Question 1

The research of Bronislaw Malinowski focuses on the concept of __________.

Accepted Answer

function.

Question 2

The attitude toward magic and ritual among the Nacirema indicates that:

Accepted Answer

A) Technologically advanced societies do not use magic and ritual. 
B) Too much magic and ritual will destroy a society. 
C) Magic and ritual can be found in a wide variety of cultures. 
D) North American society contains very little magic and ritual. 
E) Only the weakest individuals in a society are likely to make use of magic and ritual. 
A) Technologically advanced societies do not use magic and ritual. 
B) Too much magic and ritual will destroy a society. 
C) Magic and ritual can be found in a wide variety of cultures. 
D) North American society contains very little magic and ritual. 
E) Only the weakest individuals in a society are likely to make use of magic and ritual. C

Question 3

Engaged anthropologists refrain from choosing sides in political contests.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Anthropology has faced various challenges in its history from the study of women to that of more marginal populations,such as those of the homeless and drug addicts.Choose one of these challenges and discuss it in detail,noting what the challenges have been,why the challenges occurred,and how they have been handled differently in anthropological research today.

Accepted Answer

One of the challenges that anthropology

Question 5

Vincent Lyon-Callo works with homeless people.His style of anthropology is best described as:

Accepted Answer

A) Symbolic and interpretive. 
B) Functionalism. 
C) Psychological. 
D) Engaged. 
E) Ecological. 
A) Symbolic and interpretive. 
B) Functionalism. 
C) Psychological. 
D) Engaged. 
E) Ecological.

Question 6

Which sentence best describes the primary anthropological value of research among the homeless and drug addicts,such as that produced by Philippe Bourgois?

Accepted Answer

A) This research provides accurate information that can help the lives of these individuals by providing more effective recovery programs. 
B) The commercial success of research such as this raises awareness of the plight of these individuals and can provide a great deal of money to improve their communities. 
C) This research allows families to identify and reconnect with their loved ones and intervene to help them. 
D) Through research such as this,the United States is able to provide much more foreign aid to countries that provide the drugs to these addicts. 
E) By providing accurate information,research such as this allows us to chronicle the problems with state societies and new models for the future. 
A) This research provides accurate information that can help the lives of these individuals by providing more effective recovery programs. 
B) The commercial success of research such as this raises awareness of the plight of these individuals and can provide a great deal of money to improve their communities. 
C) This research allows families to identify and reconnect with their loved ones and intervene to help them. 
D) Through research such as this,the United States is able to provide much more foreign aid to countries that provide the drugs to these addicts. 
E) By providing accurate information,research such as this allows us to chronicle the problems with state societies and new models for the future.

Question 7

What changes did postmodernism bring to anthropological fieldwork?

Accepted Answer

It encouraged anthropologists

Question 8

What is the name of the organization that maintains a statement of ethical guidelines for anthropologists?

Accepted Answer

A) Association for American Anthropologists. 
B) American Anthropological Institute. 
C) American Anthropological Association. 
D) Anthropological Ethics Institute. 
E) American Association of Anthropologists. 
A) Association for American Anthropologists. 
B) American Anthropological Institute. 
C) American Anthropological Association. 
D) Anthropological Ethics Institute. 
E) American Association of Anthropologists.

Question 9

Name at least 3 challenges associated with collaborative ethnography.

Accepted Answer

Answers can include: to represent accura

Question 10

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.

Question 11

How would you best describe culture shock?

Accepted Answer

It is feelings of alienation a

Question 12

Informed consent involves all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A) Anthropologists must be involved in a dynamic discussion with participants in order to explain the significance of informed consent. 
B) Individuals should understand the risks and benefits inherent in the research. 
C) Participants must sign a witnessed contract with the anthropologist indicating that they approve of the research study. 
D) Participants must understand how the research data is likely to affect them. 
E) Individuals must be free to decide if they want to participate. 
A) Anthropologists must be involved in a dynamic discussion with participants in order to explain the significance of informed consent. 
B) Individuals should understand the risks and benefits inherent in the research. 
C) Participants must sign a witnessed contract with the anthropologist indicating that they approve of the research study. 
D) Participants must understand how the research data is likely to affect them. 
E) Individuals must be free to decide if they want to participate.

Question 13

What is the "gray zone" that Philippe Bourgopis describes as part of his work with the homeless and drug addicts in San Francisco?

Accepted Answer

It is a morally ambi

Question 14

Boas insisted that anthropologists must value a culture on its own terms.This idea is called:

Accepted Answer

A) Logical positivism. 
B) Postmodernism. 
C) Phenomenology. 
D) Cultural relativism. 
E) Dualism. 
A) Logical positivism. 
B) Postmodernism. 
C) Phenomenology. 
D) Cultural relativism. 
E) Dualism.

Question 15

What is participant observation?

Accepted Answer

It is an approach to fieldwork

Question 16

In the late 19ᵗʰ century,Haddon led a team of scientists to do research on the Torres Straits.This lay the basis for anthropology in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What are two criticisms associated with the Human Relations Area Files database?

Accepted Answer

It takes cultural data out of

Question 18

Anthropologists working for government and industry often conduct secret research and this poses no ethical challenges to the discipline.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What are the primary reasons that anthropological research has had such a bias against women during its history?

Accepted Answer

Women's lives have been less public than

Question 20

Why did anthropology pay little attention to women prior to the 1970s? All of the following are correct except:

Accepted Answer

A) Anthropologists assumed that men's activities were political and more important than women's activities,which were domestic. 
B) Many anthropologists assumed that men represented women as well and there was no need to study these as separate genders. 
C) The majority of practicing anthropologists was male and had little access to working with women in other societies. 
D) Anthropologists were all male and there were no women available to study other women. 
E) Men's roles were much more public and were more easily studied. 
A) Anthropologists assumed that men's activities were political and more important than women's activities,which were domestic. 
B) Many anthropologists assumed that men represented women as well and there was no need to study these as separate genders. 
C) The majority of practicing anthropologists was male and had little access to working with women in other societies. 
D) Anthropologists were all male and there were no women available to study other women. 
E) Men's roles were much more public and were more easily studied.

The research of Bronislaw Malinowski focuses on the concept of __________.

The attitude toward magic and ritual among the Nacirema indicates that:

Engaged anthropologists refrain from choosing sides in political contests.

Vincent Lyon-Callo works with homeless people.His style of anthropology is best described as:

Which sentence best describes the primary anthropological value of research among the homeless and drug addicts,such as that produced by Philippe Bourgois?

What changes did postmodernism bring to anthropological fieldwork?

What is the name of the organization that maintains a statement of ethical guidelines for anthropologists?

Name at least 3 challenges associated with collaborative ethnography.

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

How would you best describe culture shock?

Informed consent involves all of the following except:

What is the "gray zone" that Philippe Bourgopis describes as part of his work with the homeless and drug addicts in San Francisco?

Boas insisted that anthropologists must value a culture on its own terms.This idea is called:

What is participant observation?

In the late 19ᵗʰ century,Haddon led a team of scientists to do research on the Torres Straits.This lay the basis for anthropology in the United States.

What are two criticisms associated with the Human Relations Area Files database?

Anthropologists working for government and industry often conduct secret research and this poses no ethical challenges to the discipline.

What are the primary reasons that anthropological research has had such a bias against women during its history?

Why did anthropology pay little attention to women prior to the 1970s? All of the following are correct 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

The research of Bronislaw Malinowski focuses on the concept of __________.

The attitude toward magic and ritual among the Nacirema indicates that:

Engaged anthropologists refrain from choosing sides in political contests.

Vincent Lyon-Callo works with homeless people.His style of anthropology is best described as:

Which sentence best describes the primary anthropological value of research among the homeless and drug addicts,such as that produced by Philippe Bourgois?

What changes did postmodernism bring to anthropological fieldwork?

What is the name of the organization that maintains a statement of ethical guidelines for anthropologists?

Name at least 3 challenges associated with collaborative ethnography.

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

How would you best describe culture shock?

Informed consent involves all of the following except:

What is the "gray zone" that Philippe Bourgopis describes as part of his work with the homeless and drug addicts in San Francisco?

Boas insisted that anthropologists must value a culture on its own terms.This idea is called:

What is participant observation?

In the late 19ᵗʰ century,Haddon led a team of scientists to do research on the Torres Straits.This lay the basis for anthropology in the United States.

What are two criticisms associated with the Human Relations Area Files database?

Anthropologists working for government and industry often conduct secret research and this poses no ethical challenges to the discipline.

What are the primary reasons that anthropological research has had such a bias against women during its history?

Why did anthropology pay little attention to women prior to the 1970s? All of the following are correct 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