UNH Anthropology 411 Exam One
Material
anthropology - correct answer ✔study of people, humankind, culture
biological/physical - correct answer ✔human origins, look at biological
changes over time
archaeology - correct answer ✔material cultural remains
linguistic - correct answer ✔language and communication, study of the
human communication process
cultural - correct answer ✔study of cultural variation among humans
applied - correct answer ✔use of anthropological skills, knowledge,
resources and experience to help in the solution of human problems (non-
academic anthropology)
culture - correct answer ✔the way of life of people, the things they do and
make, their ideas
ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔one's own culture represents the natural
way or BEST way to do something
enculturation - correct answer ✔process by which people learn the
requirements of their surrounding culture and acquire values and behaviors
appropriate in that culture (the process of being socialized to a particular
culture)
, medical anthropology - correct answer ✔cultural differences in explaining
what causes illness and what people from different cultures believe is
acceptable as treatment
corporate anthropology - correct answer ✔applying anthropology theories
and practices to the needs of private sector organizations
forensic anthropology - correct answer ✔specialty of biological anthropology,
help to identify murder and disaster victims from skeletal remains
armchair anthropology - correct answer ✔descriptions and theories based on
missionaries and explorers accounts of the "other" (learning about cultures
from own library)
cultural evolutionism - correct answer ✔biological, ranked society from
simple to complex
psychic unity of mankind - correct answer ✔humankind thinks the same
across cultures
unilineal evolutionary theories - correct answer ✔comparative, cross society
comparison
living fossils - correct answer ✔
social darwinism - correct answer ✔elite deserve to be in power because of
biology, justified ranking of social classes in a society
Material
anthropology - correct answer ✔study of people, humankind, culture
biological/physical - correct answer ✔human origins, look at biological
changes over time
archaeology - correct answer ✔material cultural remains
linguistic - correct answer ✔language and communication, study of the
human communication process
cultural - correct answer ✔study of cultural variation among humans
applied - correct answer ✔use of anthropological skills, knowledge,
resources and experience to help in the solution of human problems (non-
academic anthropology)
culture - correct answer ✔the way of life of people, the things they do and
make, their ideas
ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔one's own culture represents the natural
way or BEST way to do something
enculturation - correct answer ✔process by which people learn the
requirements of their surrounding culture and acquire values and behaviors
appropriate in that culture (the process of being socialized to a particular
culture)
, medical anthropology - correct answer ✔cultural differences in explaining
what causes illness and what people from different cultures believe is
acceptable as treatment
corporate anthropology - correct answer ✔applying anthropology theories
and practices to the needs of private sector organizations
forensic anthropology - correct answer ✔specialty of biological anthropology,
help to identify murder and disaster victims from skeletal remains
armchair anthropology - correct answer ✔descriptions and theories based on
missionaries and explorers accounts of the "other" (learning about cultures
from own library)
cultural evolutionism - correct answer ✔biological, ranked society from
simple to complex
psychic unity of mankind - correct answer ✔humankind thinks the same
across cultures
unilineal evolutionary theories - correct answer ✔comparative, cross society
comparison
living fossils - correct answer ✔
social darwinism - correct answer ✔elite deserve to be in power because of
biology, justified ranking of social classes in a society
