cultural anthro

All humans are born with some culture. True False

False

Three broad theories of social structure dominate the social sciences. They are Functionalism, conflict, and interactional Colonialism, conflict and functionalism Darwinism, racism and multiculturalism Progressive, conservative and general

Functionalism, conflict, and interactional

Salins and service typology of political systems would classify the role of president of the city council in your hometown as headman of a tribe a big man a bureaucrat in a centralized state

a bureaucrat in a centralized state

A good illustration of the Marxist concept of surplus value is a worker makes one $30 sweater every hour in a factory but gets paid only $15 a worker shows up to work late and gets his pay reduced, generating more pay for the owner a factory owner prevents labor unions from forming in the factory

a worker makes one $30 sweater every hour in a factory but gets paid only $15

An anthropologist interested in a cultural insider's perspective on that insider's culture is seeking an emic perspective tunnel vision an etic perspective

an emic perspective

Csordas and kleinman

clinical process, symbolic process and social support

The concept that people have images, knowledge, and concepts of the physical landscape that affect how they will actually interact with it is called a cultural landscape an ecosystem a subsistence strategy a metaphor

cultural landscape

For pastoral groups such as the Dinka and the Nuer, the cow acts as which of the following symbol? metaphor summarizing symbol narrative symbol elaborating symbol

elaborating symbol

The study of how people classify things in the natural world is called ethnography sociolinguistics ethnoscience biological determinism

ethnoscience

It has been proven that overpopulation will inevitably lead to global famine true false

false

There are more undernourished people than obese and overweight people in the world true false

false

When a parent pays for a child's piano lessons, he or she is engaged in delay reciprocity generalized reciprocity balanced reciprocity negative reciprocity

generalized reciprocity

Which English philosophers were concerned with the problem of disorder and argued that chaos is avoidable by creating strong government? Calvin and hobbes hobbes and locke smith and marx sahlins and service

hobbs and locke

Which term refers to the knowledge about other people that emerges from relationships objective subjective intersubjective ethnographic

intersubjective

Why is Karl Polanyi's distinction between formal and substantive economics important? it explains why states control economies in europe it distinguishes between primitive and capitalist economic systems it recognizes that economies involve both how people think and the actual transactions they engage in it laid the ground work for the rist of marxist theory in anthropology

it recognizes that economies involve both how people think and the actual transactions they engage in

If a functionalist were to explain why the teacher lectures from the front of the classroom to students organized in neatly arranged chairs, she or he would emphasize that learning happens best when students are being talked at this way of teaching organizes people to promote shared cultural goals this mode of teaching evolved over time the teacher is the symbolic head of the class

learning happens best when students are being talked at

The exercise of political power requires force violence authority legitimacy

legitimacy

a voodoo doll is a good illustration of magic that follows the law of contagion magic that follows the law of similarity animism

magic that follows the law of similarity

Religious ideas are typically associated with beliefs about the supernatural, but what secular arguement is often used to explain the beliefs and worldviews of physicists or genetists, who may consider themselves nonbelievers? most religions are really no more than a particular worldview it would be unfair to leave scientists out of afterlife nonbelievers may not have a religion but deep down they must believe in something

most religions are really no more than a particular worldview.

Which economic theory studies how people make decisions to allocate resources like time, labor, and money in order to maximize their personal satisfaction? neoclassical economics Marxist economics substantivist economics cultural economics

neoclassical economics

Traditional ecological knowledge is rarely shared in local languages not useful in the contemporary world extremely valued by westerners not well known in the West because some species and ecological interactions exist in only one place

not well known in the West because some species and ecological interactions exist in only one place

Ethical issues facing ethnographers include all of the following except: ensuring informant confidentiality protecting informants blood samples and other biological info controlling and protecting access to fieldnotes being open about their research

protecting informants blood samples and other biological info

Violence is static inherited socially constructed absolute

socially constructed

The difference between a survey and a structured interview is survey questions are asked orally; in a structured interview theyre written survey questions are close-ended; structured interviews are not the goal of using survey questions is typically to produce qualitative data, while for structured interviews it is to produce quantitative data

survey questions are close-ended; structured interviews are not

What prompted intellectuals to start systematically explaining the differences among people? the writings of early explorers the Enlightenment the Industrial Revolution World War II

the Industrial Revolution

What is the most important thing that the core-legume-fringe dietary patter indicates about how people eat? they love carbohydrates most of all relishes define a tasty meal there is a common general pattern of how people eat around the world the intersections between culture and biology

there is a common general pattern of how people eat around the world

The comparative method compares cognate words in different languages focuses on one society over a long period of time uses data from many different societies emphasizes statistical regressions

uses data from many different societies