produces significant cognitive AND social effects.



10. With specific reference to attachment theory, discuss the view that anthropologists cannot say anything about the psychological states of participants in rituals.



11. 'Simply put, incest taboos reflect the natural aversion of humans to incest.' Discuss.



(打完之後發現.......慘了，有一題我只顧著討論題目的第一句，卻完全忽略了還有第二句話...ㄜ...........啊啊啊....God bless me....）

（不知為何，就是想把題目打出來，或許是想告訴自己，來這裡的意義吧）