Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic field technique of the ethnographer?

Accepted Answer

A)  structured interviewing 
B)  life histories 
C)  random sampling 
D)  working with informants 
E)  the genealogical method 
A)  structured interviewing 
B)  life histories 
C)  random sampling 
D)  working with informants 
E)  the genealogical method

Question 2

Practice theory

Accepted Answer

A)  focuses on how individuals, through their actions and practices, influence and transform the world they live in. 
B)  was popularized by Margaret Mead in the 1940s. 
C)  is the only theoretical paradigm to effectively solve the "culture-individual" problem. 
D)  actually shares the same deterministic assumptions of earlier theoretical paradigms. 
E)  explains social phenomena only in nonindustrial societies. 
A)  focuses on how individuals, through their actions and practices, influence and transform the world they live in. 
B)  was popularized by Margaret Mead in the 1940s. 
C)  is the only theoretical paradigm to effectively solve the "culture-individual" problem. 
D)  actually shares the same deterministic assumptions of earlier theoretical paradigms. 
E)  explains social phenomena only in nonindustrial societies.

Question 3

Manchester anthropologists Max Gluckman and Victor Turner made conflict an important part of their analysis,distancing themselves somewhat from Panglossian functionalism,the tendency to see things as functioning not just to maintain the system but to do so in the most optimal way possible.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Franz Boas is the undisputed father of four-field U.S.anthropology.One of his most important and enduring contributions to anthropology was

Accepted Answer

A)  the field's earliest example of multitimed and multisited ethnography. 
B)  providing evidence that both biology and culture are susceptible to evolutionary forces, thus providing a framework for the comparative method. 
C)  stressing the relevance of independent invention in human cultural history. 
D)  showing that human biology is plastic, and that biology (including race) does not determine culture. 
E)  expanding the local ethnographic focus to include a regional perspective. 
A)  the field's earliest example of multitimed and multisited ethnography. 
B)  providing evidence that both biology and culture are susceptible to evolutionary forces, thus providing a framework for the comparative method. 
C)  stressing the relevance of independent invention in human cultural history. 
D)  showing that human biology is plastic, and that biology (including race) does not determine culture. 
E)  expanding the local ethnographic focus to include a regional perspective.

Question 5

An anthropologist has just arrived at a new field site and feels overwhelmed with a creepy,profound feeling of alienation,of being without some of the most ordinary,trivial (and therefore basic)cues of his culture of origin.What term best describes what he is experiencing?

Accepted Answer

A)  culture shock 
B)  diachrony 
C)  synchrony 
D)  configurationalism 
E)  agency paralysis 
A)  culture shock 
B)  diachrony 
C)  synchrony 
D)  configurationalism 
E)  agency paralysis

Question 6

The research technique that uses diagrams and symbols to record kin connections is called

Accepted Answer

A)  kin-based interviewing. 
B)  genealogical participant observation. 
C)  interpretive anthropology. 
D)  DNA testing. 
E)  the genealogical method. 
A)  kin-based interviewing. 
B)  genealogical participant observation. 
C)  interpretive anthropology. 
D)  DNA testing. 
E)  the genealogical method.

Question 7

Which is the key assumption in Claude Lévi-Strauss's structuralism?

Accepted Answer

A)  All myths can be classified as either good or evil. 
B)  The human propensity to classify phenomena in certain ways is acquired through enculturation. 
C)  There is a very specific role for human agency in culture, and the structure of cultural patterns determines that role. 
D)  Cultural patterns determine the human propensity to classify things in certain ways. 
E)  Human minds have certain universal characteristics that originate in common features of the Homo sapiens brain and lead people everywhere to think similarly regardless of their society or cultural background. 
A)  All myths can be classified as either good or evil. 
B)  The human propensity to classify phenomena in certain ways is acquired through enculturation. 
C)  There is a very specific role for human agency in culture, and the structure of cultural patterns determines that role. 
D)  Cultural patterns determine the human propensity to classify things in certain ways. 
E)  Human minds have certain universal characteristics that originate in common features of the Homo sapiens brain and lead people everywhere to think similarly regardless of their society or cultural background.

Question 8

The American Anthropological Association Code of Ethics prohibits anthropologists from working with governments on matters of national security.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The emic perspective focuses on local explanations of criteria and significance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In today's world in which people,images,and information move as never before,people simultaneously experience the local and the global.Explain what this means and consider its implications for methods in cultural anthropology.

Accepted Answer

In today's world, the rapid advancement

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic field technique of the ethnographer?

Practice theory

Manchester anthropologists Max Gluckman and Victor Turner made conflict an important part of their analysis,distancing themselves somewhat from Panglossian functionalism,the tendency to see things as functioning not just to maintain the system but to do so in the most optimal way possible.

Franz Boas is the undisputed father of four-field U.S.anthropology.One of his most important and enduring contributions to anthropology was

An anthropologist has just arrived at a new field site and feels overwhelmed with a creepy,profound feeling of alienation,of being without some of the most ordinary,trivial (and therefore basic)cues of his culture of origin.What term best describes what he is experiencing?

The research technique that uses diagrams and symbols to record kin connections is called

Which is the key assumption in Claude Lévi-Strauss's structuralism?

The American Anthropological Association Code of Ethics prohibits anthropologists from working with governments on matters of national security.

The emic perspective focuses on local explanations of criteria and significance.

In today's world in which people,images,and information move as never before,people simultaneously experience the local and the global.Explain what this means and consider its implications for methods in cultural anthropology.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Applying Anthropology

Doing Archaeology and Biological Anthropology

Evolution and Genetics

Human Variation and Adaptation

The Primates

Early Hominins

Archaic Homo

The Origin and Spread of Modern Humans

The First Farmers

The First Cities and States

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

Political Systems

Gender

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Marriage

Religion

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

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Exam 13: Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic field technique of the ethnographer?

Practice theory

Manchester anthropologists Max Gluckman and Victor Turner made conflict an important part of their analysis,distancing themselves somewhat from Panglossian functionalism,the tendency to see things as functioning not just to maintain the system but to do so in the most optimal way possible.

Franz Boas is the undisputed father of four-field U.S.anthropology.One of his most important and enduring contributions to anthropology was

An anthropologist has just arrived at a new field site and feels overwhelmed with a creepy,profound feeling of alienation,of being without some of the most ordinary,trivial (and therefore basic)cues of his culture of origin.What term best describes what he is experiencing?

The research technique that uses diagrams and symbols to record kin connections is called

Which is the key assumption in Claude Lévi-Strauss's structuralism?

The American Anthropological Association Code of Ethics prohibits anthropologists from working with governments on matters of national security.

The emic perspective focuses on local explanations of criteria and significance.

In today's world in which people,images,and information move as never before,people simultaneously experience the local and the global.Explain what this means and consider its implications for methods in cultural anthropology.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Applying Anthropology

Doing Archaeology and Biological Anthropology

Evolution and Genetics

Human Variation and Adaptation

The Primates

Early Hominins

Archaic Homo

The Origin and Spread of Modern Humans

The First Farmers

The First Cities and States

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

Political Systems

Gender

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Marriage

Religion

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters