Exam 3: Researching Culture

Doing research among powerful people is called __________.

During his fieldwork in Pakistan, a major challenge for Richard Kurin was __________.

According to the ethical guidelines of the American Anthropological Association, undergraduate students are not allowed to do anthropological fieldwork.

Discuss two ways that cultural anthropologists record data while in the field.

What are two common problems in anthropological fieldwork?

Interpretivist anthropologists tend to collect etic data.

__________ data are mainly words and description while __________ data are mainly numeric.

According to the code of ethics of the American Anthropological Association, the anthropologist's first responsibility is to __________.

Inuit place naming is an example of __________.

What is the background and context of Trobriand Island culture and what are some of the major issues facing the Trobriand Islanders today?

Maria Catédra's use of tape recording during her research in Spain revealed the importance of maintaining people's trust.

Interpretivist anthropologists tend to favor which kind of research approach?

What is a life history and why is this method controversial?

People's naming of places is called __________.

In the AAA Code of Ethics, the Association makes it clear that anthropologists' ethical obligations to people, species, and material are more important than the goal of seeking __________.

__________ is research that puts the anthropologist in danger because it is carried out in war zones and areas of conflict.

Gender is a less important microcultural factor in anthropological fieldwork than "race" or ethnicity.

Research that is guided by a hypothesis is __________.

The research method in cultural anthropology that involves living in a culture for an extended period while gathering data is __________.

What is the background of the American Anthropological Association's Code of Ethics and how is this background related to two of its key principles?