anthropology test 1

Question 1

For the following terms, define them and then explain their significance to Anthropology

Question 2

Reflexivity

Answer 2

The practice of reflecting on your worldview, biases, and impact on the culture you are studying. Engagement.

Question 3

Ethnology

Answer 3

the study of the origins and cultures of different races and people

Question 4

Functional Theory

Answer 4

the belief that every action in a culture functions to meet the needs on an individual or society.

Question 5

Feminist Anthropology

Answer 5

the study of gender and its construction by various societies, an interest that examines both women and men

Question 6

Paleoanthropology

Answer 6

the study of bone and stone remains of our ancient ancestors

Question 7

Participant Observation

Answer 7

the careful watching of a group, or living with the group to understand them.

Question 8

Human Variation

Answer 8

the range of possible values for any characteristic, physical or mental, of human beings

Question 9

Linguistics

Answer 9

the scientific study of language and its structure

Question 10

Hypothesis

Answer 10

an assumption made from facts used as the basis for an investigation

Question 11

Informant

Answer 11

people in a community willing to share their knowledge

Question 12

Neanderthal

Answer 12

a culture of earlu humans who first used ritualized burial practices

Question 13

Psychology

Answer 13

the study of the human mind and its mental states

Question 14

Fields of Cultural Anthropology (list them)

Answer 14

ethnology, linguistics, archaeology

Question 15

Sociology

Answer 15

the study of human social life, groups and societies

Question 16

Primatology

Answer 16

the study of the anatomy and behaviours of living primates

Question 17

Structured Interviews

Answer 17

using a set list of questions that do not change

Question 18

Bipedalism

Answer 18

the habitual trait of walking on 2 legs

Question 19

Archaeology

Answer 19

the study of the physical remains of a past culture through excavation and reconstruction

Question 20

Who is Jane Goodall?

Answer 20

a famous anthropologist who studies chimpanzees

Question 21

What is the purpose of informants?

Answer 21

Informants typically enjoy talking with a sympathetic outsider who wishes to interpret and record their culture

Question 22

What are the differences between the branches of cultural anthropology?

Answer 22

origins of race … language … bones

Question 23

What are 2 ethical questions faced by archaeologists in their work?

Answer 23

respect for human remains (excavating, touching), and the preservation of the sites. (now that they found out its a graveyard, should they keep it nice?)

Question 24

What makes us human? Answer from the view of a PHYSICAL anthropologist

Answer 24

bipedalism, tool making

Question 25

What makes us human? Answer from the view of a CULTURAL anthropologist

Answer 25

expressions, identity, language, bones

Question 26

what are 2 challenges faced by cultural anthropologists in the field?

Answer 26

language barriers, cultural biases

Question 27

what are 2 of the challenges of studying primates in the wild?

Answer 27

environment, dangerous

Question 28

why would a linguistic anthropologist want to research texting in the twenty-first century?

Answer 28

linguistic anthropologists also study how social reforms affect the language, and how people communicate with one another. texting would show this balblahblah abbreviations bvalahabl