Anth 411 Sara Withers Exam 1
4 Fields - correct answer ✔Biological/Physical
Archeological
Lingustic
Cultural
Culture - correct answer ✔Holidays, traditions, clothing, food, language
Ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔Ones own culture represents the best way
to do something, judging other groups
Applied Anthropology - correct answer ✔the use of skills, knowledge,
resources, experience to help other humans
Armchair Anthropology - correct answer ✔Not based on fieldwork or
research
Cultural Evolutionism - correct answer ✔(Charles Darwin) the idea that
human culture changes
Psychic Unity of Mankind - correct answer ✔all humans regardless of race or
gender share the same basic psych and cognitive make-up
Social Darwinism - correct answer ✔theory that justified hierarchy ranking of
social classes within any society (Natural selection=adapted to environment to
survive)
, Historical Particularism - correct answer ✔(Franz Boas) each society is a
collective representation of its unique historical past
Cultural Determinism - correct answer ✔the culture in which we are raised
determines who we are at emotional and behavioral levels
Cultural Relativism - correct answer ✔a persons beliefs and activities should
be understood by others in terms of their own culture
Nacirema - correct answer ✔"America" aspects of the behavior and society
of citizens of the U.S. (weird and different way of looking at other cultures)
Fieldwork - correct answer ✔Intense, long-term research
total immersion
"going native"
living among others
learning language
eating the food
Field Notes - correct answer ✔Interviews (life stories, focus groups)
Participant Observation - correct answer ✔living among others
learning language
living everyday life with the natives
Key Informant - correct answer ✔individuals selected on the basis of
knowledge, compatibility, age, experience, to provide info
4 Fields - correct answer ✔Biological/Physical
Archeological
Lingustic
Cultural
Culture - correct answer ✔Holidays, traditions, clothing, food, language
Ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔Ones own culture represents the best way
to do something, judging other groups
Applied Anthropology - correct answer ✔the use of skills, knowledge,
resources, experience to help other humans
Armchair Anthropology - correct answer ✔Not based on fieldwork or
research
Cultural Evolutionism - correct answer ✔(Charles Darwin) the idea that
human culture changes
Psychic Unity of Mankind - correct answer ✔all humans regardless of race or
gender share the same basic psych and cognitive make-up
Social Darwinism - correct answer ✔theory that justified hierarchy ranking of
social classes within any society (Natural selection=adapted to environment to
survive)
, Historical Particularism - correct answer ✔(Franz Boas) each society is a
collective representation of its unique historical past
Cultural Determinism - correct answer ✔the culture in which we are raised
determines who we are at emotional and behavioral levels
Cultural Relativism - correct answer ✔a persons beliefs and activities should
be understood by others in terms of their own culture
Nacirema - correct answer ✔"America" aspects of the behavior and society
of citizens of the U.S. (weird and different way of looking at other cultures)
Fieldwork - correct answer ✔Intense, long-term research
total immersion
"going native"
living among others
learning language
eating the food
Field Notes - correct answer ✔Interviews (life stories, focus groups)
Participant Observation - correct answer ✔living among others
learning language
living everyday life with the natives
Key Informant - correct answer ✔individuals selected on the basis of
knowledge, compatibility, age, experience, to provide info
