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Exam 1

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T/F Functionalism argues that culture serves to fulfill basic needs.
True
Contemporary cultural anthropologists:
promote cultural relativism
Culture is:
Learned, shared, based on symbols and unique to humans
Your work as an anthropologist emphasizes gaining insight into peoples responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. As part of your work you interviewed people about their experiences at the beginning of the pandemic and the challenges they faced in March, April, May 2020. You were interested in understanding how people were affected by a scarcity of resources including limited access to toilet paper, sanitizer, food products, etc. Your work is most associated with which perspective?
Materialism
T/F Ethnographic research can be conducted in a short period of time with limited effort by passing out surveys and having limited interaction with consultants.
True
The cornerstone of ethnographic fieldwork is:
participant observation
T/F All cultures evolve through a set number of stages.
False
Franz Boas is:
known for promoting historical particularism
You are an ethnographer conducting research in a rural village in Guatemala. When entering the field you think back to your introduction to cultural anthropology class and the qualities you should be looking for in a key cultural consultant. Which should you avoid when identifying a key cultural consultant?
The first person who shows an interest in you and your research
T/F Anthropologists study dinosaurs
False
T/F Linear British Diffusion is the best explanation for the existence of pyramids in Egypt and also Mexico.
False
Fieldwork entails (?) and (?)
establishing rapport and building relationships
Which committee oversees the ethics of research involving human subject and is therefore a necessary consideration for cultural anthropologists prior to conducting fieldwork?
The Institutional Review Board (IRB)
What is not a sub-field of anthropology?
Paleobotany
T/F Cultural differences are largely due to different ways of addressing basic human needs.
True
T/F Ethnographic research can only be conducted in far away exotic locations.
False
T/F In conducting research with a political leader you would be best suited to conduct a formal or structured interview.
True
Which individual is known for providing a comprehensive early definition of culture and for contributing to the classical evolutionist perspective?
Edward Tylor
T/F Culture is predictable and therefore we can apply laws to culture.
True
Which anthropologist is credited with examining culture and personality in Samoa?
Margaret Mead
The primary responsibility of the cultural anthropologist:
is to limit the impacts on the culture of study while not causing harm.
T/F Fieldwork requires the anthropologist to be immersed in the local culture.
True
T/F Animals other than humans have social structures (societies) but do not exhibit culture.
True
The tendency to view one's own culture as superior is known as:
Ethnocentrism
Anthropology is:
a holistic discipline that dates back to the mid to late 19th century.
You are a graduate student studying ethnography and you travel to Thailand for your fieldwork. You live with a local family and begin to partake in local habits including the local diet and work activities. After a few weeks you begin to experience loneliness, depression, a feeling of isolation, and a general discontent with your experience. As a committed student of anthropology, you reflect on your ANTH111 course and realize:
this is normal and something all budding cultural anthropologists experience
T/F Anthropologists that focus on the examination of past cultures through looking at material remains are known as archaeologists.
True
Anthropological studies of a single culture are known as:
ethnographies
As an anthropologist you are conducting research in highland New Guinea. You immerse yourself in the culture and you take part in the daily lives of individuals by doing such things as working in gardens, fishing, and living in a typical home in the village where you are conducting research. Your approach could be described best as:
emic
What is not a standard characteristic of ethnographic fieldwork?
Staying in the field for a short amount of time and using only surveys to gather information.
Which statement accurately reflects our discussion of anthropological theory?
No single theoretical perspective is inherently correct, and most cultural anthropologists use a variety of theoretical perspectives to explain cultural similarities and differences.
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