Quiz 1 - Kottak

Question 1

what distinguishes anthropology from other fields that study human beings?

Answer 1

Anthropology is a humanistic science. Holistic. Anthropologists don’t conduct experiments. Others focus on just one society. Comparative science

Question 2

How do anthropologists study human diversity in time & space?

Answer 2

They use 4 subdivisions, holistic approach.

Question 3

Why is anthropology both scientific and humanistic?

Answer 3

Use both textual data and observation. Seeks reliable explanations with reference to material and physical world. Four divisions

Question 4

what is culture and why do we study it?

Answer 4

refers to customary behavior and beliefs that are transmitted through enculturation

Question 5

what is relation between culture and the individual

Answer 5

public contested guidance

Question 6

how does culture change especially with globalization

Answer 6

accultration, independent invention, globalization

Question 7

How can change be bad?

Answer 7

coca cola, modernize is bad

Question 8

How can anthropology be applied to medicine education and business?

Answer 8

use to solve problems

Question 9

How does the study of anthropology fit into a career path

Answer 9

phd

Question 10

how do biological anthropologists and archaeologists study the past?

Answer 10

biological anthroplogists study cultural patterns reconstruct human behavior, archaelogists primates. Archaeologists use visible remains and microscopic evidence to determine what a site looked like originally

Question 11

how do anthropologists determine the sates of sites remains and evolutionary events

Answer 11

relative dating, stratigraphy, flourine analysis, absolute dating, dendrochronology, molecular,

Question 12

what ethical concerns and issues affect biological anthropology and archaeology

Answer 12

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)

• requires museums to return remains and artifacts to tribes that can prove “cultural affiliation”
• Kennewick Man

Question 13

what is evolution hwo does it occur?

Answer 13

evolution is transformation of species decent with modification

Question 14

how does heredity work and how is it studied

Answer 14

traits are passed down studied with peas

Question 15

what forces contribute to genetic evolution?

Answer 15

natural selection, mutation, genetic drift, gene. flow

Question 16

what is the race concept and why have anthropologists rejected it

Answer 16

isolation completely independent race is cultural not isolated enough

Question 17

how does nautral selection work on contemporary and recent human populations

Answer 17

facial features body build

Question 18

does biological adaptation occur during an individual’s lifetime?

Answer 18

yes