Exam 1: The Nature of Anthropology

Which of the following would be of particular interest to a sociolinguist?

Many ethnographic accounts of food foragers asserted that postmarital residence was always patrilocal,with wives going to live near,or with,the husband's parents.More recent studies indicate that patrilocal residence was a response to European colonialism and that traditional postmarital residence arrangements were actually flexible.What type of anthropologist likely made the studies that led to this finding?

Anthropology can best be defined as the cross-cultural study of social behaviour.

The study of fossil remains of ancient human ancestors is called paleoanthropology.

Early anthropological theorists proposed that all cultures passed through a series of evolutionary stages,culminating in the technologically advanced level of Western societies.Which term did critics of this idea use to brand its adherents with?

Which term do Aboriginal groups in Canada prefer to use to identify themselves?

Ethnohistorical research using the HRAF suggests that residence patterns for married couples among food foragers were not affected by contact with Europeans.

Ethnographers study a culture's language,philosophy,and arts and literature.In doing so,they involve themselves deeply in the lives of those they study,trying to experience culture from their informants' points of view.Which of the following terms best characterizes this type of anthropology?

According to the text,why did ethnographer Hazel Weidman have considerable difficulty doing fieldwork in Myanmar (Burma)?

A sociological study and an anthropological study differ with regard to how often people in a Peruvian village share work on one another's plots of land.What would most likely account for this difference?

From an ethical standpoint,which of the following groups is an anthropologist's first responsibility?

Why have some Western feminist anthropologists been criticized for their views on women's rights in other cultures?

Franz Boas was an empiricist who promoted cultural relativism.

Anthropologists should provide information about the people they study to government administrators so that the officials can ensure public security of the people being studied.

Some anthropologists study the material remains of people and historical documents about them.What is the term for this type of anthropologist?

What factors influenced the development of Canadian anthropology,and how can it contribute to contemporary life in Canada?

Canadian anthropologists are most successful studying their own culture when they have also worked in other cultures.

Which of the following best defines anthropology?

Linguistic anthropologists can answer important questions about the past by looking at language.Which of the following options represents a question that could be answered through historical linguistic analysis?

What are general-level theories in cultural anthropology ideally based on?