Question 1

Alienation occurs when

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A)  a worker hand-crafts an object. 
B)  a worker makes only part of an object. 
C)  someone gives a gift. 
D)  someone destroys an object. 
A)  a worker hand-crafts an object. 
B)  a worker makes only part of an object. 
C)  someone gives a gift. 
D)  someone destroys an object. B

Question 2

Advertisers have trained American consumers to focus on the newest and most exciting products through their

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A)  constant innovations and improvements. 
B)  attempts to constantly frame their products as new and improved. 
C)  removal and destruction of old stock to make way for new products. 
D)  disparaging remarks about celebrities. 
A)  constant innovations and improvements. 
B)  attempts to constantly frame their products as new and improved. 
C)  removal and destruction of old stock to make way for new products. 
D)  disparaging remarks about celebrities. B

Question 3

If you wanted to study the influence and power of beer commercials on college students and other younger adults, who would you interview and why would you focus on this group of people?

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If large corporations want to survive and expand, they have to persuade consumers to buy their products and not those of one of their competitors. To persuade you to buy their product, they bombard you with advertising that will encourage you to think that their product is necessary for a fulfilling life and that their brand is more likely to help you reach your goals than any other brand. Advertisers proudly announce that they are simply passing on useful information to consumers, but we know that they are really trying to convince us that we need their product. We think of this ad-making as part of the process of manipulating our world through a symbolic framing or reframing of their products.

Question 4

Objects and visual images have many things in common because both can be used to construct meaning for people.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Karl Marx discussed the changing nature of commodities in his book

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A)  Capital. 
B)  The German Ideology. 
C)  The Forest People. 
D)  The Encyclopedia of African Art 
A)  Capital. 
B)  The German Ideology. 
C)  The Forest People. 
D)  The Encyclopedia of African Art

Question 6

Anthropologists have found that people imprint themselves and their pasts onto objects.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

UNESCO's World Heritage Sites program

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A)  assists with determining ownership of material culture. 
B)  provides financial support to maintain sites of importance to humanity. 
C)  was founded in 1968 by the American Indian Movement. 
D)  is of little importance to anthropologists. 
A)  assists with determining ownership of material culture. 
B)  provides financial support to maintain sites of importance to humanity. 
C)  was founded in 1968 by the American Indian Movement. 
D)  is of little importance to anthropologists.

Question 8

If anthropologist Daniel Miller were studying the production of a commercial product like blue jeans, he would likely want to understand:

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A)  how blue jeans create images of social status and position within a community. 
B)  how blue jeans have become so commonplace that they no longer function to mark people's identity. 
C)  how blue jeans are no longer used as work pants as they originally were in the 1870s and 1880s. 
D)  how blue jeans became available in numerous colors. 
A)  how blue jeans create images of social status and position within a community. 
B)  how blue jeans have become so commonplace that they no longer function to mark people's identity. 
C)  how blue jeans are no longer used as work pants as they originally were in the 1870s and 1880s. 
D)  how blue jeans became available in numerous colors.

Question 9

For anthropologists, materiality refers to

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A)  having the quality of being physical or material. 
B)  technologically simple objects. 
C)  only objects that are aesthetically pleasing. 
D)  American Indian objects. 
A)  having the quality of being physical or material. 
B)  technologically simple objects. 
C)  only objects that are aesthetically pleasing. 
D)  American Indian objects.

Question 10

When Samsung and Apple ads run on TV and web pages they often present their own product as superior to the other. Most of the time we assume they are comparing their products for our benefit. But if viewed in another way, they are reinforcing a number of assumptions, perspectives, or interpretations that both companies share and that both firms want you as a consumer to accept without any thought. What might these shared assumptions, perspectives, and interpretations be; and how does each company convey this message?

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If large corporations want to survive an

Question 11

Which of the following is not one of the ways that objects change over time?

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A)  the form, shape, color, material, and use may change from generation to generation. 
B)  an object changes significance and meaning as its social and physical contexts change. 
C)  a single object changes significance and meaning as it changes hands. 
D)  an object always becomes less valuable and less significant as it ages and deteriorates over long periods of time. 
A)  the form, shape, color, material, and use may change from generation to generation. 
B)  an object changes significance and meaning as its social and physical contexts change. 
C)  a single object changes significance and meaning as it changes hands. 
D)  an object always becomes less valuable and less significant as it ages and deteriorates over long periods of time.

Question 12

When people consume films cross-culturally, they

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A)  embed local concerns and interpretations into the storytelling. 
B)  usually cannot make sense of it on their own. 
C)  typically understand how the director wanted them to perceive the film. 
D)  are often offended by the stereotypes they see depicted on film. 
A)  embed local concerns and interpretations into the storytelling. 
B)  usually cannot make sense of it on their own. 
C)  typically understand how the director wanted them to perceive the film. 
D)  are often offended by the stereotypes they see depicted on film.

Question 13

Why are objects and images powerful in shaping the way people think about themselves and their personal identities?

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Marx's understanding of the culture of m

Question 14

Thrones, staffs, shrines, and distinctive or ornamented objects are often used to display people's

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A)  beauty. 
B)  art. 
C)  power. 
D)  aesthetic criteria. 
A)  beauty. 
B)  art. 
C)  power. 
D)  aesthetic criteria.

Question 15

The social life of things refers to the changing meanings and significance that objects take on over years, decades, and even centuries.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Repatriation is the act of returning human remains or cultural artifacts to the communities of descendants of the people to whom they originally belonged.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What role do you think the anthropology of art, objects, and visual culture could play in how advertisers, manufacturers, and filmmakers design and present their products to the public?

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If large corporations want to survive an

Question 18

How does the example of Barjani's bowler hat illustrate that objects have "social lives"?

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An interesting illustration comes from t

Question 19

Museums were the ______ place where anthropologists studied objects and art.

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A)  First 
B)  Last 
C)  Most important 
D)  Least important 
A)  First 
B)  Last 
C)  Most important 
D)  Least important

Question 20

Most anthropologists see the consumption of an object or commodity as an antisocial act.

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A) True 
 B)False

Alienation occurs when

Advertisers have trained American consumers to focus on the newest and most exciting products through their

If you wanted to study the influence and power of beer commercials on college students and other younger adults, who would you interview and why would you focus on this group of people?

Objects and visual images have many things in common because both can be used to construct meaning for people.

Karl Marx discussed the changing nature of commodities in his book

Anthropologists have found that people imprint themselves and their pasts onto objects.

UNESCO's World Heritage Sites program

If anthropologist Daniel Miller were studying the production of a commercial product like blue jeans, he would likely want to understand:

For anthropologists, materiality refers to

Which of the following is not one of the ways that objects change over time?

When people consume films cross-culturally, they

Why are objects and images powerful in shaping the way people think about themselves and their personal identities?

Thrones, staffs, shrines, and distinctive or ornamented objects are often used to display people's

The social life of things refers to the changing meanings and significance that objects take on over years, decades, and even centuries.

Repatriation is the act of returning human remains or cultural artifacts to the communities of descendants of the people to whom they originally belonged.

What role do you think the anthropology of art, objects, and visual culture could play in how advertisers, manufacturers, and filmmakers design and present their products to the public?

How does the example of Barjani's bowler hat illustrate that objects have "social lives"?

Museums were the ______ place where anthropologists studied objects and art.

Most anthropologists see the consumption of an object or commodity as an antisocial act.

Anthropology: Asking Questions About Humanity

Culture: Giving Meaning to Human Lives

Ethnography: Studying Culture

Linguistic Anthropology: Relating Language and Culture

Globalization and Culture: Understanding Global Interconnections

Foodways: Foinding, Making, and Eating Food

Environmental Anthropology: Relating to the Natural World

Economics: Working, Sharing, Buying

Politics: Cooperation, Conflict, and Power Relations

Race, Ethnicity, and Class: Understanding Identity and Social Inequality

Gender, Sex, and Sexuality: the Fluidity of Maleness and Femaleness

Kinship, Marriage, and the Family: Love, Sex, and Power

Religion: Ritual and Belief

The Body: Biocultural Perspectives on Health and Illness

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Exam 15: Materiality: Constructing Social Relationships and Meanings With Things

Alienation occurs when

Advertisers have trained American consumers to focus on the newest and most exciting products through their

If you wanted to study the influence and power of beer commercials on college students and other younger adults, who would you interview and why would you focus on this group of people?

Objects and visual images have many things in common because both can be used to construct meaning for people.

Karl Marx discussed the changing nature of commodities in his book

Anthropologists have found that people imprint themselves and their pasts onto objects.

UNESCO's World Heritage Sites program

If anthropologist Daniel Miller were studying the production of a commercial product like blue jeans, he would likely want to understand:

For anthropologists, materiality refers to

Which of the following is not one of the ways that objects change over time?

When people consume films cross-culturally, they

Why are objects and images powerful in shaping the way people think about themselves and their personal identities?

Thrones, staffs, shrines, and distinctive or ornamented objects are often used to display people's

The social life of things refers to the changing meanings and significance that objects take on over years, decades, and even centuries.

Repatriation is the act of returning human remains or cultural artifacts to the communities of descendants of the people to whom they originally belonged.

What role do you think the anthropology of art, objects, and visual culture could play in how advertisers, manufacturers, and filmmakers design and present their products to the public?

How does the example of Barjani's bowler hat illustrate that objects have "social lives"?

Museums were the ______ place where anthropologists studied objects and art.

Most anthropologists see the consumption of an object or commodity as an antisocial act.

Anthropology: Asking Questions About Humanity

Culture: Giving Meaning to Human Lives

Ethnography: Studying Culture

Linguistic Anthropology: Relating Language and Culture

Globalization and Culture: Understanding Global Interconnections

Foodways: Foinding, Making, and Eating Food

Environmental Anthropology: Relating to the Natural World

Economics: Working, Sharing, Buying

Politics: Cooperation, Conflict, and Power Relations

Race, Ethnicity, and Class: Understanding Identity and Social Inequality

Gender, Sex, and Sexuality: the Fluidity of Maleness and Femaleness

Kinship, Marriage, and the Family: Love, Sex, and Power

Religion: Ritual and Belief

The Body: Biocultural Perspectives on Health and Illness

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