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A primary reason to study anthropology is to - ANSWER learn more about our own
culture and ask better questions about how to address cultural challenges
In anthropology the "holistic," principal means: - ANSWER integrating what is known
about all aspects of human beings and cultures at an inclusive level.
What does it mean to say that anthropology is a "comparative discipline"? ANSWER
Anthropological generalizations must be based on evidence from many different
societies and cultures.
Which of the following is a good definition of anthropology? ANSWER The study of
humankind in all times and places.
Cultural relativism: ANSWER requires us to take native views and most things into
consideration before we form an opinion about other cultural practices.
Culture refers to the: - ANSWER learned behaviors and thoughts that human beings
acquire as members of society
Anthropologists use the term "emic" to refer to: - ANSWER an insider or native's
perspective
Ethnocentrism would correspond to: - ANSWER viewed in relation to one's own culture
as superior to others
Humans learn culture from people and cultural institutions surrounding them - ANSWER
all their lives
,Classification of peoples, based on supposed physical characteristics is
called:-ANSWER race
Anthropologists propagate the concept of the noble savage in order to emphasize the
significance of aboriginal cultures.-ANSWER false
One form of anthropology fieldwork is ethnography. Ethnography is the detailed
research of the daily praxis and existence of a group of people. Ethnography yields a
thick description of the researched group at a specific place and time. - ANSWER True
Money that migrants working outside of the area or country send back to the home
towns and family are referred to as remittances. - ANSWER True
Ethnographers and most other anthropologists believe that the ethnographer should be
as ethnocentric as possible when conducting research with groups and individuals of
other cultures. -ANSWER false
Cultural relativism is the belief that one should attempt to understand another person's
beliefs and behaviors in the context of their own culture and not in terms of one's own
culture. -ANSWER true
Ethnographic methods involve keeping field notebooks in which ethnographers write
down their ideas and reflections about what they do and observe when participating in
activities with the people they are studying-a research technique called participant
observation. Other sources of ethnographic data include informal conversations and
more formal interviews that are recorded and transcribed. They also gather documents
such as letters, photographs, artifacts, public records, books and reports. - ANSWER
true
Emic words, categories and perspectives are. - ANSWER those that describe
behaviours and beliefs in terms meaningful to members of a particular culture, e.g.
,Etic words, categories and perspectives are. - ANSWER those which account for
behaviour by an outside observer in terms meaningful to the observer.
The tendency of cultures, to respond to external pressures by revivifying what they
perceive as their traditional beliefs is often referred to as salvage ethnography. -
ANSWER false
A "thick description," as originally described by Clifford Geertz, explains not only the
behaviour or cultural event in question but also the context in which it occurs and
anthropological interpretations of it. Such descriptions help readers more fully
understand the internal logic of why people in a culture behave as they do, and why the
behaviours are meaningful to them. - ANSWER true
Ethnography, by nature, is highly quantitative, rather than qualitative. - ANWER false
A signature of the four-field approach is its holistic perspective: anthropologists are
interested in studying everything that makes us human. Thus, they use multiple
approaches to understanding humans throughout time and throughout the world. They
also acknowledge that to understand people fully one cannot look solely at biology,
culture, history, or language; rather, all of those things must be considered. - ANSWER
true
Most ethnographers combine the emic and etic approaches throughout the research
and writing process. -ANSWER true
A diaspora refers to a multisited ethnography. A multisited ethnography involves
fieldwork in two or more specific locales. -ANSWER false
Today, anthropologists understand that human cultures are never static but change in
response to social, political, and economic as well as other external and internal
influences—that a culture is never more authentic or more primitive than at any time. -
ANSWER true
Because the ethnographic research strategy has proven so useful in understanding the
, perspectives of others, the strategy has been adopted by many other disciplines such
as sociology, education, psychology, and political science. - ANSWER true
A polyvocal text is one in which more than one person's voice is represented, and its
practice can range from maintaining that the points of view of the informants are
represented in the text while still writing in the voice of the researcher to using the
actual words of informants rather than paraphrasing and co-authoring the ethnography
with an informant. - ANSWER true
The most decisive turn in the past 50 years, in terms of ethnography research and
writing, has been the rejection of both postmodernism and reflexivity. - ANSWER false
Bohannan originally thought that Hamlet had only one universal understanding and that
it was an obvious one. - ANSWER true
The Tiv were incensed that Hamlet's mother and uncle would marry so soon after
Hamlet's father had died. - ANSWER false
It would seem that the story of Hamlet shows a far less ethnocentric assumption on the
parts of the Tiv elders. - ANSWER false
Not believing in ghosts equates to having no concept of ghosts. - ANSWER false
The Tiv's actual beliefs did not prove fundamental to their interpretation of the story of
Hamlet. - ANSWER false
The Tiv believed it was improper of Hamlet to attempt an avenging of his uncle even
though his uncle murdered his father. They believe he should have gone to others who
are his father and uncle's age group and appealed to them to seek justice. - ANSWER
True
The Tiv, in the final analysis, have essentially grasped the story as Bohannan had
intended. - ANSWER false
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A primary reason to study anthropology is to - ANSWER learn more about our own
culture and ask better questions about how to address cultural challenges
In anthropology the "holistic," principal means: - ANSWER integrating what is known
about all aspects of human beings and cultures at an inclusive level.
What does it mean to say that anthropology is a "comparative discipline"? ANSWER
Anthropological generalizations must be based on evidence from many different
societies and cultures.
Which of the following is a good definition of anthropology? ANSWER The study of
humankind in all times and places.
Cultural relativism: ANSWER requires us to take native views and most things into
consideration before we form an opinion about other cultural practices.
Culture refers to the: - ANSWER learned behaviors and thoughts that human beings
acquire as members of society
Anthropologists use the term "emic" to refer to: - ANSWER an insider or native's
perspective
Ethnocentrism would correspond to: - ANSWER viewed in relation to one's own culture
as superior to others
Humans learn culture from people and cultural institutions surrounding them - ANSWER
all their lives
,Classification of peoples, based on supposed physical characteristics is
called:-ANSWER race
Anthropologists propagate the concept of the noble savage in order to emphasize the
significance of aboriginal cultures.-ANSWER false
One form of anthropology fieldwork is ethnography. Ethnography is the detailed
research of the daily praxis and existence of a group of people. Ethnography yields a
thick description of the researched group at a specific place and time. - ANSWER True
Money that migrants working outside of the area or country send back to the home
towns and family are referred to as remittances. - ANSWER True
Ethnographers and most other anthropologists believe that the ethnographer should be
as ethnocentric as possible when conducting research with groups and individuals of
other cultures. -ANSWER false
Cultural relativism is the belief that one should attempt to understand another person's
beliefs and behaviors in the context of their own culture and not in terms of one's own
culture. -ANSWER true
Ethnographic methods involve keeping field notebooks in which ethnographers write
down their ideas and reflections about what they do and observe when participating in
activities with the people they are studying-a research technique called participant
observation. Other sources of ethnographic data include informal conversations and
more formal interviews that are recorded and transcribed. They also gather documents
such as letters, photographs, artifacts, public records, books and reports. - ANSWER
true
Emic words, categories and perspectives are. - ANSWER those that describe
behaviours and beliefs in terms meaningful to members of a particular culture, e.g.
,Etic words, categories and perspectives are. - ANSWER those which account for
behaviour by an outside observer in terms meaningful to the observer.
The tendency of cultures, to respond to external pressures by revivifying what they
perceive as their traditional beliefs is often referred to as salvage ethnography. -
ANSWER false
A "thick description," as originally described by Clifford Geertz, explains not only the
behaviour or cultural event in question but also the context in which it occurs and
anthropological interpretations of it. Such descriptions help readers more fully
understand the internal logic of why people in a culture behave as they do, and why the
behaviours are meaningful to them. - ANSWER true
Ethnography, by nature, is highly quantitative, rather than qualitative. - ANWER false
A signature of the four-field approach is its holistic perspective: anthropologists are
interested in studying everything that makes us human. Thus, they use multiple
approaches to understanding humans throughout time and throughout the world. They
also acknowledge that to understand people fully one cannot look solely at biology,
culture, history, or language; rather, all of those things must be considered. - ANSWER
true
Most ethnographers combine the emic and etic approaches throughout the research
and writing process. -ANSWER true
A diaspora refers to a multisited ethnography. A multisited ethnography involves
fieldwork in two or more specific locales. -ANSWER false
Today, anthropologists understand that human cultures are never static but change in
response to social, political, and economic as well as other external and internal
influences—that a culture is never more authentic or more primitive than at any time. -
ANSWER true
Because the ethnographic research strategy has proven so useful in understanding the
, perspectives of others, the strategy has been adopted by many other disciplines such
as sociology, education, psychology, and political science. - ANSWER true
A polyvocal text is one in which more than one person's voice is represented, and its
practice can range from maintaining that the points of view of the informants are
represented in the text while still writing in the voice of the researcher to using the
actual words of informants rather than paraphrasing and co-authoring the ethnography
with an informant. - ANSWER true
The most decisive turn in the past 50 years, in terms of ethnography research and
writing, has been the rejection of both postmodernism and reflexivity. - ANSWER false
Bohannan originally thought that Hamlet had only one universal understanding and that
it was an obvious one. - ANSWER true
The Tiv were incensed that Hamlet's mother and uncle would marry so soon after
Hamlet's father had died. - ANSWER false
It would seem that the story of Hamlet shows a far less ethnocentric assumption on the
parts of the Tiv elders. - ANSWER false
Not believing in ghosts equates to having no concept of ghosts. - ANSWER false
The Tiv's actual beliefs did not prove fundamental to their interpretation of the story of
Hamlet. - ANSWER false
The Tiv believed it was improper of Hamlet to attempt an avenging of his uncle even
though his uncle murdered his father. They believe he should have gone to others who
are his father and uncle's age group and appealed to them to seek justice. - ANSWER
True
The Tiv, in the final analysis, have essentially grasped the story as Bohannan had
intended. - ANSWER false
