Question 1

Eller describes the four domains of culture as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Economics, Kinship, Religion, and Social Interaction 
B)  Economics, Language, Politics, and Religion 
C)  Economics, Politics, Kinship, and Religion 
D)  Politics, Kinship, Language, Environment 
A)  Economics, Kinship, Religion, and Social Interaction 
B)  Economics, Language, Politics, and Religion 
C)  Economics, Politics, Kinship, and Religion 
D)  Politics, Kinship, Language, Environment

Question 2

Reflexivity refers to concerns about the ethnographer's proper role in research.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

According to Lee, there are many different terms referring to the human relationship with the divine in societies in which religion is widespread.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What does Spiro argue is the relationship between Buddhist texts and daily practices of the people?

Accepted Answer

A)  Common people are well versed in Buddhist texts which greatly influences daily practices. 
B)  Most common people are familiar with basic Buddhist principles but key ideals seem to be separate from attitudes and day-to-day practices. 
C)  Only religious leaders are keenly aware of Buddhist principles and the daily lives of common people are separate from religion. 
D)  Buddhist texts are strictly learned by all but do not greatly influence daily life. 
A)  Common people are well versed in Buddhist texts which greatly influences daily practices. 
B)  Most common people are familiar with basic Buddhist principles but key ideals seem to be separate from attitudes and day-to-day practices. 
C)  Only religious leaders are keenly aware of Buddhist principles and the daily lives of common people are separate from religion. 
D)  Buddhist texts are strictly learned by all but do not greatly influence daily life.

Question 5

Lee asserts that while religion permeates most of material culture, economic systems seem to be predominantly unaffected.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

All the major anthropological thinkers asserted that religious behavior functions principally to produce social cohesion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Social tensions explain why people cherish amulets or charms in nearly all societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Lee discusses the importance of personal autonomy among Crow and Sioux Indians to demonstrate

Accepted Answer

A)  how some groups consider the spiritual world to be full of evil-willing beings. 
B)  how understanding the worldview of a society can lend insight into past and present cultural expressions. 
C)  the overwhelming similarities with other Native American Indian religions such as that of the Hopi. 
D)  that not all Native American religions emphasize a personal relationship with the spirit world. 
A)  how some groups consider the spiritual world to be full of evil-willing beings. 
B)  how understanding the worldview of a society can lend insight into past and present cultural expressions. 
C)  the overwhelming similarities with other Native American Indian religions such as that of the Hopi. 
D)  that not all Native American religions emphasize a personal relationship with the spirit world.

Question 9

Which thinker used a functionalist approach to explain religious behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  Malinowski 
B)  Tylor 
C)  Turner 
D)  Durkheim 
A)  Malinowski 
B)  Tylor 
C)  Turner 
D)  Durkheim

Question 10

What evidence is there to suggest that Neanderthals may have been concerned with an afterlife?

Accepted Answer

A)  cave art 
B)  iconical artifacts believed to represent a Shepherd of the Ancestors 
C)  artifacts from burial rituals 
D)  hunting rituals 
A)  cave art 
B)  iconical artifacts believed to represent a Shepherd of the Ancestors 
C)  artifacts from burial rituals 
D)  hunting rituals

Question 11

The ethnographic story must he based on empirical data and an analysis that seeks cultural patterns.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Wagner describes the six stages of anthropological fieldwork/research in order as:

Accepted Answer

A) (1) gaining entree, (2) establishing rapport, (3) experiencing culture shock, (4) attaining an ever increasing understanding of the culture, (5) analyzing and interpreting what has been learned, and (6)leaving the field. 
B)  (1)Gaining entree, (2) establishing rapport, (3) experiencing culture shock, (4) attaining an ever increasing understanding of the culture, (5) leaving the field, and (6) analyzing and interpreting what has been learned. 
C)  (1) gaining entree, (2) experiencing culture shock, (3) establishing rapport, (4) attaining an ever increasing understanding of the culture, (5) analyzing and interpreting what has been learned, and (6)publishing research findings. 
D)  (1) gaining entree, (2) experiencing culture shock, (3) establishing rapport, (4) attaining an ever increasing understanding of the culture, (5) leaving the field, and (6) analyzing and interpreting what has been learned. 
A) (1) gaining entree, (2) establishing rapport, (3) experiencing culture shock, (4) attaining an ever increasing understanding of the culture, (5) analyzing and interpreting what has been learned, and (6)leaving the field. 
B)  (1)Gaining entree, (2) establishing rapport, (3) experiencing culture shock, (4) attaining an ever increasing understanding of the culture, (5) leaving the field, and (6) analyzing and interpreting what has been learned. 
C)  (1) gaining entree, (2) experiencing culture shock, (3) establishing rapport, (4) attaining an ever increasing understanding of the culture, (5) analyzing and interpreting what has been learned, and (6)publishing research findings. 
D)  (1) gaining entree, (2) experiencing culture shock, (3) establishing rapport, (4) attaining an ever increasing understanding of the culture, (5) leaving the field, and (6) analyzing and interpreting what has been learned.

Question 13

Harris showed that animism isn't universal, as Tylor had proposed, because Buddhism lacks beliefs in gods or souls.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

All of the following are signs that the researcher is attaining an ever-increasing understanding discussed by Wagner EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Ability to participate in the culture's activities with greater ease. 
B)  Actions of the culture seem "normal" when compared to actions of the researcher's native culture. 
C)  Ability to explain cultural phenomena in both emic (native) and etic (outsider) terms. 
D)  Actions of the culture's actors become predictable. 
A)  Ability to participate in the culture's activities with greater ease. 
B)  Actions of the culture seem "normal" when compared to actions of the researcher's native culture. 
C)  Ability to explain cultural phenomena in both emic (native) and etic (outsider) terms. 
D)  Actions of the culture's actors become predictable.

Question 15

Lee asserts that religion in primitive societies

Accepted Answer

A)  usually involves an immediate personal relatedness with the divine. 
B)  always recognizes a certain spiritual worth and dignity in the universe that prevents the exploitation of nature. 
C)  exerts a greater influence over daily life than any of the modern religions do. 
A)  usually involves an immediate personal relatedness with the divine. 
B)  always recognizes a certain spiritual worth and dignity in the universe that prevents the exploitation of nature. 
C)  exerts a greater influence over daily life than any of the modern religions do.

Question 16

All following are principles proposed by Spradley to maintain objectivity in recording of participant observations EXCEPT.

Accepted Answer

A)  "The exclusion syntax principle" 
B)  "The language identification principle" 
C)  "The concrete principle" 
D)  "The verbatim principle" 
A)  "The exclusion syntax principle" 
B)  "The language identification principle" 
C)  "The concrete principle" 
D)  "The verbatim principle"

Question 17

Harris concluded that Western notions such as superstition and luck are modern manifestations of true religious concepts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following groups is not an example of how agriculture is often an expression of a people's religious relatedness to the universe

Accepted Answer

A)  the Tikopia of the Solomon Islands. 
B)  the Navajo IndiAns: 
C)  the Baiga in India. 
D)  the Maya IndiAns: 
A)  the Tikopia of the Solomon Islands. 
B)  the Navajo IndiAns: 
C)  the Baiga in India. 
D)  the Maya IndiAns:

Question 19

Anthropologists often understand religion as a way to

Accepted Answer

A)  Clear one's mind from the hardships of daily life. 
B)  Control and understand forces that are uncontrollable and unexplainable. 
C)  Distinguish one culture from another. 
D)  Create solidarity within a group of diverse peoples 
A)  Clear one's mind from the hardships of daily life. 
B)  Control and understand forces that are uncontrollable and unexplainable. 
C)  Distinguish one culture from another. 
D)  Create solidarity within a group of diverse peoples

Question 20

Eller discusses what Talal Asad suggests is involved in Anthropology as a discipline defining anthropology as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Ethnography 
B)  Fieldwork and participant observation 
C)  Comparison of embedded concepts 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Ethnography 
B)  Fieldwork and participant observation 
C)  Comparison of embedded concepts 
D)  All of the above

Eller describes the four domains of culture as:

Reflexivity refers to concerns about the ethnographer's proper role in research.

According to Lee, there are many different terms referring to the human relationship with the divine in societies in which religion is widespread.

What does Spiro argue is the relationship between Buddhist texts and daily practices of the people?

Lee asserts that while religion permeates most of material culture, economic systems seem to be predominantly unaffected.

All the major anthropological thinkers asserted that religious behavior functions principally to produce social cohesion.

Social tensions explain why people cherish amulets or charms in nearly all societies.

Lee discusses the importance of personal autonomy among Crow and Sioux Indians to demonstrate

Which thinker used a functionalist approach to explain religious behavior?

What evidence is there to suggest that Neanderthals may have been concerned with an afterlife?

The ethnographic story must he based on empirical data and an analysis that seeks cultural patterns.

Wagner describes the six stages of anthropological fieldwork/research in order as:

Harris showed that animism isn't universal, as Tylor had proposed, because Buddhism lacks beliefs in gods or souls.

All of the following are signs that the researcher is attaining an ever-increasing understanding discussed by Wagner EXCEPT:

Lee asserts that religion in primitive societies

All following are principles proposed by Spradley to maintain objectivity in recording of participant observations EXCEPT.

Harris concluded that Western notions such as superstition and luck are modern manifestations of true religious concepts.

Which of the following groups is not an example of how agriculture is often an expression of a people's religious relatedness to the universe

Anthropologists often understand religion as a way to

Eller discusses what Talal Asad suggests is involved in Anthropology as a discipline defining anthropology as:

Myth, Symbolism, and Worldview

Ritual

Shamans, Priests, and Prophets

Altered States of Consciousness and the Religious Use of Drugs

Illness, Healing, and Religion

Witchcraft, Sorcery, Divination, and Magic

Death, Ancestors, Ghosts, and Souls

Religion in a Changing World: Identity, Adaptation, and Activism

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Exam 1: The Anthropological Study of Religion

Eller describes the four domains of culture as:

Reflexivity refers to concerns about the ethnographer's proper role in research.

According to Lee, there are many different terms referring to the human relationship with the divine in societies in which religion is widespread.

What does Spiro argue is the relationship between Buddhist texts and daily practices of the people?

Lee asserts that while religion permeates most of material culture, economic systems seem to be predominantly unaffected.

All the major anthropological thinkers asserted that religious behavior functions principally to produce social cohesion.

Social tensions explain why people cherish amulets or charms in nearly all societies.

Lee discusses the importance of personal autonomy among Crow and Sioux Indians to demonstrate

Which thinker used a functionalist approach to explain religious behavior?

What evidence is there to suggest that Neanderthals may have been concerned with an afterlife?

The ethnographic story must he based on empirical data and an analysis that seeks cultural patterns.

Wagner describes the six stages of anthropological fieldwork/research in order as:

Harris showed that animism isn't universal, as Tylor had proposed, because Buddhism lacks beliefs in gods or souls.

All of the following are signs that the researcher is attaining an ever-increasing understanding discussed by Wagner EXCEPT:

Lee asserts that religion in primitive societies

All following are principles proposed by Spradley to maintain objectivity in recording of participant observations EXCEPT.

Harris concluded that Western notions such as superstition and luck are modern manifestations of true religious concepts.

Which of the following groups is not an example of how agriculture is often an expression of a people's religious relatedness to the universe

Anthropologists often understand religion as a way to

Eller discusses what Talal Asad suggests is involved in Anthropology as a discipline defining anthropology as:

Myth, Symbolism, and Worldview

Ritual

Shamans, Priests, and Prophets

Altered States of Consciousness and the Religious Use of Drugs

Illness, Healing, and Religion

Witchcraft, Sorcery, Divination, and Magic

Death, Ancestors, Ghosts, and Souls

Religion in a Changing World: Identity, Adaptation, and Activism

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