Exam 4: Understanding and Explaining Culture

What are anthropological theoretical orientations? Explain this term using your newly developed understanding of the scientific definitions of theories, hypotheses, and laws. Give specific examples to support your essay.

In a study of the effects of different types of soil on plant growth, which of these would be the variable?

The method of __________ shows that a theory seems to be wrong.

How a researcher describes the procedure that will be followed to measure a variable is __________.

Theories are __________.

What does the p-value tell a researcher?

How are cases chosen for a random sample?

A __________ cannot be observed or verified directly.

What is a statistical association?

Whiting predicted that societies with a __________ would have long postpartum sex taboos.

When making sampling decisions in human research, what factor becomes very important?

What should be taken into account when using ethnographic information from multiple cultures?

Whose anthropological research was most closely derived from the biological work of Charles Darwin?

What can be concluded about a theory if its related hypothesis is supported after rigorous testing?

In any field of investigation, __________ are generally the most plentiful commodity.

__________ is the study of descriptive materials about a single society at more than one point in time.

What method should be used to test a theory within one society?

Discuss the pros and cons of anthropologists using pseudonyms and fake community names in their publications.

Which of these fields focuses on the relationship between a culture and its environment?

From where do we derive most anthropological data?