Anthropology

Non western peoples often have preconceived ideas about Westerners, believing for example that anthropologists are making alot of money fro mtheir research . This is one aspect of the problem of blank that affects virtually every fieldwork situation

A Stereotyping

The scholars who are considered the first cultural anthropologists were

A Unilinean Evolutionists

What is Key informant

A a local expert with whom the ethnographer spends much time

In order to formulate generalizations concerning cultural systems , anthropogists must use blank

A comparative methods

Which of these statements aobut unstructured interview is true

A is often open ended questions used to understand how certain systems are performed in a given culture

According to text book, the primary criticism of historical particularism is that

A overlooks the ways in which cultures are similar

Which of these is not commonly used by anthropologists

A telephone interviews

According to the code of ethics of American Anthropological Association, the primary obligation of the anthropologists is to

A the people of the community being studied

The neoevolutionist, Leslie White

A thought that technological changes caused changes in many areas of culture

The psychological and often physiological symptoms that one develops in response to being in unfamilar environment , eating strange foods, without anyone with whom to share one's feelings of anxiety , is termed blank

B Culture shock

Anthropology as a discipline emerged following which world event

B European exploration and colonialism

Which of these early anthropologists championed historical particularism

B Franz Boas

The question of representation is of concern primarily for blank anthropologists

B Humanistic

Engaging in participant observation requires

B Living with a group of people for an extended period of time to understand all aspects of people's life

In order to understand the basic dynamics of cultural systems , Bronislaw Malinowski introduced and popularized the method of

B Participant obervation

Which of the following looks at culture as a system of adaptation to the natural world

B Scientific approach

The anthropologists of the 19th century adopted the biological evolutionary theory and believed that cultures transformed over time into more complex and superior cultures.

B Unilineal Evolutionists

In order to make cross cultural comparisons anthropologists

B test hypotheses by testing for correlationd between particular cultural variables

What is the purpose of anthropological research

B to record descriptions of specific peoples and explain cultural diversity

What is the study of past culturall systems through the use of written records called

C Ethnohistory

This process of explaining the diversity of cultural systems in the past and present called

C Ethnology

Who is considered the father of American anthropology

C Franz Boas

From the perspective of blank , every culture is a unique product of its own historical events and circumstances

C Historical Particularlism

According to the unilineal evolutionists, the non- western cultures being documented in the 19th century were

C In an earlier stage of cultural evolution

To document practices that have largely disappeared , that some older people may recall form their youth , which method would an anthropologist use

C Recall ethnography

In your text, the term "other" is used to refer to non western peoples . This term is problematic because

C Using the term is ethocentric and stereotypes other cultures

When an anthropologist asks a limit number of questions , for example about economic status or size of families , this is called blank

C a structured interview

The method that compares diachronic data while controlling for historical and enivronmental factors called blank

C controlled comparisons

To investigate the question of whether matrilineal or partilineal systems adapt better to changing conditions, which research method is most appropriate

C controlled comparisons

Franz Boas believed that anthropologists

C should gather more fatcual information about other cultures by conducting fieldwork

Which of the following are theories that anthropologists use today

D A and C are correct

According to the theory proposed by Charles Darwin

D All of the above

Which of the following is not true about Armchair Anthropology

D All of the above

Which of the following is a limitation of interviewing as a fieldwork method

D All of the above are possible limitation

Humanistic anthropologists do not believe a science of culture is possible because

D All of these are arguements of humanistic anthropology against a scientific approach

Which of these is a benefit of conducting participant observation

D All of these are benefits of participant observation

Which of these is not a contribution of Franz Boas to field of anthropology

D All of these are contributions boas

The theory of unilineal evolution

D All of these are true unilineal evolution

Margaret Mead conducted fieldwork in New Guinea before and after WWII to see how the culture changed following the war. In anthropology, this type of research is called

D Diachronic research

Blank explains cultural features by the benefits those cultural features provide to members of the society

D Funcationalism

Why most anthropologists view fieldwork as rite of passage

D a and B are correct

What does ethnographic fieldwork consist of

D all of these are part of ethnographic fieldwork

Which of the following is an ethnohistorian primarily interested in

D reconstructing the cultural system of people

For many blank anthropologists , the goal of anthropology is to explain patterns of cultural difference and similarity , as well as the patterns of cultural change

A Scientific

Before anthropology , which of the following narrative explained human diversity and other cosmic questions

A Biblical framework

Who is credited with establishing functionalism to the field of anthropology

A Bronislaw Malinowski

Anthropological research that collects and records descriptive data about the cultures of different peoples is called

A Ethnography

Which of these anthropologists first popularized neoevolutionism as an important methodological principle?

A Leslie white and Julian Steward

Which of these has become a major issue within the development of a global anthropology

A Representation of different cultures without prejudice

Where did historical particularism first emerge

USA