Anthropology exam 1
1. Which of the following characteristics uniquely defines the anthropological approach?
A. a concern with the study of humans
B. a focus on human relationships and society
C. a focus on humans as biological organisms
D. a holistic perspective - correct answer ✔✔D. Holistic Perspective
The holistic anthropological perspective is expansive and inclusive and involves the study of human
beings as:
A. complex biological and cultural organisms
B. interdependent cultural and social organisms
C. interdependent psychological and biological organisms
D. interconnected psychological and philosophical organisms - correct answer ✔✔A. Complex Biological
and cultural organisms
3. Which of the following is not a perspective of anthropology?
A. a holistic perspective
B. an ethnocentric perspective
C. a cross-cultural perspective
D. a long-term evolutionary perspective - correct answer ✔✔b. an ethnocentric perspective
4. One aspect that makes anthropology unique among social sciences is its traditional focus on:
A. peoples of Caucasian and African descent
B. European peoples
,C. non-Western peoples and cultures
D. peasants and farmers - correct answer ✔✔C. Non Western peoples and cultures
5. What perspective best helps guard most against culture-bound theories?
A. a cross-cultural perspective
B. a cross-cultural and long-term evolutionary perspective
C. a long-term evolutionary and philosophical perspective
D. all perspectives guard against culture-bound theories - correct answer ✔✔B. Cross-cultural and
longterm evolutionary perspective
What difference did Margaret Lock find between Japanese and North American perceptions of death?
A. Japanese are more comfortable harvesting organs from those declared brain dead
B. North Americans are more comfortable harvesting organs from those declared brain dead
C. Japanese do not use human organ transplants
D. North Americans do not classify people as brain dead - correct answer ✔✔B. North Americans are
more comfortable harvesting organs from those declared brain dead
Individuals within all four subfields of Anthropology practice:
A. ethnological anthropology
B. applied anthropology
C. development anthropology
D. molecular anthropology - correct answer ✔✔B. Applied anthropology
Which of the following is not a common practice within applied anthropology?
A. collaboration between anthropologists and community members
,B. conducting research together as a team with community members
C. solving specific problems
D. involvement in issues of no practical value - correct answer ✔✔D. involvement in issues of no
practical value
9. Which of the following is not a characteristic of medical anthropology?
A. brings together theoretical and applied approaches
B. uses approaches from cultural and biological anthropology
C. studies human sickness and health
D. involves anthropologists who are sick - correct answer ✔✔D. involves anthropologists who are sick
Another name for Cultural Anthropology is:
A. sociology
B. ethnology
C. sociocultural anthropology
D. ethnography - correct answer ✔✔A. sociology
11. Which of the following describes how anthropologists study culture:
A. anthropologists study individuals who are more "cultured" than others
B. anthropologists study a society's shared and socially transmitted ideas
C. anthropologists grow microbial organisms
D. anthropologists do not study culture - correct answer ✔✔B. Anthropologists study a society's shared
and socially transmitted ideas
The detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on fieldwork is called:
, A. ethnology
B. ethnography
C. forensic anthropology
D. molecular anthropology - correct answer ✔✔B. Ethnography
Location research is also known as:
A. cultural resource management
B. ethnology
C. fieldwork
D. site research - correct answer ✔✔C. Fieldwork
Participant observation:
A. is the common term used for the ethnographic method
B. is a common cross-cultural ritual
C. is not used in anthropology
D. is only used in chemistry - correct answer ✔✔B. is a common cross-cultural ritual
Which of the following best describes ethnology?
A. cross-cultural comparative research
B. detailed description of a particular culture
C. study of customary patterns in human behavior
D. participant observation research - correct answer ✔✔A. Cross-cultural comparative research
All of the following are approaches that linguistic anthropologists may take except:
A. studying the way languages change over time
1. Which of the following characteristics uniquely defines the anthropological approach?
A. a concern with the study of humans
B. a focus on human relationships and society
C. a focus on humans as biological organisms
D. a holistic perspective - correct answer ✔✔D. Holistic Perspective
The holistic anthropological perspective is expansive and inclusive and involves the study of human
beings as:
A. complex biological and cultural organisms
B. interdependent cultural and social organisms
C. interdependent psychological and biological organisms
D. interconnected psychological and philosophical organisms - correct answer ✔✔A. Complex Biological
and cultural organisms
3. Which of the following is not a perspective of anthropology?
A. a holistic perspective
B. an ethnocentric perspective
C. a cross-cultural perspective
D. a long-term evolutionary perspective - correct answer ✔✔b. an ethnocentric perspective
4. One aspect that makes anthropology unique among social sciences is its traditional focus on:
A. peoples of Caucasian and African descent
B. European peoples
,C. non-Western peoples and cultures
D. peasants and farmers - correct answer ✔✔C. Non Western peoples and cultures
5. What perspective best helps guard most against culture-bound theories?
A. a cross-cultural perspective
B. a cross-cultural and long-term evolutionary perspective
C. a long-term evolutionary and philosophical perspective
D. all perspectives guard against culture-bound theories - correct answer ✔✔B. Cross-cultural and
longterm evolutionary perspective
What difference did Margaret Lock find between Japanese and North American perceptions of death?
A. Japanese are more comfortable harvesting organs from those declared brain dead
B. North Americans are more comfortable harvesting organs from those declared brain dead
C. Japanese do not use human organ transplants
D. North Americans do not classify people as brain dead - correct answer ✔✔B. North Americans are
more comfortable harvesting organs from those declared brain dead
Individuals within all four subfields of Anthropology practice:
A. ethnological anthropology
B. applied anthropology
C. development anthropology
D. molecular anthropology - correct answer ✔✔B. Applied anthropology
Which of the following is not a common practice within applied anthropology?
A. collaboration between anthropologists and community members
,B. conducting research together as a team with community members
C. solving specific problems
D. involvement in issues of no practical value - correct answer ✔✔D. involvement in issues of no
practical value
9. Which of the following is not a characteristic of medical anthropology?
A. brings together theoretical and applied approaches
B. uses approaches from cultural and biological anthropology
C. studies human sickness and health
D. involves anthropologists who are sick - correct answer ✔✔D. involves anthropologists who are sick
Another name for Cultural Anthropology is:
A. sociology
B. ethnology
C. sociocultural anthropology
D. ethnography - correct answer ✔✔A. sociology
11. Which of the following describes how anthropologists study culture:
A. anthropologists study individuals who are more "cultured" than others
B. anthropologists study a society's shared and socially transmitted ideas
C. anthropologists grow microbial organisms
D. anthropologists do not study culture - correct answer ✔✔B. Anthropologists study a society's shared
and socially transmitted ideas
The detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on fieldwork is called:
, A. ethnology
B. ethnography
C. forensic anthropology
D. molecular anthropology - correct answer ✔✔B. Ethnography
Location research is also known as:
A. cultural resource management
B. ethnology
C. fieldwork
D. site research - correct answer ✔✔C. Fieldwork
Participant observation:
A. is the common term used for the ethnographic method
B. is a common cross-cultural ritual
C. is not used in anthropology
D. is only used in chemistry - correct answer ✔✔B. is a common cross-cultural ritual
Which of the following best describes ethnology?
A. cross-cultural comparative research
B. detailed description of a particular culture
C. study of customary patterns in human behavior
D. participant observation research - correct answer ✔✔A. Cross-cultural comparative research
All of the following are approaches that linguistic anthropologists may take except:
A. studying the way languages change over time
