Question 1

Summarize the American Anthropological Association's Code of Ethics for both professionals and students taking anthropology classes.

Accepted Answer

The American Anthropological Association

Question 2

The authors of this book take the position that paleoanthropology should be restricted to studying human biology in the past.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

An emic perspective is one where the anthropologist

Accepted Answer

A)  stays outside the group being studied 
B)  describes the group being studied from his or her own cultural perspective 
C)  is interested only in the behavior of the group 
D)  observes and analyzes from the perspective of the group being studied 
A)  stays outside the group being studied 
B)  describes the group being studied from his or her own cultural perspective 
C)  is interested only in the behavior of the group 
D)  observes and analyzes from the perspective of the group being studied

Question 4

The capacity for culture is defined as the biological underpinnings that allow people to have culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

NAGPRA protects both cultural and skeletal finds of Native Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The AMA was the first professional organization to pass a code of ethics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In most cases, the accusations of anthropologists behaving unethically were found to be untrue.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Summarize the American Anthropological Association's Code of Ethics for both professionals and students taking anthropology classes.

The authors of this book take the position that paleoanthropology should be restricted to studying human biology in the past.

An emic perspective is one where the anthropologist

The capacity for culture is defined as the biological underpinnings that allow people to have culture.

NAGPRA protects both cultural and skeletal finds of Native Americans.

The AMA was the first professional organization to pass a code of ethics.

In most cases, the accusations of anthropologists behaving unethically were found to be untrue.

Theories and Methods in Studying Biological Anthropology

Principles of Biological Evolution

Macroevolution: First Life to Mammals

Primates in Evolution

Early Hominids in Africa: Australopithecus and Homo Habilis

Later Hominids: Homo Erectus and Homo Sapiens

The Archaeology of Early Human Societies: Theories and Methods in Studying Prehistoric Archaeology

The Emergence of Culture in Early Hominid Societies in the Old World

Later Hunter-Gatherers and Early Farming Societies in the Old World

Early States in the Old World

Later Hunter-Gatherers and Early Farming Societies in the Americas

The Emergence of State Societies in the Americas

Primates Today

Contemporary Humans

Conclusions: Who Are We

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Exam 1: Introduction to Anthropology

Summarize the American Anthropological Association's Code of Ethics for both professionals and students taking anthropology classes.

The authors of this book take the position that paleoanthropology should be restricted to studying human biology in the past.

An emic perspective is one where the anthropologist

The capacity for culture is defined as the biological underpinnings that allow people to have culture.

NAGPRA protects both cultural and skeletal finds of Native Americans.

The AMA was the first professional organization to pass a code of ethics.

In most cases, the accusations of anthropologists behaving unethically were found to be untrue.

Theories and Methods in Studying Biological Anthropology

Principles of Biological Evolution

Macroevolution: First Life to Mammals

Primates in Evolution

Early Hominids in Africa: Australopithecus and Homo Habilis

Later Hominids: Homo Erectus and Homo Sapiens

The Archaeology of Early Human Societies: Theories and Methods in Studying Prehistoric Archaeology

The Emergence of Culture in Early Hominid Societies in the Old World

Later Hunter-Gatherers and Early Farming Societies in the Old World

Early States in the Old World

Later Hunter-Gatherers and Early Farming Societies in the Americas

The Emergence of State Societies in the Americas

Primates Today

Contemporary Humans

Conclusions: Who Are We

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