Exam 13: Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Recalling Chapter 2,on culture,and after reading this brief historical account of anthropological theory,what do you think is the relationship between individuals and culture?

Briefly describe the nine characteristic field techniques of the ethnographer.How do they compare with the research techniques you have learned about in courses or readings in other academic disciplines?

An agreement to take part in research after having the nature,procedures,and possible impacts of the research explained is known as

What is Project Minerva? What about the Human Terrain System? What concerns have these Pentagon programs raised among anthropologists? In your view,what role (if any)should academics play in national security?

Lewis Henry Morgan is well known for his work The League of the Iroquois,considered anthropology's earliest ethnography.This and others of his works illustrate his view of unilinear evolutionism,which is that

The etic perspective refers to a non-scientific perspective.

Despite the differences among theoretical paradigms of practitioners as varied as Harris (cultural materialism),White (neoevolutionism),Steward (cultural ecology),and Mead (configurationalism),all of them have what in common?

The work of which of the following anthropologists illustrated a renewed interest in cultural change and even evolution (although of a very different sort than Tylor and Morgan had in mind)?

Given the realities of the contemporary world,anthropologists need to apply methods that protect their analyses from biases caused by external forces.

Franz Boas's famous biological studies of European immigrants to the United States revealed and measured phenotypical plasticity,showing that the environment and cultural forces could change human biology.

Despite the variety of research techniques the ethnographer may utilize in the field,in the best studies the hallmark of ethnography remains

Survey research studies a small sample of a larger population.

The actions individuals take,both alone and in groups,in forming and transforming cultural identities are referred to as

Which of the following is NOT an example of participant observation?

The characteristic field techniques of the ethnographer are participant observation,the genealogical method,and in-depth interviewing.

The view that each element of culture,such as the culture trait or trait complex,has its own distinctive history,and that social forms (such as totemism in different societies)that might look similar are not comparable because of their different histories,is known as

What do you think is the relation between theory and methods in anthropology,if they relate at all?

In survey research,a sample should

In survey research,what is sampling?

As investigators who illustrated the functionalist approach in anthropology,both Malinowski and Radcliffe-Brown performed ethnographic research focused on