Question 1

Ethnology is the holistic study of a single community.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Since there are so many anthropologists in the United States, the distinction between emic and etic perspectives does not apply to American culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following techniques was developed specifically because kinship and marriage relationships are so important in nonindustrial societies?

Accepted Answer

A) The life history 
B) Participant observation 
C) The genealogical method 
D) The interview schedule 
E) Network analysis 
A) The life history 
B) Participant observation 
C) The genealogical method 
D) The interview schedule 
E) Network analysis

Question 4

The view that American Thanksgiving Day represents a postharvest festival like many other societies hold is

Accepted Answer

A) the etic view. 
B) the consultant view. 
C) the emic view. 
D) the sociologist's view. 
E) the participant observation view. 
A) the etic view. 
B) the consultant view. 
C) the emic view. 
D) the sociologist's view. 
E) the participant observation view.

Question 5

Which of the following statements is true of Arembepe, Brazil?

Accepted Answer

A) Kottak is the only anthropologist to have studied it. 
B) Over time, it has become more and more isolated from the rest of the world. 
C) It is an area of multiple research projects conducted by many anthropologists from different countries. 
D) Only Americans are interested in studying Arembepe. 
E) The villagers were mobile foragers when Kottak first visited. 
A) Kottak is the only anthropologist to have studied it. 
B) Over time, it has become more and more isolated from the rest of the world. 
C) It is an area of multiple research projects conducted by many anthropologists from different countries. 
D) Only Americans are interested in studying Arembepe. 
E) The villagers were mobile foragers when Kottak first visited.

Question 6

Because they generally study small populations, anthropologists must employ sampling and statistical techniques to analyze their data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The American Anthropological Association's Code of Ethics is

Accepted Answer

A) designed to ensure that all anthropologists are aware of their obligations to the field of anthropology, the host communities that allow them to conduct their research, and to society in general. 
B) designed to protect anthropologists who conduct fieldwork in remote places and are subject to potentially hazardous working conditions. 
C) applicable only to research being conducted in the United States. 
D) simply disregarded by most researchers. 
E) overly general and thus of little use to most anthropologists. 
A) designed to ensure that all anthropologists are aware of their obligations to the field of anthropology, the host communities that allow them to conduct their research, and to society in general. 
B) designed to protect anthropologists who conduct fieldwork in remote places and are subject to potentially hazardous working conditions. 
C) applicable only to research being conducted in the United States. 
D) simply disregarded by most researchers. 
E) overly general and thus of little use to most anthropologists.

Question 8

Interviews can help establish rapport with community members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Describe the different styles of ethnography that have occurred through time.

Accepted Answer

Ethnography has evolved over time, leadi

Question 10

Anthropologists have obligations to their scholarly field, to the wider society and culture, and to the human species, other species, and the environment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Ethnology is the holistic study of a single community.

Since there are so many anthropologists in the United States, the distinction between emic and etic perspectives does not apply to American culture.

Which of the following techniques was developed specifically because kinship and marriage relationships are so important in nonindustrial societies?

The view that American Thanksgiving Day represents a postharvest festival like many other societies hold is

Which of the following statements is true of Arembepe, Brazil?

Because they generally study small populations, anthropologists must employ sampling and statistical techniques to analyze their data.

The American Anthropological Association's Code of Ethics is

Interviews can help establish rapport with community members.

Describe the different styles of ethnography that have occurred through time.

Anthropologists have obligations to their scholarly field, to the wider society and culture, and to the human species, other species, and the environment.

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

Ethnology is the holistic study of a single community.

Since there are so many anthropologists in the United States, the distinction between emic and etic perspectives does not apply to American culture.

Which of the following techniques was developed specifically because kinship and marriage relationships are so important in nonindustrial societies?

The view that American Thanksgiving Day represents a postharvest festival like many other societies hold is

Which of the following statements is true of Arembepe, Brazil?

Because they generally study small populations, anthropologists must employ sampling and statistical techniques to analyze their data.

The American Anthropological Association's Code of Ethics is

Interviews can help establish rapport with community members.

Describe the different styles of ethnography that have occurred through time.

Anthropologists have obligations to their scholarly field, to the wider society and culture, and to the human species, other species, and the environment.

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