Question 1

Which of the following is not one of the four branches of anthropology?

Accepted Answer

A)  Archaeology
B)  Linguistics
C)  Biology
D)  Cultural anthropology
E)  Physical anthropology

Question 2

The anthropologist has to consider obligations to three sets of people:

Accepted Answer

A)  the anthropologist's family,government,and people studied.
B)  the people who funded the study,the anthropologist's government,and the people who were studied.
C)  the profession of anthropology,other anthropologists who have studied the community,and the community studied.
D)  the anthropologist's students,parents,and the people studied.
E)  the profession of anthropology,the people who funded the study,and the people studied.

Question 3

Which of the following research projects would not belong to the province of linguistic anthropology?

Accepted Answer

A)  Learning about a culture by finding out which objects or events are associated with a large vocabulary
B)  Reconstructing the evolution of the big toe to find out at what time humans began to walk upright
C)  Comparing languages to see which ones can be traced back to a single unifying language
D)  Describing how,in a particular language,sounds are combined to form words and how words are combined to form sentences
E)  Studying the development and use of profanity in middle-school conversation

Question 4

How does the perception of organ transplantation differ between the U.S.and Japan?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is performed more frequently in Japan because they have developed a more efficient harvesting system.
B)  It is rarely performed in Japan because they do not believe in a mind-body split.
C)  It is performed more frequently in the U.S.because there is no belief in a mind-body split.
D)  It is rarely performed in the U.S.because the cultural system does not endorse the idea of anonymous "gifts."
E)  The perception of organ transplantation does not differ significantly between the U.S.and Japan.

Question 5

Cross-cultural studies show that in many non-Western cultures mother-infant "co-sleeping" is the rule.Which of the following is not a benefit of mother-infant co-sleeping?

Accepted Answer

A)  Infants nurse more often
B)  Infants receive more stimuli
C)  Infants are less susceptible to sudden infant death syndrome
D)  Mother gets at least as much sleep as mothers who do not sleep with infants
E)  Infant begins to adapt to separation of space and individual identity

Question 6

Which of the following is not goal of science?

Accepted Answer

A)  To discover the universal principles that govern the workings of the visible world
B)  To develop explanations of the world that are testable and correctable
C)  To eliminate the need to use the imagination
D)  To seek patterns in the data
E)  To use an empirical approach

Question 7

Like other scholars who study people,anthropologists are holistic in their approach.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Ethnographic fieldwork is never done in Western societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Technological innovations contributed to the development of anthropology in that it enabled people to travel to remote parts of the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Clyde Snow is an anthropologist who:

Accepted Answer

A)  studied the Zapotec of Mexico.
B)  went to Truk and studied drinking behavior.
C)  used forensic evidence to investigate "disappearances" in Argentina.
D)  advised the U.S.government about how to implement the New Deal.
E)  found out that a questionnaire administered to rural Peruvians wasn't accurate in what it implied about their behavior.

Question 11

A "culture-bound" theory is a:

Accepted Answer

A)  prediction that is bound to be fulfilled in a particular culture.
B)  theory developed by a cultural anthropologist rather than a physical anthropologist.
C)  theory developed by a sociologist rather than a cultural anthropologist.
D)  theory based on assumptions common to a particular culture rather than deriving from comparisons of many different cultures.
E)  theory based on comparison of cultures and not tied to a single cultural worldview.

Question 12

A position that is a closely examined and critically checked explanation of observed reality is called a(n) :

Accepted Answer

A)  attractive hunch.
B)  dogma.
C)  doctrine.
D)  indisputable opinion.
E)  theory.

Question 13

One way that culture is preserved and shared is by language.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Recent studies have shown that the unusual degree of separation of mother and infant in Western societies has important consequences.Which of the following are not consequences of the rather long degree of mother/infant separation in Western societies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Decreases in the length of infant feeding
B)  Prevention of early ovulation after childbirth
C)  Increase in physical abuse of child
D)  Increases in crying
E)  Decreases in physical stimulation

Question 15

Anthropology is the:

Accepted Answer

A)  study of Western culture primarily through the analysis of its folklore.
B)  study of humankind everywhere,throughout time.
C)  study of nonhuman primates through an analysis of their myth and folklore.
D)  study of the species Homo sapiens by analyzing its cultural but not its biological dimensions.
E)  analysis of humankind from the subjective perspective of one group.

Question 16

is the pioneering American anthropologist who did work among the Zuni and founded the Women's Anthropological Society in 1885.

Accepted Answer

A)  Margaret Mead
B)  Ruth Benedict
C)  Martha Knack
D)  Margaret Lyneis
E)  Matilda Cox Stevenson

Question 17

An archaeologist studies material remains and environmental data to understand:

Accepted Answer

A)  geological time periods.
B)  fossils and the process of preservation.
C)  human culture.
D)  adaptation and the formation of future species.
E)  how oil is formed from ancient plants.

Question 18

was a pioneer in using anthropology as an instrument to combat racism.

Accepted Answer

A)  Franz Boas
B)  Matilda Coxe Stevenson
C)  William Haviland
D)  Stephen Jay Gould
E)  Suzanne Leclerc-Madlala

Question 19

Material and skeletal remains help archaeologists reconstruct the cultural context of human life in the past.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which of the following are broad research interests of physical anthropologists?

Accepted Answer

A)  Descriptive ethnography and culture-bound theory
B)  Fingerprinting and study of hair loss
C)  Biological variation in human populations and evolution of human characteristics
D)  Primate population variation and the reconstruction of the material remains of culture
E)  The study of the origins of language and what causes language change

Exam 1: The-Essence-Of-Anthropology

Which of the following are broad research interests of physical anthropologists?

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Anthropology is the:

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Cross-cultural studies show that in many non-Western cultures mother-infant "co-sleeping" is the rule.Which of the following is not a benefit of mother-infant co-sleeping?

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The anthropologist has to consider obligations to three sets of people:

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was a pioneer in using anthropology as an instrument to combat racism.

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How does the perception of organ transplantation differ between the U.S.and Japan?

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A "culture-bound" theory is a:

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An archaeologist studies material remains and environmental data to understand:

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Recent studies have shown that the unusual degree of separation of mother and infant in Western societies has important consequences.Which of the following are not consequences of the rather long degree of mother/infant separation in Western societies?

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Which of the following is not goal of science?

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Which of the following is not one of the four branches of anthropology?

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Which of the following research projects would not belong to the province of linguistic anthropology?

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One way that culture is preserved and shared is by language.

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Technological innovations contributed to the development of anthropology in that it enabled people to travel to remote parts of the world.

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Clyde Snow is an anthropologist who:

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Like other scholars who study people,anthropologists are holistic in their approach.

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is the pioneering American anthropologist who did work among the Zuni and founded the Women's Anthropological Society in 1885.

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A position that is a closely examined and critically checked explanation of observed reality is called a(n) :

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Ethnographic fieldwork is never done in Western societies.

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Material and skeletal remains help archaeologists reconstruct the cultural context of human life in the past.

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