Question 1

The Utku were scandalized when Jean Briggs openly expressed her anger to the white fisherman who damaged their canoes because

Accepted Answer

A)  The fisherman had paid for the damage. 
B)  She was an adopted daughter who had spoken unbidden and in anger. 
C)  An anthropologist should not attempt to resolve local conflicts. 
D)  She directed anger toward her own people. 
A)  The fisherman had paid for the damage. 
B)  She was an adopted daughter who had spoken unbidden and in anger. 
C)  An anthropologist should not attempt to resolve local conflicts. 
D)  She directed anger toward her own people.

Question 2

Learning about another culture is often greatest

Accepted Answer

A)  Once the anthropologist has been accepted as a member of the group. 
B)  Once the anthropologist learns to live by the motto "the informant is always right." 
C)  Following a rupture of communication between anthropologist and informant. 
D)  Once the anthropologist has learned to avoid culture shock. 
A)  Once the anthropologist has been accepted as a member of the group. 
B)  Once the anthropologist learns to live by the motto "the informant is always right." 
C)  Following a rupture of communication between anthropologist and informant. 
D)  Once the anthropologist has learned to avoid culture shock.

Question 3

According to the text, what keeps cultural anthropology from being one person's subjective impressions of other people?

Accepted Answer

A)  The fact that fieldwork is a dialogue. 
B)  The fact that anthropology is a science. 
C)  The fact that anthropologists are trained to avoid ethnocentrism. 
D)  Nothing; that is what cultural anthropology is. 
A)  The fact that fieldwork is a dialogue. 
B)  The fact that anthropology is a science. 
C)  The fact that anthropologists are trained to avoid ethnocentrism. 
D)  Nothing; that is what cultural anthropology is.

Question 4

According to Arjun Appadurai, the advantage(s) of collaborative approaches that involve anthropologists and such colleagues as grassroots activists could be

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A)  A new conversation about research. 
B)  New ideas about what counts as new knowledge. 
C)  How to measure the researcher's accountability to the people among whom he or she works. 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  A new conversation about research. 
B)  New ideas about what counts as new knowledge. 
C)  How to measure the researcher's accountability to the people among whom he or she works. 
D)  All of the above.

Question 5

In her published ethnography, the anthropologist Bettylou Valentine states her own conclusions, but she also allows her informants a voice, permitting them, in a final chapter, to state where and why they disagree with her. Such an ethnography is

Accepted Answer

A)  An example of incomplete analysis. 
B)  An example of reflexive analysis. 
C)  A vivid experience of the open-endedness of the dialogue between anthropologist and informant. 
D)  Both b and c 
A)  An example of incomplete analysis. 
B)  An example of reflexive analysis. 
C)  A vivid experience of the open-endedness of the dialogue between anthropologist and informant. 
D)  Both b and c

Question 6

According to Paul Rabinow, the comprehension of the cultural self by the detour of the comprehension of the cultural other

Accepted Answer

A)  Is the central problem of interpretation in the fieldwork context. 
B)  Leads anthropologist and informant to enter into the dialectic of fieldwork. 
C)  Can produce cross-cultural facts. 
D)  Is all of the above. 
A)  Is the central problem of interpretation in the fieldwork context. 
B)  Leads anthropologist and informant to enter into the dialectic of fieldwork. 
C)  Can produce cross-cultural facts. 
D)  Is all of the above.

Question 7

The jolt that often accompanies an encounter with cultural practices that are unexpected and unfamiliar is called

Accepted Answer

A)  Participant-observation. 
B)  Fieldwork. 
C)  Dialogue. 
D)  Culture shock. 
A)  Participant-observation. 
B)  Fieldwork. 
C)  Dialogue. 
D)  Culture shock.

Question 8

The ethnographic research method that relies primarily on face-to-face contact with people as they go about their daily lives is called

Accepted Answer

A)  Controlled comparison. 
B)  Interviewing. 
C)  Scientific observation. 
D)  Participant-observation. 
A)  Controlled comparison. 
B)  Interviewing. 
C)  Scientific observation. 
D)  Participant-observation.

Question 9

Which of the following research methods is NOT used by cultural anthropologists?

Accepted Answer

A)  Archival and library research. 
B)  Psychological testing. 
C)  Questionnaire administration. 
D)  All of the above are used. 
A)  Archival and library research. 
B)  Psychological testing. 
C)  Questionnaire administration. 
D)  All of the above are used.

Question 10

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the positivist approach to anthropological research?

Accepted Answer

The positivist approach to anthropologic

Question 11

An extended period of research during which an anthropologist gathers firsthand data about life in a particular society is called

Accepted Answer

A)  Fieldwork. 
B)  Graduate school. 
C)  Scientific observation. 
D)  Controlled comparison. 
A)  Fieldwork. 
B)  Graduate school. 
C)  Scientific observation. 
D)  Controlled comparison.

Question 12

Eric Luke Lassiter found that for Ralph Kotay, a Kiowa singer with whom he worked, the key issue of concern when it came to writing about Kiowa cultural practices was

Accepted Answer

A)  Whether his name appeared on the ethnographic text as the sole author. 
B)  Who has control and who has the "last word." 
C)  How writing about Kiowa culture practices inevitably distorts them. 
D)  How intrusive ethnographers were, because they wanted information that their informants did not wish to share. 
A)  Whether his name appeared on the ethnographic text as the sole author. 
B)  Who has control and who has the "last word." 
C)  How writing about Kiowa culture practices inevitably distorts them. 
D)  How intrusive ethnographers were, because they wanted information that their informants did not wish to share.

Question 13

The people who become a cultural anthropologist's key informants tend to be

Accepted Answer

A)  The equivalent of college professors in their own society. 
B)  The busiest people in the society, because they know the most. 
C)  People who are rather marginal in the society. 
D)  Outcasts. 
A)  The equivalent of college professors in their own society. 
B)  The busiest people in the society, because they know the most. 
C)  People who are rather marginal in the society. 
D)  Outcasts.

Question 14

What was the consequence of Rabinow's anger toward Ali that prompted him to let Ali out of the car?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ali refused to have any more to do with him. 
B)  It took Rabinow months of work to reestablish good relations with other Moroccans. 
C)  After they made up, his relationship with Ali improved. 
D)  Although he and Ali made up, their relationship had cooled. 
A)  Ali refused to have any more to do with him. 
B)  It took Rabinow months of work to reestablish good relations with other Moroccans. 
C)  After they made up, his relationship with Ali improved. 
D)  Although he and Ali made up, their relationship had cooled.

Question 15

According to the text, different traditions of anthropological research are

Accepted Answer

A)  Helping to create a decolonized anthropology. 
B)  Driving the field apart. 
C)  Emphasizing national differences in anthropological research. 
D)  Taking anthropologists away from field research. 
A)  Helping to create a decolonized anthropology. 
B)  Driving the field apart. 
C)  Emphasizing national differences in anthropological research. 
D)  Taking anthropologists away from field research.

Question 16

The dialectic of fieldwork refers to the

Accepted Answer

A)  Personal and financial connection between the anthropologist and the informants. 
B)  Anthropologist's knowledge that he or she will return home while the informants must stay. 
C)  Mutual construction of cross-cultural knowledge about the informant's culture by anthropologist and informant together. 
D)  Gradual discovery of the truth about a society through the anthropologist's careful research. 
A)  Personal and financial connection between the anthropologist and the informants. 
B)  Anthropologist's knowledge that he or she will return home while the informants must stay. 
C)  Mutual construction of cross-cultural knowledge about the informant's culture by anthropologist and informant together. 
D)  Gradual discovery of the truth about a society through the anthropologist's careful research.

Question 17

Field data are the product of long discussions between researcher and informant in which both try to figure out a world that they share. In a word, they are

Accepted Answer

A)  Objective. 
B)  Subjective. 
C)  Nonobjective. 
D)  Intersubjective. 
A)  Objective. 
B)  Subjective. 
C)  Nonobjective. 
D)  Intersubjective.

Question 18

Cultural anthropological fieldwork is

Accepted Answer

A)  Not always done in a non-Western society. 
B)  Responsible for the majority of anthropological knowledge. 
C)  A collaborative effort on the part of both anthropologist and informant. 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  Not always done in a non-Western society. 
B)  Responsible for the majority of anthropological knowledge. 
C)  A collaborative effort on the part of both anthropologist and informant. 
D)  All of the above.

Question 19

As related in the text, Daniel Bradburd and Anne Sheedy learned about the decision making among the Komachi by

Accepted Answer

A)  Participating proactively in the Komachi decision-making process. 
B)  Asking people how they made decisions. 
C)  Drawing conclusions based on Komachi responses to their questions and interpretations. 
D)  Studying the astronomical constellations recognized by the Komachi. 
A)  Participating proactively in the Komachi decision-making process. 
B)  Asking people how they made decisions. 
C)  Drawing conclusions based on Komachi responses to their questions and interpretations. 
D)  Studying the astronomical constellations recognized by the Komachi.

Question 20

Positivists accept that

Accepted Answer

A)  Reality can be known through the five senses. 
B)  It is necessary to be sensitive to the way things ought to be and not just they way things are. 
C)  Human beings are significantly different from other kinds of natural phenomena. 
D)  All of the above are true. 
A)  Reality can be known through the five senses. 
B)  It is necessary to be sensitive to the way things ought to be and not just they way things are. 
C)  Human beings are significantly different from other kinds of natural phenomena. 
D)  All of the above are true.

The Utku were scandalized when Jean Briggs openly expressed her anger to the white fisherman who damaged their canoes because

Learning about another culture is often greatest

According to the text, what keeps cultural anthropology from being one person's subjective impressions of other people?

According to Arjun Appadurai, the advantage(s) of collaborative approaches that involve anthropologists and such colleagues as grassroots activists could be

In her published ethnography, the anthropologist Bettylou Valentine states her own conclusions, but she also allows her informants a voice, permitting them, in a final chapter, to state where and why they disagree with her. Such an ethnography is

According to Paul Rabinow, the comprehension of the cultural self by the detour of the comprehension of the cultural other

The jolt that often accompanies an encounter with cultural practices that are unexpected and unfamiliar is called

The ethnographic research method that relies primarily on face-to-face contact with people as they go about their daily lives is called

Which of the following research methods is NOT used by cultural anthropologists?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the positivist approach to anthropological research?

An extended period of research during which an anthropologist gathers firsthand data about life in a particular society is called

Eric Luke Lassiter found that for Ralph Kotay, a Kiowa singer with whom he worked, the key issue of concern when it came to writing about Kiowa cultural practices was

The people who become a cultural anthropologist's key informants tend to be

What was the consequence of Rabinow's anger toward Ali that prompted him to let Ali out of the car?

According to the text, different traditions of anthropological research are

The dialectic of fieldwork refers to the

Field data are the product of long discussions between researcher and informant in which both try to figure out a world that they share. In a word, they are

Cultural anthropological fieldwork is

As related in the text, Daniel Bradburd and Anne Sheedy learned about the decision making among the Komachi by

Positivists accept that

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Why Is the Concept of Culture Important

How Has Anthropological Thinking About Cultural Diversity Changed Over Time

What Is Human Language

How Do We Make Meaning

What Can Anthropology Tell Us About Religion and World-View

How Are Culture and Power Connected

How Do People Make a Living

What Can Anthropology Teach Us About Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Where Do Our Relatives Come From and Why Do They Matter

What Can Anthropology Tell Us About Social Inequality

What Can Anthropology Tell Us About Globalization

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Exam 3: What Is Ethnographic Fieldwork

The Utku were scandalized when Jean Briggs openly expressed her anger to the white fisherman who damaged their canoes because

Learning about another culture is often greatest

According to the text, what keeps cultural anthropology from being one person's subjective impressions of other people?

According to Arjun Appadurai, the advantage(s) of collaborative approaches that involve anthropologists and such colleagues as grassroots activists could be

In her published ethnography, the anthropologist Bettylou Valentine states her own conclusions, but she also allows her informants a voice, permitting them, in a final chapter, to state where and why they disagree with her. Such an ethnography is

According to Paul Rabinow, the comprehension of the cultural self by the detour of the comprehension of the cultural other

The jolt that often accompanies an encounter with cultural practices that are unexpected and unfamiliar is called

The ethnographic research method that relies primarily on face-to-face contact with people as they go about their daily lives is called

Which of the following research methods is NOT used by cultural anthropologists?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the positivist approach to anthropological research?

An extended period of research during which an anthropologist gathers firsthand data about life in a particular society is called

Eric Luke Lassiter found that for Ralph Kotay, a Kiowa singer with whom he worked, the key issue of concern when it came to writing about Kiowa cultural practices was

The people who become a cultural anthropologist's key informants tend to be

What was the consequence of Rabinow's anger toward Ali that prompted him to let Ali out of the car?

According to the text, different traditions of anthropological research are

The dialectic of fieldwork refers to the

Field data are the product of long discussions between researcher and informant in which both try to figure out a world that they share. In a word, they are

Cultural anthropological fieldwork is

As related in the text, Daniel Bradburd and Anne Sheedy learned about the decision making among the Komachi by

Positivists accept that

What Is the Anthropological Perspective

Why Is the Concept of Culture Important

How Has Anthropological Thinking About Cultural Diversity Changed Over Time

What Is Human Language

How Do We Make Meaning

What Can Anthropology Tell Us About Religion and World-View

How Are Culture and Power Connected

How Do People Make a Living

What Can Anthropology Teach Us About Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Where Do Our Relatives Come From and Why Do They Matter

What Can Anthropology Tell Us About Social Inequality

What Can Anthropology Tell Us About Globalization

How Is Anthropology Applied in the Field of Medicine

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