UCSP-LONG QUIZ

What refers to the study, analysis, and description of humanity’s past and present?

• Anthropology

• Politics

• Psychology

• Sociology

Which of the following is NOT a goal of Anthropology?

• to comprehend the conduct of monkeys and gorillas in their regular settings

• to describe how various political systems function, and to find more effective political systems

• to find out about both the natural and social parts of humankind all throughout the planet and all through time

• to comprehend the fossil record of early people and their precursors just as the archeological record of later ancient social orders

. In cultural anthropology, we compare ideas, morals, practices, and systems within or between cultures. Which of the following anthropological perspective does it represent?

 

• COMPARISON

• cultural relativism

• legal force 

• holism

It is the scientific investigation of human culture and social behavior and it is also a discipline in social sciences concerned about human society and human social activities. What is this?

 

• Anthropology   

• Politics

• Psychology

• Sociology

. As Samuel Koenig has pointed out the ultimate aim of sociology is ” to improve man’s ______________ to life by developing objective knowledge concerning social phenomena which can be used to deal effectively with social problems”. What is missing word?

 

• . adjustment

• development

• life 

• status

What is the study of the nature, causes, and consequences of collective decisions and actions taken by groups of people embedded in cultures and institutions that structure power and authority?

• Anthropology

• Politics

• Psychology   

• Sociology

What sociological perspective focuses on the use of symbols such as face to face interaction?

• Conflict theory

• Functionalism 

• Linguistics 

• Symbolic interactionism

What sociological perspective focuses on the relationships between parts of the society?

 

• Conflict theory 

• Functionalism

• . Linguistics 

• Symbolic interactionism

. What sociological perspective focuses on the competition for scarce resources within a society?

• Conflict theory

• Functionalism 

• Linguistics

• Symbolic interactionism

Why is fieldwork an important perspective of anthropology?

 

• It is part of the job of an anthropologist.

• It wouldn’t be complete without fieldwork.

• It enables the transfer of culture from the anthropologist to the people he studies about and vice versa.

• It gives anthropologists opportunities to gain data they need in their studies from firsthand experiences and interactions.