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PHYSICAL
PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY 12TH
12TH EDITION
EDITION BY
BY PHILIP
PHILIP STEIN
STEIN BRUCE
BRUCE ROWE
ROWE BRIAN
BRIAN PIERSON
PIERSON
TEST BANK PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 12TH EDITION BY PHILIP STEIN BRUCE
Test Bank
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SOLVED QUESTIONS MASTER KEY
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Student name:__________
1) The field that studies fossil records is:
A) primatology
B) paleontology
C) genetics
D) archaeology
2) The subfield of physical anthropology includes the study of:
A) human genetics
B) forensic anthropology
C) human biological variation
D) all of these
3) Cultural anthropology:
A) is a branch of archaeology
B) is the study of art and music
C) includes the study of human social organizations and learned patterns of behavior
D) includes paleontology as a major topic
4) The study of a people's political organization would be a part of:
A) cultural anthropology
B) linguistics
C) archaeology
D) physical anthropology
5) An anthropological linguist:
A) always attempts to learn to speak as many languages as he or she possibly can
B) teaches students foreign languages
C) studies the history, function, structure, and physiology of language
D) would only be interested in cultures that have writing systems
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6) The practical application of anthropological knowledge to real-world concerns is called:
A) academic anthropology
B) lived anthropology
C) applied anthropology
D) realistic anthropology
7) An empirical observation is one that is:
A) measurable
B) a fact
C) received through the senses
D) all of these
8) Hypotheses:
A) are always considered to be correct statements
B) are the same thing as laws in science
C) are not a necessary part of the scientific method
D) must be logical and testable
9) Hypotheses:
A) can be disproven
B) can be tested through experiments and observations
C) are based on empirical observations
D) all of these
10) A tentative statement about the relationship between two variables is a(n):
A) hypothesis
B) theory
C) empirical statement
D) rationalization
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11) An example of a variable would be:
A) the theory of evolution by natural selection
B) the cranial capacities of a series of skulls
C) that all mammals give live birth
D) all of these
12) Once proposed, a hypothesis may be tested by:
A) comparing it to known data gathered from nature
B) conducting an experiment
C) comparing one phenomenon with another to determine the relationships between
them
D) all of these
13) A hypothesis may be tested in a number of ways. One of the following is not a way to test a
hypothesis.
A) Test the predictive value of the hypothesis by comparing it to all known data from
nature.
B) Ask all scientists doing research in the area the hypothesis concerns and confirm that
the hypothesis is based on a consensus of the opinions of those scientists.
C) Conduct experiments
D) Through comparative studies
14) A theory is:
A) a speculative statement
B) a statement of extremely high validity
C) the same as a hypothesis
D) the same as a fact
15) Darwin's explanation of evolution by natural selection is an example of a(n):
A) theory
B) hypothesis
C) empirical statement
D) experiment
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PHYSICAL
PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY 12TH
12TH EDITION
EDITION BY
BY PHILIP
PHILIP STEIN
STEIN BRUCE
BRUCE ROWE
ROWE BRIAN
BRIAN PIERSON
PIERSON
TEST BANK PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 12TH EDITION BY PHILIP STEIN BRUCE
Test Bank
REVIEW
ALL CERTIFIED FILE
REVIEW RELIABLE RESPONSES
SOLVED QUESTIONS MASTER KEY
ROWE BRIAN PIERSON ALL CHAPTERS SOLVEDANSWER KEY TEST
QUESTIONS BANK REVIEW
EXPERT
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Chapter 1
Student name:__________
1) The field that studies fossil records is:
A) primatology
B) paleontology
C) genetics
D) archaeology
2) The subfield of physical anthropology includes the study of:
A) human genetics
B) forensic anthropology
C) human biological variation
D) all of these
3) Cultural anthropology:
A) is a branch of archaeology
B) is the study of art and music
C) includes the study of human social organizations and learned patterns of behavior
D) includes paleontology as a major topic
4) The study of a people's political organization would be a part of:
A) cultural anthropology
B) linguistics
C) archaeology
D) physical anthropology
5) An anthropological linguist:
A) always attempts to learn to speak as many languages as he or she possibly can
B) teaches students foreign languages
C) studies the history, function, structure, and physiology of language
D) would only be interested in cultures that have writing systems
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6) The practical application of anthropological knowledge to real-world concerns is called:
A) academic anthropology
B) lived anthropology
C) applied anthropology
D) realistic anthropology
7) An empirical observation is one that is:
A) measurable
B) a fact
C) received through the senses
D) all of these
8) Hypotheses:
A) are always considered to be correct statements
B) are the same thing as laws in science
C) are not a necessary part of the scientific method
D) must be logical and testable
9) Hypotheses:
A) can be disproven
B) can be tested through experiments and observations
C) are based on empirical observations
D) all of these
10) A tentative statement about the relationship between two variables is a(n):
A) hypothesis
B) theory
C) empirical statement
D) rationalization
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Chapter 1
11) An example of a variable would be:
A) the theory of evolution by natural selection
B) the cranial capacities of a series of skulls
C) that all mammals give live birth
D) all of these
12) Once proposed, a hypothesis may be tested by:
A) comparing it to known data gathered from nature
B) conducting an experiment
C) comparing one phenomenon with another to determine the relationships between
them
D) all of these
13) A hypothesis may be tested in a number of ways. One of the following is not a way to test a
hypothesis.
A) Test the predictive value of the hypothesis by comparing it to all known data from
nature.
B) Ask all scientists doing research in the area the hypothesis concerns and confirm that
the hypothesis is based on a consensus of the opinions of those scientists.
C) Conduct experiments
D) Through comparative studies
14) A theory is:
A) a speculative statement
B) a statement of extremely high validity
C) the same as a hypothesis
D) the same as a fact
15) Darwin's explanation of evolution by natural selection is an example of a(n):
A) theory
B) hypothesis
C) empirical statement
D) experiment
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