Question 1

Life history accounts can illustrate individual diversity and how different people deal with the same problems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Which of the following is one of the advantages an interview schedule has over a questionnaire-based survey?

Accepted Answer

A) Interview schedules allow informants to talk about whatever they feel is important. 
B) Interview schedules rely on very short responses, and therefore are more useful when there is less time to conduct research. 
C) Questionnaires are completely unstructured, so informants might deviate from the subject of interest. 
D) Interview schedules are better suited to complex, urban societies. 
E) Questionnaires are emic, while interview schedules are etic. 
A) Interview schedules allow informants to talk about whatever they feel is important. 
B) Interview schedules rely on very short responses, and therefore are more useful when there is less time to conduct research. 
C) Questionnaires are completely unstructured, so informants might deviate from the subject of interest. 
D) Interview schedules are better suited to complex, urban societies. 
E) Questionnaires are emic, while interview schedules are etic. A

Question 3

When studying a culture today, anthropologists

Accepted Answer

A) must focus on one site at one point in time. 
B) will not take photos of their informants due to privacy laws. 
C) try to find cultures that have never been contacted by another culture. 
D) must consider culture contact, external organizations, and power differentials and how they affect cultures. 
E) only study cultures with no access to television. 
A) must focus on one site at one point in time. 
B) will not take photos of their informants due to privacy laws. 
C) try to find cultures that have never been contacted by another culture. 
D) must consider culture contact, external organizations, and power differentials and how they affect cultures. 
E) only study cultures with no access to television. D

Question 4

How does survey research differ from ethnography?

Accepted Answer

A) Survey research studies whole functioning communities. 
B) Survey research is based on firsthand fieldwork. 
C) Survey research is more personal. 
D) Survey research generally focuses on a subset of a larger population. 
E) Survey research has traditionally been used to study small-scale, nonindustrial societies. 
A) Survey research studies whole functioning communities. 
B) Survey research is based on firsthand fieldwork. 
C) Survey research is more personal. 
D) Survey research generally focuses on a subset of a larger population. 
E) Survey research has traditionally been used to study small-scale, nonindustrial societies.

Question 5

An anthropologist should remain with the group they are studying for

Accepted Answer

A) less than one month, in order to not overstay their welcome. 
B) at least one year, in order to witness all seasons of activities. 
C) at least five years, in order to see how culture changes over time. 
D) six months, in order to interview all members of the culture once. 
E) three months, in order to see a full harvest cycle. 
A) less than one month, in order to not overstay their welcome. 
B) at least one year, in order to witness all seasons of activities. 
C) at least five years, in order to see how culture changes over time. 
D) six months, in order to interview all members of the culture once. 
E) three months, in order to see a full harvest cycle.

Question 6

Rapport is important to establish quickly to be an effective participant observer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Good key cultural consultants generally end up recording most of the data needed to write an ethnography.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Anthropologists need to get permission from the community they are studying only when they intend to take photographs or make recordings.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following strategies is unique to anthropology?

Accepted Answer

A) Comparison 
B) A biological perspective 
C) Ethnography 
D) An evolutionary perspective 
E) Working with skilled respondents 
A) Comparison 
B) A biological perspective 
C) Ethnography 
D) An evolutionary perspective 
E) Working with skilled respondents

Question 10

What did the village children do for the first few days that Kottak was in Arembepe the first time?

Accepted Answer

A) They hid in their houses. 
B) They followed Kottak everywhere. 
C) They played pranks on Kottak. 
D) They went to school. 
E) They went to work with their parents. 
A) They hid in their houses. 
B) They followed Kottak everywhere. 
C) They played pranks on Kottak. 
D) They went to school. 
E) They went to work with their parents.

Question 11

The emic perspective focuses on how local people think.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Explain participant observation, and contrast it with other research techniques.

Accepted Answer

Participant observation is a research te

Question 13

In survey research, a sample should

Accepted Answer

A) include the entire population in question. 
B) include anyone who will agree to talk with the researcher. 
C) not be randomly selected. 
D) be constituted so that valid inferences about the larger population can be made. 
E) be invariant. 
A) include the entire population in question. 
B) include anyone who will agree to talk with the researcher. 
C) not be randomly selected. 
D) be constituted so that valid inferences about the larger population can be made. 
E) be invariant.

Question 14

What is the ethnographic present?

Accepted Answer

A) The dates that the anthropologist was living in the culture 
B) The period before Westernization 
C) The period that documents culture change 
D) The dates that include culture contact 
E) The date the ethnography was published 
A) The dates that the anthropologist was living in the culture 
B) The period before Westernization 
C) The period that documents culture change 
D) The dates that include culture contact 
E) The date the ethnography was published

Question 15

During the first few weeks in the field, the anthropologist will

Accepted Answer

A) be completely useless, as he or she is in culture shock. 
B) spend time recovering from jet lag. 
C) only hand out gifts to the children of the culture. 
D) notice some of the most basic aspects of cultural diversity that eventually fade from consciousness. 
E) read background history on the culture. 
A) be completely useless, as he or she is in culture shock. 
B) spend time recovering from jet lag. 
C) only hand out gifts to the children of the culture. 
D) notice some of the most basic aspects of cultural diversity that eventually fade from consciousness. 
E) read background history on the culture.

Question 16

The style of ethnography in which the anthropologist puts his or her personal feelings and reactions to the field situation into the text is called

Accepted Answer

A) ethnographic present 
B) interpretive ethnography 
C) reflexive ethnography 
D) classic ethnography 
E) holistic anthropology 
A) ethnographic present 
B) interpretive ethnography 
C) reflexive ethnography 
D) classic ethnography 
E) holistic anthropology

Question 17

What is the term for an expert on a particular aspect of local life?

Accepted Answer

A) Representative sample 
B) Etic informant 
C) Key cultural consultant 
D) Biased informant 
E) Life historian 
A) Representative sample 
B) Etic informant 
C) Key cultural consultant 
D) Biased informant 
E) Life historian

Question 18

The mass media can cause people to use outside information in interpreting local conditions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What term refers to the study of a community, region, society, or culture over time?

Accepted Answer

A) Team research 
B) Etic research 
C) Longitudinal research 
D) Survey research 
E) Genealogical method 
A) Team research 
B) Etic research 
C) Longitudinal research 
D) Survey research 
E) Genealogical method

Question 20

What are the differences between questionnaires and interview schedules? What advantage might an ethnographer gain by using an interview schedule instead of a questionnaire?

Accepted Answer

Questionnaires and interview schedules a

Life history accounts can illustrate individual diversity and how different people deal with the same problems.

Which of the following is one of the advantages an interview schedule has over a questionnaire-based survey?

When studying a culture today, anthropologists

How does survey research differ from ethnography?

An anthropologist should remain with the group they are studying for

Rapport is important to establish quickly to be an effective participant observer.

Good key cultural consultants generally end up recording most of the data needed to write an ethnography.

Anthropologists need to get permission from the community they are studying only when they intend to take photographs or make recordings.

Which of the following strategies is unique to anthropology?

What did the village children do for the first few days that Kottak was in Arembepe the first time?

The emic perspective focuses on how local people think.

Explain participant observation, and contrast it with other research techniques.

In survey research, a sample should

What is the ethnographic present?

During the first few weeks in the field, the anthropologist will

The style of ethnography in which the anthropologist puts his or her personal feelings and reactions to the field situation into the text is called

What is the term for an expert on a particular aspect of local life?

The mass media can cause people to use outside information in interpreting local conditions.

What term refers to the study of a community, region, society, or culture over time?

What are the differences between questionnaires and interview schedules? What advantage might an ethnographer gain by using an interview schedule instead of a questionnaire?

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Gender

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

Applying Anthropology

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

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Exam 3: Doing Anthropology

Life history accounts can illustrate individual diversity and how different people deal with the same problems.

Which of the following is one of the advantages an interview schedule has over a questionnaire-based survey?

When studying a culture today, anthropologists

How does survey research differ from ethnography?

An anthropologist should remain with the group they are studying for

Rapport is important to establish quickly to be an effective participant observer.

Good key cultural consultants generally end up recording most of the data needed to write an ethnography.

Anthropologists need to get permission from the community they are studying only when they intend to take photographs or make recordings.

Which of the following strategies is unique to anthropology?

What did the village children do for the first few days that Kottak was in Arembepe the first time?

The emic perspective focuses on how local people think.

Explain participant observation, and contrast it with other research techniques.

In survey research, a sample should

What is the ethnographic present?

During the first few weeks in the field, the anthropologist will

The style of ethnography in which the anthropologist puts his or her personal feelings and reactions to the field situation into the text is called

What is the term for an expert on a particular aspect of local life?

The mass media can cause people to use outside information in interpreting local conditions.

What term refers to the study of a community, region, society, or culture over time?

What are the differences between questionnaires and interview schedules? What advantage might an ethnographer gain by using an interview schedule instead of a questionnaire?

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Gender

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

Applying Anthropology

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters