Question 1

Lewis Henry Morgan and Edward Tylor were influenced deeply by the evolutionary theories of:

Accepted Answer

A) Franz Boas. 
B) Charles Darwin. 
C) Bronislaw Malinowski. 
D) Margaret Mead. 
E) Carolus Linnaeus. 
A) Franz Boas. 
B) Charles Darwin. 
C) Bronislaw Malinowski. 
D) Margaret Mead. 
E) Carolus Linnaeus. B

Question 2

Why is informed consent an important part of doing ethical research?

Accepted Answer

It ensures the people studied understand what you are doing and have an opportunity to ask questions or withdraw from the study.

Question 3

Anthropologists have become more sensitive to issues of voice and of power and have begun to reflect more critically on their role as observer in another culture primarily as a result of:

Accepted Answer

A) Reflectionist ethnology. 
B) Franz Boas. 
C) Feminist anthropology. 
D) Collaborative ethnography. 
E) Postmodernism. 
A) Reflectionist ethnology. 
B) Franz Boas. 
C) Feminist anthropology. 
D) Collaborative ethnography. 
E) Postmodernism. E

Question 4

Anthropologists generally agree that they should defend Western notions of human rights.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Individuals who serve as guides and teachers for anthropologists in the culture in which they do fieldwork are called by all of the following terms except:

Accepted Answer

A) Consultants. 
B) Managers. 
C) Interlocutors. 
D) Informants. 
E) Respondents. 
A) Consultants. 
B) Managers. 
C) Interlocutors. 
D) Informants. 
E) Respondents.

Question 6

Culture shock is a phenomenon that can occur to anyone who faces a new environment where the rules and behaviors are different from what they know.What is the role of culture shock in anthropological fieldwork? When does it occur,and why does it happen? Give examples in your own life when you have faced culture shock.

Accepted Answer

The role of culture shock in anthropolog

Question 7

For the academic community,a critical problem with secret research is:

Accepted Answer

A) It may endanger the lives of the anthropologists who pursue it. 
B) The scientific community has no way to assess its validity. 
C) It is almost always used for illegal or immoral purposes. 
D) It is unlikely to provide benefits to either anthropologists or the people who are the subjects of such research. 
E) It can rarely be used to support the tenure and promotion of anthropology professors. 
A) It may endanger the lives of the anthropologists who pursue it. 
B) The scientific community has no way to assess its validity. 
C) It is almost always used for illegal or immoral purposes. 
D) It is unlikely to provide benefits to either anthropologists or the people who are the subjects of such research. 
E) It can rarely be used to support the tenure and promotion of anthropology professors.

Question 8

Anthropological interview techniques:

Accepted Answer

A) Are always the same from field project to field project. 
B) Always involve the same processes and same steps of procedure. 
C) Are no longer used in contemporary fieldwork. 
D) Have been adapted from philosophy. 
E) Are highly varied and are situation-specific. 
A) Are always the same from field project to field project. 
B) Always involve the same processes and same steps of procedure. 
C) Are no longer used in contemporary fieldwork. 
D) Have been adapted from philosophy. 
E) Are highly varied and are situation-specific.

Question 9

How would you describe Lewis Henry Morgan's and Edward Tylor's evolutionary theories?

Accepted Answer

A) It is the study of how humans have changed from simple to complex communication and transportation systems. 
B) It is the study of how societies have harnessed more energy for production over time. 
C) It is the study of how the human body has changed physically from earlier to later forms,sometimes even changing species. 
D) It is the study of the history of human society from simple technology and social institutions to complex ones. 
E) It is the study of how native people classify their natural world. 
A) It is the study of how humans have changed from simple to complex communication and transportation systems. 
B) It is the study of how societies have harnessed more energy for production over time. 
C) It is the study of how the human body has changed physically from earlier to later forms,sometimes even changing species. 
D) It is the study of the history of human society from simple technology and social institutions to complex ones. 
E) It is the study of how native people classify their natural world.

Question 10

Franz Boas spent most of his professional career at the University of Berlin in Germany.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Today,virtually all anthropologists rely on Boas' basic and fundamental insights into the discipline.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Early anthropologists who relied on travelers and missionaries for their fieldwork data were called:

Accepted Answer

A) Armchair anthropologists. 
B) Novices. 
C) Native anthropologists. 
D) Secondhand anthropologists. 
E) Early scholars. 
A) Armchair anthropologists. 
B) Novices. 
C) Native anthropologists. 
D) Secondhand anthropologists. 
E) Early scholars.

Question 13

Postmodernism has been accepted now by all anthropologists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Define participant observation and discuss why it is important in the anthropological mission.

Accepted Answer

Participant observation is a research me

Question 15

Allison Truitt's work on motorcycles in Vietnam had no formal research hypothesis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

It is common for anthropologists to feel confused and disoriented when they first arrive to their field sites.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What did early 19ᵗʰ century evolutionists mean by the concept of societies as "living fossils"?

Accepted Answer

They were examples of what mor

Question 18

Phillip Bourgois' work with the homeless and drug addicts in San Francisco has led to a better understanding of issues of economic change,cultural structures,and the effects on individual lives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The Human Relations Area Files (HRAF)is:

Accepted Answer

A) A database that provides cross-cultural data on a limited number of societies. 
B) A database on all cultures involved in global warfare. 
C) An institution that specializes in anthropological fieldwork. 
D) A group of anthropologists that works in more than a single culture. 
E) A database that provides cross-cultural data on all complex societies. 
A) A database that provides cross-cultural data on a limited number of societies. 
B) A database on all cultures involved in global warfare. 
C) An institution that specializes in anthropological fieldwork. 
D) A group of anthropologists that works in more than a single culture. 
E) A database that provides cross-cultural data on all complex societies.

Question 20

Malinowski's and Boas' practices of anthropology were alike in many ways as well.All of the following are things that they shared except:

Accepted Answer

A) Both were committed fieldworkers. 
B) Both saw other cultures/societies as fully rational. 
C) Both valued the study of history as essential to a deeper understand of societies. 
D) Both were scholars who opposed racism. 
E) Both innovated the approach to fieldwork in anthropology. 
A) Both were committed fieldworkers. 
B) Both saw other cultures/societies as fully rational. 
C) Both valued the study of history as essential to a deeper understand of societies. 
D) Both were scholars who opposed racism. 
E) Both innovated the approach to fieldwork in anthropology.

Lewis Henry Morgan and Edward Tylor were influenced deeply by the evolutionary theories of:

Why is informed consent an important part of doing ethical research?

Anthropologists have become more sensitive to issues of voice and of power and have begun to reflect more critically on their role as observer in another culture primarily as a result of:

Anthropologists generally agree that they should defend Western notions of human rights.

Individuals who serve as guides and teachers for anthropologists in the culture in which they do fieldwork are called by all of the following terms except:

For the academic community,a critical problem with secret research is:

Anthropological interview techniques:

How would you describe Lewis Henry Morgan's and Edward Tylor's evolutionary theories?

Franz Boas spent most of his professional career at the University of Berlin in Germany.

Today,virtually all anthropologists rely on Boas' basic and fundamental insights into the discipline.

Early anthropologists who relied on travelers and missionaries for their fieldwork data were called:

Postmodernism has been accepted now by all anthropologists.

Define participant observation and discuss why it is important in the anthropological mission.

Allison Truitt's work on motorcycles in Vietnam had no formal research hypothesis.

It is common for anthropologists to feel confused and disoriented when they first arrive to their field sites.

What did early 19ᵗʰ century evolutionists mean by the concept of societies as "living fossils"?

Phillip Bourgois' work with the homeless and drug addicts in San Francisco has led to a better understanding of issues of economic change,cultural structures,and the effects on individual lives.

The Human Relations Area Files (HRAF)is:

Malinowski's and Boas' practices of anthropology were alike in many ways as well.All of the following are things that they shared except:

Anthropology and Human Diversity

The Idea of Culture

Communication

Making a Living

Economics

Kinship

Marriage, family, and Domestic Groups

Gender

Political Organization

Stratification

Religion

Creative Expression: Anthropology and the Arts

Power, conquest, and a World System

Culture, change, and the Modern World

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Exam 2: Doing Cultural Anthropology

Lewis Henry Morgan and Edward Tylor were influenced deeply by the evolutionary theories of:

Why is informed consent an important part of doing ethical research?

Anthropologists have become more sensitive to issues of voice and of power and have begun to reflect more critically on their role as observer in another culture primarily as a result of:

Anthropologists generally agree that they should defend Western notions of human rights.

Individuals who serve as guides and teachers for anthropologists in the culture in which they do fieldwork are called by all of the following terms except:

For the academic community,a critical problem with secret research is:

Anthropological interview techniques:

How would you describe Lewis Henry Morgan's and Edward Tylor's evolutionary theories?

Franz Boas spent most of his professional career at the University of Berlin in Germany.

Today,virtually all anthropologists rely on Boas' basic and fundamental insights into the discipline.

Early anthropologists who relied on travelers and missionaries for their fieldwork data were called:

Postmodernism has been accepted now by all anthropologists.

Define participant observation and discuss why it is important in the anthropological mission.

Allison Truitt's work on motorcycles in Vietnam had no formal research hypothesis.

It is common for anthropologists to feel confused and disoriented when they first arrive to their field sites.

What did early 19ᵗʰ century evolutionists mean by the concept of societies as "living fossils"?

Phillip Bourgois' work with the homeless and drug addicts in San Francisco has led to a better understanding of issues of economic change,cultural structures,and the effects on individual lives.

The Human Relations Area Files (HRAF)is:

Malinowski's and Boas' practices of anthropology were alike in many ways as well.All of the following are things that they shared except:

Anthropology and Human Diversity

The Idea of Culture

Communication

Making a Living

Economics

Kinship

Marriage, family, and Domestic Groups

Gender

Political Organization

Stratification

Religion

Creative Expression: Anthropology and the Arts

Power, conquest, and a World System

Culture, change, and the Modern World

Filters