ANT 102

Globalization and localization are complementary dynamics. True False

t

Ethical issues facing ethnographers include all of the following except a. ensuring informant confidentiality b. protecting informants' blood samples and other biological information c. controlling and protecting access to field notes d. being open about their research e. all of the above

d

How do religious rituals function politically? a. by legitimating community authority b. by promoting fear c. by resolving disputes d. all of the above

d

If a medical anthropologist like Arthur Kleinman were to turn his attention to studying the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, he would likely want to understand a. how local people interpret the symptoms of Ebola, its causes, and its threat b. what was necessary in terms of protective clothing and sanitation to limit the spread of the disease c. how capable were the resources of West African nations to deal with the epidemic d. all of the above

d

Cultural models help us make sense of the world because a. they provide a pattern for one's own behavior and interpreting others' actions b. they provide a pattern for explaining human evolution c. they are genetically determined d. they are a culture-bound syndrome

a

Why would English colonial leaders portray Africans as uncivilized heathens? a. to justify enslaving them b. to get elected to local government c. to follow religious doctrine d. all of the above

a. to justify enslaving them

A cultural relativist would not explain neural plasticity as a. closely related to cultural differences in how people perceive and think b. an outcome of biological evolution c. a reason people can adapt to different environments d. confirming that there is a singular human nature

b

A key element of the scientific method, which both explains things and guides research, is a. participant observation b. theories c. universal truths d. hypothesis

b

What pivotal evolutionary shift happened around 1.8 to 2 million years ago that is closely related to human foodways? a. primates walked bipedally b. meat consumption increased c. humans learned to make tools d. humans developed language

b

Which of the following refers to the family into which one is born and raised? a. traditional family b. natal family c. nuclear family d. family of procreation

b

Anthropologists begin to understand the adaptability of the human brain by studying a. babies b. cadavers c. nonhuman primates d. language

c

Sex-assignment surgery is important because it a. improves the biological functions of intersexed people b. shows that "sex" is a biological phenomenon c. shows that "sex" is constructed upon cultural assumptions d. is performed only on girls

c

Researchers have found that fundamentalists a. see themselves as promoting proper ways of life b. are willing to engage in political battles to defend their ideas c. work to return their society to important traditional values that seem to be slipping away as the world around them changes d. all of the above

d

The ghost dance among the Sioux in the 1890s was a. a new religious movement responding to white encroachment on their lands b. drawing on a mix of older and new religious concepts c. an attempt to recover self-respect d. all of the above

d

Which of the following reasons explains why a collaborative approach to conservation can be so challenging? a. scientists and conservationists are often skeptical of indigenous knowledge claims b. indigenous communities do not have scientifically rigorous knowledge which is necessary for conservation c. the fact that indigenous people often want to continue living on their land undermines conservation goals d. all of the above

d

The key scenario differs from other kinds of symbols because it a. helps us talk about difficult emotions b. synthesizes everything important to society in a single symbol c. implies how people should act d. explains complex relationships in a single symbol

dd

One of the reasons intersex individuals interest anthropologists is how unusual and strange it is in a sexually dimorphic species. True False

f

Anthropologists of the 1880s are referred to as "armchair anthropologists" because they never did fieldwork and they gathered data from other people's reports. True False

t

Traditional ecological knowledge is not well known in the West because a. it is often shared in local languages b. some species and ecological interactions exist in only one place c. Westerners don't value this type of knowledge d. all of the above

a

A structural functionalist would be most likely to analyze violence as a. a reflection of deep ethnic hatreds b. an innate condition of humanity c. the best way to create segmentary lineages d. a means of creating and maintaining social order

d

According the medical anthropologists Csordas and Kleinman, the several therapeutic processes that bring healing include which of the following? a. clinical processes b. symbolic processes c. social support d. all of the above

d

Eating practices mark a. gender b. age c. ethnic group d. all of the above

d

Ethnocentrism a. presents a major problem for anthropologists b. means you think your culture is superior to others c. is a common feature of culture d. all of the above

d

Which of the following is a political act? a. running for election b. protesting against police brutality c. gossiping about a neighbor to shame them for not fulfilling their obligations d. all of the above

d