Exam 1: The Nature of Anthropology

How have new questions about power and authority in undertaking anthropological research changed ideas about which voices should be included in the writing of ethnographies?

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Why was feminist anthropology important to the development of the discipline?

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Question 42

Which of the following research topics might be the main focus of a biological anthropologist?

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Question 43

Although cultural anthropologists conduct ethnographic fieldwork in Western societies,they avoid doing fieldwork in their home communities.

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Question 44

Sociocultural anthropologists seek to understand the interrelatedness of sociocultural systems.Which of the following is NOT an example of such a system?

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Question 45

What is a "culture-bound" theory?

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Question 46

The first anthropologists in North America worked in the late 19th Century.

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Question 47

Describe how anthropology differs from one other discipline that study humans.

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Question 48

Anthropology has demonstrated that the sciences and humanities are mutually exclusive approaches to learning (that is,a discipline may be classified either as one of the sciences or as one of the humanities,but not both).

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Question 49

Historians usually study the past through written sources.Which period does this limit them to?

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Question 50

The University of Arizona's Garbage Project demonstrated that interview-survey techniques used by sociologists and other social scientists to collect data are highly reliable accounts of human behaviour.

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Question 51

Which of the following is NOT an appropriate task for a forensic anthropologist?

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Question 52

The University of Arizona Garbage Project demonstrated that what people say and what they do can differ dramatically.What is one of the specific examples of this phenomenon that these investigators discovered?

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Question 53

How is anthropology different from other disciplines that study humans?

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Question 54

Which of the following is NOT an example of popular culture?

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Question 55

Culture-bound theories are based on comparative research from a wide variety of cultures.

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Question 56

Which of the following has most influenced Canadian anthropology?

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Question 57

What is the key distinction between anthropology and humanities subjects?

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Question 58

Richard Lee noted that the foragers of the Botswana had a 75 to 90 percent lower rate of AIDS than the national average.Which set of factors likely account for this?

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Question 59

Blair Rutherford directs the Institute for African Studies at Carleton University.What is the mission of this institute?

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How have new questions about power and authority in undertaking anthropological research changed ideas about which voices should be included in the writing of ethnographies?

Why was feminist anthropology important to the development of the discipline?

Which of the following research topics might be the main focus of a biological anthropologist?

Although cultural anthropologists conduct ethnographic fieldwork in Western societies,they avoid doing fieldwork in their home communities.

Sociocultural anthropologists seek to understand the interrelatedness of sociocultural systems.Which of the following is NOT an example of such a system?

What is a "culture-bound" theory?

The first anthropologists in North America worked in the late 19th Century.

Describe how anthropology differs from one other discipline that study humans.

Anthropology has demonstrated that the sciences and humanities are mutually exclusive approaches to learning (that is,a discipline may be classified either as one of the sciences or as one of the humanities,but not both).

Historians usually study the past through written sources.Which period does this limit them to?

The University of Arizona's Garbage Project demonstrated that interview-survey techniques used by sociologists and other social scientists to collect data are highly reliable accounts of human behaviour.

Which of the following is NOT an appropriate task for a forensic anthropologist?

The University of Arizona Garbage Project demonstrated that what people say and what they do can differ dramatically.What is one of the specific examples of this phenomenon that these investigators discovered?

How is anthropology different from other disciplines that study humans?

Which of the following is NOT an example of popular culture?

Culture-bound theories are based on comparative research from a wide variety of cultures.

Which of the following has most influenced Canadian anthropology?

What is the key distinction between anthropology and humanities subjects?

Richard Lee noted that the foragers of the Botswana had a 75 to 90 percent lower rate of AIDS than the national average.Which set of factors likely account for this?

Blair Rutherford directs the Institute for African Studies at Carleton University.What is the mission of this institute?

The Nature of Culture

The Beginnings of Human Culture

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Economic Systems

Sex and Marriage

Family and Household

Kinship and Descent

Social Stratification and Groupings

Political Organization and the Maintenance of Order

Religion and the Supernatural

The Arts

Anthropology at Work

Cultural Change and the Future of Humanity

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