ANTHA202: Quiz #3

Anthropologists do not consider unstructured, casual conversations data. a. True b. False

b. False

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

b. protecting informants' blood samples and other biological information

A central technique involved in an informal, open-ended interview is to a. make sure you ask questions from the printed script exactly as they are written b. figure out the main goal of the interview ahead of time c. allow questions to emerge in the course of the interview d. hang out

c. allow questions to emerge in the course of the interview

An anthropologist might consider doing 'anthropology at a distance' because a. he or she has no research funding to go into the field b. there is conflict or violence in the field site c. there is a rich body of data about the field site produced by others d. all of the above

d. all of the above

Fieldwork involves a. learning the local language b. becoming involved in people's lives c. spending a significant amount of time in the field d. all of the above

d. all of the above

In which of the following locations might you find an anthropologist doing fieldwork? a. a factory b. a mental institution c. a New York City neighborhood d. the Amazon rain forest e. all of the above

e. all of the above

A critical reason for taking field notes is that there may be a long lag time between fieldwork and writing and publishing about it. a. True b. False

a. True

Anthropologists of the 1880s are referred to as 'armchair anthropologists' because they never traveled abroad and they gathered data from other people's reports. a. True b. False

a. True

Cultural anthropologists do research by a. building trusting relationships with people over a long period of time b. gathering data to produce statistical models c. focusing on single dimensions of people?s lives d. all of the above

a. building trusting relationships with people over a long period of time

Anthropologists use just three methods: interviews, field notes and participant observation. a. True b. False

b. False

Cultural anthropology is one of the most quantitative of the social sciences. a. True b. False

b. False

'Going native' refers to a process whereby the anthropologist a. buys only local products b. loses the ability to be an engaged observer c. starts a nongovernmental organization d. learns the local language

b. loses the ability to be an engaged observer

Multi-sited ethnography is an example of which method? a. action research b. geographical method c. comparative method d. ethnohistory

c. comparative method

Which term refers to the knowledge about other people that emerges from relationships? a. objective b. subjective c. intersubjective d. ethnographic

c. intersubjective

A word that best describes participant observation is a. easy b. comfortable c. unstructured d. obvious

c. unstructured

The difference between a survey and a structured interview is a. survey questions are asked as written; in a structured interview they are not b. survey questions are closed-ended; structured interviews are not c. the goal of using survey questions is typically to produce quantitative data, while for structured interviews it is to produce qualitative data d. all of the above

d. all of the above

Which method is important for understanding past social institutions and how they change? a. ethnohistory b. genealogy c. participant observation d. life histories

d. life histories

Using life history interviews, researchers are able to a. detect genetic traits linked to disease b. identify what myths society tells its members c. understand how a person's ancestors affected his or her personal development d. understand how a person's age affects his or her role in the community

d. understand how a person's age affects his or her role in the community

What kind of data do anthropologists gather from doing interviews? a. terms for biological species b. details about court cases c. life histories d. opinions on the best foods e. all of the above

e. all of the above