Anthropology 201 Exam 1 questions – Flashcards
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The subfield of anthropology that would typically study the relationship between primate social structure and diet is called
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biological anthropology
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Symbols are a) expressions of desirable principles or qualities b) typical patterns of behavior viewed as rules c) the most enduring and ritualized aspects of culture d) something that conventionally stands for something else
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d
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According to anthropologists, _______________ is the contemporary widening of scale of cross-cultural interactions owing to the rapid movement of money, people, goods, images, and ideas.
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globalization
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Of the human adaptive modalities discussed in lecture, which is the most rapid and plastic a) physiological b) cultural c) emergent d) genetic
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cultural
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When anthropologists aimed to understand the sequence of events in the lives of women who were HCV positive, engaged in the sale of sex and potentially using injection drugs, they applied which methodology a) life history interviews b) focus group surveys c) survey d) medical records review
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a
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The theoretical paradigm that emphasizes humans that are made up of complex biological, cultural, and psychological processes is a) natural selection on variation b) the biocultural synthesis c) genetic determinism d) historical particularism
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b
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Based on Lee's "Eating Christmas in the Kalahari", how could Lee have better predicted and understood the !Kung response to his ox? a) by collecting their folklore stories b) by sharing food with them over the year c) using life history interviews d) by butchering it and eating it for Christmas dinner
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b
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In contemporary ethnography, anthropologists often provide a description of a "foreign word" and then adopt it. This action is known as a) a gloss b) reflection c) emic d) the Hawthorne effect
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a
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T & F? The HTS program of the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan was the first time anthropologists have assisted in international warfare
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F
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Research committed to making social change and improving the lives of marginalized people is a) rapid appraisal b) development anthropology c) action anthropology d) participant observation
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b
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An important ethical concern for anthropologists using participant observation to establish rapport is to a) remind their informants that they are collecting data b) protect the ethnographic data c) protect the community at large d) protect themselves
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a
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WHen Wilson defines and adopts the term nega in her ethnography she communicates something more than 'black' this strategy in ethnography is known as a a) gloss b) reflection c) emic d) ethnocentrism
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a
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The knowledge about other people that emerges within the context of relationships is known as a) objective b) subjective c) intersubjective d) ethnographic
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c
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Participant observation is a key element of anthropological fieldwork, how does it differ from "just hanging out"? a) it is a systematic research strategy b) data is recorded c) research relationships are strategic and political d) all of these
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d
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according to Wesby, the ability to read "between the lines" signifies what type of literacy? a) basic literacy b) literacy c) critical literacy d) dynamic literacy
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c
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The phones /b/ and /p/ a) are allophones of /m/ in the English language b) are non pulnomic post alveolar click consonants c) are bilabial plosives d) are not phonemes
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c
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Critical cultural relativism asserts a) that whatever goes on in a culture must not be questioned by outsiders b) that the etic explanation for cultural practices is the best c) that power differences between people who accept cultural practices should be used to understand cultures
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d
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Linguists refer to mixed languages with a simplified grammar that people rarely learn as a mother tongue as a) pidgin language b) creole language c) language ideology d) slang
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a
