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FAcial expressions and bodily postures and emotions that convey intended as well as subconscious messages are considered to be
Kinesics
In the Andes, Apus are important supernatural entities associated with which form of religious beliefs?
Sacred places
Religions or worldviews are closely connected to what part of culture?
Superstructure
Acculturation
The adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another dominant group.
What is Culture?
The systems of knowledge shared by a group of people The symbols and rules of a society How norms and morals are passed on within a group of people What kinds of belief systems a society has
All cultures are by nature ethnocentric
True
An ethnographer must keep all information from interviews confidential
True
Ethnography is a detailed description of a particular culture based on fieldwork
True
Priests work on behalf of people and the gods
True
Urgent anthropology documents disappearing cultures
True
Witch hunts can be considered as a form of social cleansing
True
The establishment of places like roadside, war memorials, or the 911 memorial center allows people to come together to mourn the dead. This is an example of which type of concept we talked about in class?
A rite of intensification
The belief that nature is enlivened by an impersonal spiritual power or supernatural potency is referred to as
Animatism
Contagious magic a) Funeral Rites of intensification b) Baptism Witchcraft c) Relic Rite of passage d) Social control
Contagious magic: relic Rites of intensification: funeral Witchcraft: social control Rite of passage: baptism
Syntax
patterns or rules by which morphemes are arranged into phrases/sentences
As an anthropologist in the field, what challenges might you face? Political mistrust Mistrust among people youre working with Problems based on your age or gender All of the above
all of the above
Religious practitioners are important to the functioning of religions in various societies in that they... a) Are able to establish a connection between humans and the divine b) At times enter an altered state of conscciousness to contact and utilize an ordinarily hidden reality in order to acquire knowledge, power, and to help others. c) Are formally recognized for their role in guiding the religious practices of other and for contacting and influencing supernatural powers d) Are a go-between who act on behalf of human clients to bring healing or foretell the future in some communities, and in other groups act on behalf of the gods and tell people what to do. e) All of the above
all of the above
Religion and spirituality differ in that... a) Followers of one believe in gods and goddesses and the other in nature spirits only. b) One is more public and the other more private c) One is organized while the other is mostly unorganized d) One includes large communal gatherings while the other is practiced often in solitude
b, c, and d only
Morpheme
in language, the smallest unit that carries meaning
Phoneme
smallest unit of sound, bit/pit
What is NOT a sub-discipline in linguistic anthropology?
spatial anthropology
Morphology
study of word formation in languagesyntax
Historical linguistics
stufy of how language changes over time
Animism
the attribution of a SPECIFIC DIVINE soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena.
Enculturation
the process of learning culture
Archaeology refers to
the study of man and his culture through material remains
Phonology
the study of speech sounds in language
Proxemics
the study of the use of space
The Melanesian Cargo Cult is an example of religious persecution
False
Using a horse shoe for good luck on this exam is an application of animism
False
Which of the following is not part of linguistic research? Forensics Signals Body language Morphemes Syntax
Forensics
Lakota speaking peoples have what type of language pattern?
Gendered speech
Sign language uses which two components?
Gestures and symbols
A researcher who is trying to determine when English and German split within the Indo-European Language family is using..
Glottochronology
Discussed in class as supernatural entities:
Gods, Sacred Places, Ancestors, Rivers
Classical Greece a) Elves China b) Sacred mountains Iceland c) Ancestor worship Andes d) Pantheon
Greece: pantheon China: ancestors Iceland: elves Andes: sacred mountains
How we perceive personal space is the subject of kinesics
False
Morphemes c and g make the difference between the words class and glass.
False
Biological anthropology includes many methds from other scientif fields except Forensic anthropology Ethnocentrism Primatology Osteolgy Nutritional anthropology
Ethnocentrism
A researcher who is trying to determine how many words for snow exist among the Eskimo is practicing
Ethnolinguistics
Which of the following is not part of the four field approach to anthropology? Linguistic anthropology Biological anthropology Cultural anthropology Evolutionary anthropology Archaeological anthropology
Evolutionary anthropology
Ancestor worship is common in the US
False