Anthro 101 Chivens Exam 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Four Fields of Antrhopology - CORRECT ANSWER - Cultural, Linguistic, Biological,
Archaeological
Ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER - the error of viewing one's own culture as superior
and applying one's own cultural values in judging people from other cultures
Familiarizing Strategies - CORRECT ANSWER - making the strange familiar; learning
unfamiliar categories on their own terms; thick and thin descriptions make understanding harder
Defamiliarizing Strategies - CORRECT ANSWER - making the familiar strange; unsettling
what is taken for granted; give a jolt to deeply ingrained patterns; to enable an ethnographic
descirption
Juxtaposition - CORRECT ANSWER - placing two things next to each other to see
differences; good way to make culture visible
Thin Descriptions - CORRECT ANSWER - surface level, get past bias, ex:blink with eyes
Thick Descriptions - CORRECT ANSWER - Eventually this becomes a symbol and means
more than the surface level; ex: sexual intent of a wink
Universals vs. Particulars - CORRECT ANSWER - finding the particular in what appears to
some to be universal; how well do our categories actually transfer over
Cultural Particularity - CORRECT ANSWER - Trait or feature of culture not generalized of
widespread
, Franz Boas - CORRECT ANSWER - PhD in physics, worked in all four fields of anthro;
opposed scientific racism
-argued that cultural forms are the result of local contexts and local histories, not the result of
intrinsic or hierarchical differences between human groups
-"like causes have like effects, but like effects need not have like causes.."
Shakespeare in the Bush - CORRECT ANSWER - -Finding the particular in what appears to
be universal
-British friends say that she cannot understand because she is not British
-Proves by sharing; ex: concepts of the ghosts
Bohannan's use of juxtaposition - CORRECT ANSWER - -form of comparative method to get
at this question
-shows universal is actually culturally specific
-crucial concepts>see limits
Bohannan's use of interpretation - CORRECT ANSWER - -Hamlet: dad died, remarries uncle
-in the other culture this is the best thing that could happen
Bohannan article and Ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER - one thing all groups have in
common they think their story is right, they think their culture is superior
Culture - CORRECT ANSWER - learned behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes characteristic of a
particular society or population
Culture is learned - CORRECT ANSWER - Not inherited or transmitted genetically
Enculturation - CORRECT ANSWER - the process of learning a culture; learning from
experience via reward/punishment that modifies behavior
ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Four Fields of Antrhopology - CORRECT ANSWER - Cultural, Linguistic, Biological,
Archaeological
Ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER - the error of viewing one's own culture as superior
and applying one's own cultural values in judging people from other cultures
Familiarizing Strategies - CORRECT ANSWER - making the strange familiar; learning
unfamiliar categories on their own terms; thick and thin descriptions make understanding harder
Defamiliarizing Strategies - CORRECT ANSWER - making the familiar strange; unsettling
what is taken for granted; give a jolt to deeply ingrained patterns; to enable an ethnographic
descirption
Juxtaposition - CORRECT ANSWER - placing two things next to each other to see
differences; good way to make culture visible
Thin Descriptions - CORRECT ANSWER - surface level, get past bias, ex:blink with eyes
Thick Descriptions - CORRECT ANSWER - Eventually this becomes a symbol and means
more than the surface level; ex: sexual intent of a wink
Universals vs. Particulars - CORRECT ANSWER - finding the particular in what appears to
some to be universal; how well do our categories actually transfer over
Cultural Particularity - CORRECT ANSWER - Trait or feature of culture not generalized of
widespread
, Franz Boas - CORRECT ANSWER - PhD in physics, worked in all four fields of anthro;
opposed scientific racism
-argued that cultural forms are the result of local contexts and local histories, not the result of
intrinsic or hierarchical differences between human groups
-"like causes have like effects, but like effects need not have like causes.."
Shakespeare in the Bush - CORRECT ANSWER - -Finding the particular in what appears to
be universal
-British friends say that she cannot understand because she is not British
-Proves by sharing; ex: concepts of the ghosts
Bohannan's use of juxtaposition - CORRECT ANSWER - -form of comparative method to get
at this question
-shows universal is actually culturally specific
-crucial concepts>see limits
Bohannan's use of interpretation - CORRECT ANSWER - -Hamlet: dad died, remarries uncle
-in the other culture this is the best thing that could happen
Bohannan article and Ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER - one thing all groups have in
common they think their story is right, they think their culture is superior
Culture - CORRECT ANSWER - learned behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes characteristic of a
particular society or population
Culture is learned - CORRECT ANSWER - Not inherited or transmitted genetically
Enculturation - CORRECT ANSWER - the process of learning a culture; learning from
experience via reward/punishment that modifies behavior
