Chap 4B QUIZ

If you wanted to study patterns of kin relations in a community, which method would you use?

genealogical method

Using life history interviews, researchers are able to

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

An anthropologist who practices participatory-action research would most likely use this method in

a study of a low-income neighborhood where a toxic waste dump is located

Cultural anthropologists do research by all of the answers are correct focusing on single dimensions of people's lives gathering data to produce statistical models building trusting relationships with people over a long period of time

building trusting relationships with people over a long period of time

Cultural anthropologists use only three methods when conducting fieldwork

false

Cultural anthropology is one of the most quantitative of the social sciences.

false

Which method would be best when doing a study on the genetic propensity for cancer in a given population?

genealogical method

Which type of interaction may include playing basketball, cooking, dining, or having coffee with informants?

participant observation

Cultural anthropologists face an ethical responsibility in their work and so must disclose to informants

reasons for doing the research

If you wanted to have consistent responses, what kind of interview would you use?

survey interview

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

true

Anthropologists believe that the "native point of view" is no better or worse than their own.

true

The comparative method

uses data from many different societies

What kind of data do anthropologists gather from doing interviews? opinions on upcoming elections all of the above details about court cases life histories terms for biological species

all of the above

When anthropologists go into the field they often go with the flow of everyday life, even if it seems off-topic at the time all of the above they often change the focus of their question to fit what they are seeing they go with a set of questions they want to ask and have answered

all of the above

Among cultural anthropologists, fieldwork involves learning the local language becoming involved in people's lives all of the answers are correct spending a significant amount of time in the field

all of the answers are correct

In which of the following locations would you likely find an anthropologist doing fieldwork? a factory all of the answers are correct a New York City neighborhood a mental institution the Amazon rain forest

all of the answers are correct

Which of the following is the defining methodology for the discipline of anthropology?

fieldwork

A word that best describes participant observation is

unstructured

Research committed to making social change and improving the lives of marginalized people is called

action research