FINAL - VI - Final Exam Study Guide:

Question 1

cultural anthropological fieldwork characteristics:

Answer 1

extended length of time living with the group of people that are the focus of your research

during this period, the anthropologist is immersed in the daily practices of their focal population

some goals include building rapport and gaining high quality qualitative data through participant observation and interviews

Question 2

rapport building:

Answer 2

process of building trusting relationships between two or more people.

Question 3

participant observation:

Answer 3

you blend into the culture to find out stuff from the inside.

a research technique in anthropology and sociology characterized by the effort of an investigator to gain entrance into and social acceptance by a foreign culture or alien group so as better to attain a comprehensive understanding of the internal structure of the society.

Question 4

use of interviews and surveys?

Answer 4

to gain high-quality qualitative data

Question 5

depth of immersion:

Answer 5

the more immersed, the better the data is since it is more of an inside view; the data becomes more accurate.

Question 6

enculturation:

Answer 6

process where a person adopts the behavior patterns of the culture they live in.

usually happens for children; happens to foreigners when they move to a new that has a different culture.

Question 7

intensive vs. extensive land-use strategies?

Answer 7

Intensive Farming: is a farming method that uses higher inputs and advanced agricultural techniques to increase the overall yield.

Extensive Farming: more and more land is brought under cultivation to increase the output produced.