Question 1

Both Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson were pioneers in the method of field mapping.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Describe and discuss the materialist approach to explaining the prohibition of pork in the Middle East.

Accepted Answer

The materialist approach to explaining t

Question 3

Contrast the research by Bronislaw Malinowski with that of Annette Weiner in the Trobriand Islands.

Accepted Answer

Bronislaw Malinowski and Annette Weiner

Question 4

Anthropology emerged as a scientific discipline less than 20 years ago.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What are eliciting devices?

Accepted Answer

Eliciting devices are tools, techniques,

Question 6

"Studying up" means to study people who are in a higher educational bracket than the anthropologist doing the research.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What was the focus of Annette Weiner's research in the Trobriands?

Accepted Answer

A) Women's reproductive work 
B) Women's productive work 
C) The village religious structure 
D) Men's canoeing and trade relations 
E) Migratory patterns and changes in family structure 
A) Women's reproductive work 
B) Women's productive work 
C) The village religious structure 
D) Men's canoeing and trade relations 
E) Migratory patterns and changes in family structure

Question 8

Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson did their most significant photographic research in:

Accepted Answer

A) Tonga. 
B) Hawaii. 
C) Indonesia. 
D) Samoa. 
E) Bali. 
A) Tonga. 
B) Hawaii. 
C) Indonesia. 
D) Samoa. 
E) Bali.

Question 9

Discuss the challenges and opportunities provided by the practice of applied anthropology.Choose an applied anthropology project that you believe would be useful and explain.

Accepted Answer

Applied anthropology presents both chall

Question 10

Individuals who live and work far from their original homelands form part of a growing population that is classified as:

Accepted Answer

A) international. 
B) multinational. 
C) migratory. 
D) emigratory. 
E) diasporic. 
A) international. 
B) multinational. 
C) migratory. 
D) emigratory. 
E) diasporic.

Question 11

The new term for salvage ethnography is:

Accepted Answer

A) contemporary ethnography. 
B) urgent anthropology. 
C) critical anthropology. 
D) fieldwork anthropology. 
E) historical anthropology. 
A) contemporary ethnography. 
B) urgent anthropology. 
C) critical anthropology. 
D) fieldwork anthropology. 
E) historical anthropology.

Question 12

Describe the moral and ethical dilemmas responsibilities in anthropological research and possible solutions to those dilemmas.

Accepted Answer

Anthropological research often presents

Question 13

Cultural anthropology is composed of which two scholarly components?

Accepted Answer

A) Ethnography and ethnohistory 
B) Ethnography and ethnology 
C) Ethnology and ethnohistory 
D) Ethnohistory and ethnoarchaeology 
E) Linguistics and ethnography 
A) Ethnography and ethnohistory 
B) Ethnography and ethnology 
C) Ethnology and ethnohistory 
D) Ethnohistory and ethnoarchaeology 
E) Linguistics and ethnography

Question 14

What is the first step in doing ethnographic fieldwork?

Accepted Answer

A) Doing preparatory research 
B) Choosing a research question 
C) Participant observation on site 
D) Gathering data 
E) Choosing a theoretical approach 
A) Doing preparatory research 
B) Choosing a research question 
C) Participant observation on site 
D) Gathering data 
E) Choosing a theoretical approach

Question 15

Among the indigenous Canela,William Crocker was:

Accepted Answer

A) adopted into networks of kinship at his field site. 
B) awarded the honor of outstanding fieldworker. 
C) considered master fieldworker by quantitative researchers. 
D) a pioneer in the development of field photography. 
E) threatened with illnesses and contracted malaria. 
A) adopted into networks of kinship at his field site. 
B) awarded the honor of outstanding fieldworker. 
C) considered master fieldworker by quantitative researchers. 
D) a pioneer in the development of field photography. 
E) threatened with illnesses and contracted malaria.

Question 16

An explanation in science of natural phenomena,supported by a reliable body of data,is called a(n):

Accepted Answer

A) theory. 
B) hypothesis. 
C) fact. 
D) doctrine. 
E) intuition. 
A) theory. 
B) hypothesis. 
C) fact. 
D) doctrine. 
E) intuition.

Question 17

All of the following are reasons it is important to map the field site with information from local people except:

Accepted Answer

A) much cultural information is contained on a key consultant's map. 
B) the map will contain local place names. 
C) the map will contain information on local features and land use in the area. 
D) social information will be contained on the map. 
E) local informants have official maps available to make this accurate and quantitative. 
A) much cultural information is contained on a key consultant's map. 
B) the map will contain local place names. 
C) the map will contain information on local features and land use in the area. 
D) social information will be contained on the map. 
E) local informants have official maps available to make this accurate and quantitative.

Question 18

Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative and quantitative methodology.

Accepted Answer

Qualitative and quantitative methodologi

Question 19

All of the following are examples of early studies of contemporary state societies except:

Accepted Answer

A) Alfred Métraux,study of race relations in Brazil. 
B) Ruth Benedict,study of New York City. 
C) Hortense Powdermaker,study of racial segregation in Mississippi. 
D) Julian Steward,study of industrialization in Kenya. 
E) Napoleon Chagnon,study of warfare among the Yanomamo. 
A) Alfred Métraux,study of race relations in Brazil. 
B) Ruth Benedict,study of New York City. 
C) Hortense Powdermaker,study of racial segregation in Mississippi. 
D) Julian Steward,study of industrialization in Kenya. 
E) Napoleon Chagnon,study of warfare among the Yanomamo.

Question 20

A formal,recorded agreement to participate in research is called:

Accepted Answer

A) informed consensus. 
B) informed consent. 
C) informal consent. 
D) informal consensus. 
E) a research agreement. 
A) informed consensus. 
B) informed consent. 
C) informal consent. 
D) informal consensus. 
E) a research agreement.

Exam 14: Ethnographic Research: Its History, Methods, and Theories

Both Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson were pioneers in the method of field mapping.

Describe and discuss the materialist approach to explaining the prohibition of pork in the Middle East.

Contrast the research by Bronislaw Malinowski with that of Annette Weiner in the Trobriand Islands.

Anthropology emerged as a scientific discipline less than 20 years ago.

What are eliciting devices?

"Studying up" means to study people who are in a higher educational bracket than the anthropologist doing the research.

What was the focus of Annette Weiner's research in the Trobriands?

Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson did their most significant photographic research in:

Discuss the challenges and opportunities provided by the practice of applied anthropology.Choose an applied anthropology project that you believe would be useful and explain.

Individuals who live and work far from their original homelands form part of a growing population that is classified as:

The new term for salvage ethnography is:

Describe the moral and ethical dilemmas responsibilities in anthropological research and possible solutions to those dilemmas.

Cultural anthropology is composed of which two scholarly components?

What is the first step in doing ethnographic fieldwork?

Among the indigenous Canela,William Crocker was:

An explanation in science of natural phenomena,supported by a reliable body of data,is called a(n):

All of the following are reasons it is important to map the field site with information from local people except:

Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative and quantitative methodology.

All of the following are examples of early studies of contemporary state societies except:

A formal,recorded agreement to participate in research is called:

The Essence of Anthropology

Biology, Genetics, and Evolution

Living Primates

Primate Behavior

Field Methods in Archaeology and Paleoanthropology

From First Primates to First Bipeds

Origins of the Genus Homo

The Global Expansion of Homo Sapiens and Their Technology

The Neolithic Revolution: the Domestication of Plants and Animals

The Emergence of Cities and States

Modern Human Diversity: Race and Racism

Human Adaptation to a Changing World

Characteristics of Culture

Language and Communication

Social Identity, Personality, and Gender

Patterns of Subsistence

Economic Systems

Sex, Marriage, and Family

Kinship and Descent

Grouping by Gender, Age, Common Interest, and Social Status

Politics, Power, War, and Peace

Spirituality, Religion, and Shamanism

The Arts

Processes of Cultural Change

Global Challenges, Local Responses, and the Role of Anthropology

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