Anthropology 3AC, Midterm 1, UC Berkeley UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
, Ethnography -Research designed to explore cultural phenomena
-A graphic and literal representation of a group
-Meant to capture social traditions in naturally occurring settings
-Spearheaded by Muller
-Exemplified in Malinowski's works
-Lowie vs. Malinowski: Lowie relied on serendipity and stayed for short periods of
time. Malinowski relied on previous knowledge and was more systematic
Malinowski -Ethnographer
-Studied the people of the Trobriand Islands
-Published "Argonauts of The Western Pacific"
-"A Diary In The Strict Sense of The Term"
-Studied gift exchange (The Kula Ring)
The Kula Ring -Ceremonial Exchange system in Papau New Guinea
-Made famous by Malinowski
-Linked to political authority
Participant-Observation -Used by Cushing on the Zuni Indians
-Principal approach to ethnographic research
-Relied on cultivation of persona relationships with the subjects being studied
3 Principles of Method -Malinowski
-"Argonauts of The Western Pacific"
1) Student must possess real scientific aims
2) Student must put himself in a good work environment
3) Student must apply a number of special methods of collecting evidence
Four-Field Approach -Biological Anthropology
-Socio-cultural Anthropology
-Linguistic Anthropology
-Archeological Anthropology
Age-Area Hypothesis -Hypothesis that says that cultural traits tend to explained outward from their
origin with time
-The larger an area that a trait is found in, the older it is
-Normal for culture traits to radiate from a center
-The center is the focal point of new traits
Diffusionism -Frobenius
-The spread of cultural items between individuals
-Isolation of culture traits
-Delineation of cultural areas
-Proposal of an Age-Are hypothesis
Sociolinguistics -Study of all aspects of society on the way language is used, and the way
language affects society
-Founded by William Labov
Linguistic Anthropology -The interdisciplinary study of how language influences social life
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
, Ethnography -Research designed to explore cultural phenomena
-A graphic and literal representation of a group
-Meant to capture social traditions in naturally occurring settings
-Spearheaded by Muller
-Exemplified in Malinowski's works
-Lowie vs. Malinowski: Lowie relied on serendipity and stayed for short periods of
time. Malinowski relied on previous knowledge and was more systematic
Malinowski -Ethnographer
-Studied the people of the Trobriand Islands
-Published "Argonauts of The Western Pacific"
-"A Diary In The Strict Sense of The Term"
-Studied gift exchange (The Kula Ring)
The Kula Ring -Ceremonial Exchange system in Papau New Guinea
-Made famous by Malinowski
-Linked to political authority
Participant-Observation -Used by Cushing on the Zuni Indians
-Principal approach to ethnographic research
-Relied on cultivation of persona relationships with the subjects being studied
3 Principles of Method -Malinowski
-"Argonauts of The Western Pacific"
1) Student must possess real scientific aims
2) Student must put himself in a good work environment
3) Student must apply a number of special methods of collecting evidence
Four-Field Approach -Biological Anthropology
-Socio-cultural Anthropology
-Linguistic Anthropology
-Archeological Anthropology
Age-Area Hypothesis -Hypothesis that says that cultural traits tend to explained outward from their
origin with time
-The larger an area that a trait is found in, the older it is
-Normal for culture traits to radiate from a center
-The center is the focal point of new traits
Diffusionism -Frobenius
-The spread of cultural items between individuals
-Isolation of culture traits
-Delineation of cultural areas
-Proposal of an Age-Are hypothesis
Sociolinguistics -Study of all aspects of society on the way language is used, and the way
language affects society
-Founded by William Labov
Linguistic Anthropology -The interdisciplinary study of how language influences social life
