Question 1

In a culture,there is a difference between ideal and real behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What are anthropologists' primary ethical responsibilities in fieldwork?

Accepted Answer

Anthropologists' primary ethical respons

Question 3

The study by Jefferey Snodgrass which conducted participant-observation research related to the video game "World of Warcraft" is called:

Accepted Answer

A) multi-sited ethnography. 
B) global ethnography. 
C) transnational ethnography. 
D) visual ethnography. 
E) digital ethnography. 
A) multi-sited ethnography. 
B) global ethnography. 
C) transnational ethnography. 
D) visual ethnography. 
E) digital ethnography.

Question 4

What effects has globalization had on anthropological research?

Accepted Answer

Globalization has had profound effects o

Question 5

Why is it important to study peasants?

Accepted Answer

A) They represent societies that are beginning to develop out of a primitive condition. 
B) They are the poorest people in the world. 
C) They always cause political revolution because they generate social unrest. 
D) They are the largest social category in the world. 
E) They are the primary source of labor throughout the capitalist world. 
A) They represent societies that are beginning to develop out of a primitive condition. 
B) They are the poorest people in the world. 
C) They always cause political revolution because they generate social unrest. 
D) They are the largest social category in the world. 
E) They are the primary source of labor throughout the capitalist world.

Question 6

When researchers use things such as photographs in order to prompt people to speak with them about a particular topic,these are called:

Accepted Answer

A) soliciting devices. 
B) eliciting devices. 
C) prompting devices. 
D) circular conversations. 
E) participant tools. 
A) soliciting devices. 
B) eliciting devices. 
C) prompting devices. 
D) circular conversations. 
E) participant tools.

Question 7

Describe the challenges of subjectivity while in the field.

Accepted Answer

Subjectivity in the field can present se

Question 8

"Culture at a distance" is an approach in anthropology that allowed the study of other cultures through all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A) interviews with immigrants. 
B) foreign films and newspapers. 
C) photographs. 
D) on-location ethnographic fieldwork. 
E) literature. 
A) interviews with immigrants. 
B) foreign films and newspapers. 
C) photographs. 
D) on-location ethnographic fieldwork. 
E) literature.

Question 9

Which of the following is not a materialist theoretical approach?

Accepted Answer

A) Cultural ecology 
B) Cultural materialism 
C) Cognitive anthropology 
D) Sociobiology 
E) Marxism 
A) Cultural ecology 
B) Cultural materialism 
C) Cognitive anthropology 
D) Sociobiology 
E) Marxism

Question 10

Acculturation is best defined as:

Accepted Answer

A) a process in which two cultures come into contact and both of them are changed because of the culture contact. 
B) a process of unequal culture contact when a smaller culture is forced to adopt some of the ways of the dominant society. 
C) a process of culture change in which individuals grow older and adapt to the new biological and cultural needs they have within their own society. 
D) the process by which members of a society are taught cultural knowledge from their elders. 
E) genocide;it occurs when one culture eradicates another. 
A) a process in which two cultures come into contact and both of them are changed because of the culture contact. 
B) a process of unequal culture contact when a smaller culture is forced to adopt some of the ways of the dominant society. 
C) a process of culture change in which individuals grow older and adapt to the new biological and cultural needs they have within their own society. 
D) the process by which members of a society are taught cultural knowledge from their elders. 
E) genocide;it occurs when one culture eradicates another.

Question 11

The theoretical approach exhibited in the Marvin Harris inset on "Pig Lovers and Pig Haters" arguing that the natural conditions made pig-raising inefficient over the long-term is:

Accepted Answer

A) symbolic anthropology. 
B) neo-evolutionism. 
C) cultural ecology. 
D) political ecology. 
E) cultural materialism. 
A) symbolic anthropology. 
B) neo-evolutionism. 
C) cultural ecology. 
D) political ecology. 
E) cultural materialism.

Question 12

Anthropologist__________________was a pioneer in research on Afro-Mexicans and studied land tenure among Mexican Indian communities in the 1930s.

Accepted Answer

A) Gonzalo Aquirre Beltran 
B) Clifford Geertz 
C) Stephen Lansang 
D) Rosalva Aida Hernandez Castillo 
E) Jonathan Marks 
A) Gonzalo Aquirre Beltran 
B) Clifford Geertz 
C) Stephen Lansang 
D) Rosalva Aida Hernandez Castillo 
E) Jonathan Marks

Question 13

Discuss the relationship between advocacy anthropology and social justice.

Accepted Answer

Advocacy anthropology and social justice

Question 14

In the 1930s,anthropologists began researching how capitalist societies affected traditional cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Anthropology has sought directly to do each of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A) document the practice of culture. 
B) impose a Western and modern approach to life. 
C) document disappearing cultural practices. 
D) reconstruct traditional ways of life. 
E) educate its audience on the importance of culture. 
A) document the practice of culture. 
B) impose a Western and modern approach to life. 
C) document disappearing cultural practices. 
D) reconstruct traditional ways of life. 
E) educate its audience on the importance of culture.

Question 16

What types of physical danger may anthropologists encounter in the field? Choose two different field locations that might interest you,and consider what types of physical (environmental)challenges would be present in those places.

Accepted Answer

Anthropologists may encounter various ty

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

In a culture,there is a difference between ideal and real behaviors.

What are anthropologists' primary ethical responsibilities in fieldwork?

The study by Jefferey Snodgrass which conducted participant-observation research related to the video game "World of Warcraft" is called:

What effects has globalization had on anthropological research?

Why is it important to study peasants?

When researchers use things such as photographs in order to prompt people to speak with them about a particular topic,these are called:

Describe the challenges of subjectivity while in the field.

"Culture at a distance" is an approach in anthropology that allowed the study of other cultures through all of the following except:

Which of the following is not a materialist theoretical approach?

Acculturation is best defined as:

The theoretical approach exhibited in the Marvin Harris inset on "Pig Lovers and Pig Haters" arguing that the natural conditions made pig-raising inefficient over the long-term is:

Anthropologist__________________was a pioneer in research on Afro-Mexicans and studied land tenure among Mexican Indian communities in the 1930s.

Discuss the relationship between advocacy anthropology and social justice.

In the 1930s,anthropologists began researching how capitalist societies affected traditional cultures.

Anthropology has sought directly to do each of the following except:

What types of physical danger may anthropologists encounter in the field? Choose two different field locations that might interest you,and consider what types of physical (environmental)challenges would be present in those places.

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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