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Intro to ANT 100
Midterm 1 Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An anthropologist who runs tests on how modern humans walk and what evolutionary mechanisms were at play would most likely be | a physical anthropologist |
| An anthropologist who studies the designs on pottery from the Han dynasty is | an archaeologist |
| In a study where an anthropologist is collecting stories, memories, beliefs, jokes, conversations, interviews, and disagreements, what type of data is he or she said to be collecting? | qualitative data |
| An anthropologist who studies how industrilization is affecting rural Greece is | a cultural anthropologist |
| An anthropologist who researches the place of traditional ceremonies in contemporary Japan decides to practice how to perform a tea ceremony with her informants. What is this reseach method called? | Participant observation |
| An anthropologist doing a project on the impact of the texting on in-person communication and everyday language would most likely be | linguistic anthropologist |
| Observation of some phenomenon followed by a hypothesis, experimentation, testing of theories, and descriptions of findings is called | The scientific method |
| Which field of study examines moral questions of what is "right" and what is "wrong"? | Ethics |
| Anthropologist Franz Boas developed an important anthropological concept called: | Holism |
| In anthropology holistic approach to culture | Aims to synthesize the entirety of the human experience. |
| What is the name of the tribe that Laura Bohannan was conducting her fieldwork in? | Tiv |
| What prevented the anthropologist Bohannan to start conducting her fieldwork at the time she wanted? | The ceremonies ceased because the rising of the swamps made it difficult for the elderly to walk. |
| How did the natives spend their time during the rainy season? | by telling stories and drinking native beer. |
| Why did Bohannan's informants keep interrupting her when she was telling them the story of Hamlet? | The motivation and the logic behind the characters' behaviors in "Hamlet" did not make sense to them. |
| Which of the below cultural differences made it difficult for Bohannan to translate Hamlet to her informants? | All of the above. |
| Before her research Bohannan thought that even if some customs needed explaining,the general plots and motivation of tragedies like Hamlet would always be clear to everyone because human nature is pretty much the same the whole world over. | True |
| During her fieldwork, Laura Bohannan's experience of sitting in a tent with her informants and telling them the story of Hamlet while drinking native beer is an example of______________________. | Participant observation |
| What is the name of the tribe that the anthropologist Richard Lee conduct his fieldwork? | !Kung Bushmen |
| How did Lee's informants learn about Christmas? | From the European missionaries |
| What was the gift Lee decided to give to his informants? | An ox |
| How did Lee's informants reacted to his gift? | They said the gift was poorly chosen and barely satisfactory. |
| Which of the below attitude is a culturally discouraged by Lee's informants? | Bragging |
| What made Lee feel so confused about his informants' reaction to his gift? In other words, why was so difficult for him to understand their reaction? | Lee was blinded by his own cultural expectations regarding gift giving in Christmas. |
| Which of the below reasons might explain Richard Lee's confusion about the !Kung Bushman's reaction to his gift? | The !Kung were very good at playing jokes on the foreigners. |
| Lewis Henry Morgan and Edward Tylor were influenced deeply by | Charles Darwin |
| Complete the sentence: Lewis Henry Morgan and Edward Tylor assumed that__________. | human societies and cultures evolved from simple and primitive state to most complex current societies |
| Which of the following was the core belief of Malinowski? | That cultures are composed of functional, interrelating parts. |
| ______________ is a data gathering technique that is the methodological hallmark (defining characteristic) of anthropological fieldwork. | Participant observation |
| Current ethnographies tend to be focused on: | a specific situations, events, or individuals. |
| Anthropological interview techniques: | are highly varied and situation-specific. |
| Informed consent involves all of the following except: | participants must sign a contract with the anthropologist indicating that they approve of the research study. |
| In order to minimize their bias anthropologists do not conduct any background or library research before they start fieldwork. | False |
| It is common for anthropologists to feel confused and disoriented when they first arrive at their field sites. | True |
| Informed and the ways in which their participation in the study and the release of the research data are likely affect them and they are free to decide whether or not they will participate in the study. | True |
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