Ch. 3 - Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Question 1

A form used to structure a formal but personal, interview

Answer 1

Interview schedule

Question 2

A form used by sociologists to obtain comparable information from respondents

Answer 2

Questionnaire

Question 3

Use of diagrams and symbols to record kin connections

Answer 3

Genealogical method

Question 4

People who teach an ethnographer about their culture

Answer 4

Cultural consultants

Question 5

Experts on a particular aspect of local life

Answer 5

Key cultural consultants

Question 6

Of a key consultant; a personal portrait of someone’s life in a culture

Answer 6

Life history

Question 7

Long-term study usually based on repeated visits

Answer 7

Longitudinal research

Question 8

Research strategy focusing on local explanations and meanings

Answer 8

Emic

Question 9

Research strategy emphasizing ethnographer’s explanations and categories

Answer 9

Etic

Question 10

Study of society through sampling, statistical analysis, and impersonal data collection

Answer 10

Survey research

Question 11

Smaller study group chosen to represent a larger population

Answer 11

Sample

Question 12

Sample in which all population members have an equal statistical chance of inclusion

Answer 12

Random sample

Question 13

Attributes that differ from one person or case to the next

Answer 13

Variables

Question 14

Large populous societies with social stratification and central governments

Answer 14

Complex societies

Question 15

Agreement to take part in research after having been informed about its purpose, nature, procedures, and possible impacts

Answer 15

Informed consent

Question 16

The 19th century idea of a single line or path of cultural development

Answer 16

Unilinear evolutionism

Question 17

The idea that histories are not comparable; diverse paths can lead to the same cultural result

Answer 17

Historical particularism

Question 18

Approach that focuses on the role of socio-cultural practices in social systems

Answer 18

Functionalism

Question 19

Studying societies at one time

Answer 19

Synchronic

Question 20

Studying societies across time

Answer 20

Diachronic

Question 21

View of culture as integrated and patterned

Answer 21

Configurationalism

Question 22

Idea that cultural infrastructure determines structure and superstructure

Answer 22

Cultural materialism

Question 23

Special domain of culture beyond organic and inorganic realms

Answer 23

Superorganic

Question 24

Study of symbols in their social and cultural context

Answer 24

Symbolic anthropology

Question 25

Study of the culture as a system of meaning

Answer 25

Interpretive anthropology

Question 26

Actions of individuals, alone and in groups, that create and transform

Answer 26

Agency

Question 27

Web of interrelated economic and power relations in society

Answer 27

Political economy