Anthropology

A holistic approach to the study of humans means that anthropologists _________.

• concentrate only on the social customs of the group under study

• study all varieties of people and all aspects of their existence

• limit themselves to the study of religious leaders

• only study literate societies

True or false? Culture is learned

• True

• False

An example of an ethnography is a(n) __________.

• study of chimpanzee language

• excavation of an archaeological site

• study of the behavior of residents in a retirement home

• study of rates of disease in prehistoric populations

Which sub-field of anthropology reconstructs, describes, and interprets patterns through material remains?

• Biological Anthropology

• Cultural Anthropolgy

• Linguistic Anthropolgy

• Archaeological Anthropology

Which of the following is the perspective of the native of a group (the insider approach)?

• culturally relativistic

• etic

• emic

• endemic

Which of the following is most accurate? If taken to an extreme, cultural relativism can lead to ______.

• the belief that no cultural customs or practices are ever immoral

• a greater amount of ethnocentrism between developing nations

• the development of a unified global culture

• more warfare

Which anthropologist first highlighted the importance of fieldwork and cultural relativism?

• L.H. Morgan

• E.B. Taylor

• Franz Boas

• Levi Strauss

Which anthropological theory was influenced by Charles Darwin?

• Functionalism

• Evolutionism

• Historical Particularism

• Diffusionism

Which of the following is NOT a criticism of Evolutionism

• Human culture is not linear

• Ethnocentrism

• Lack of fieldwork

• Focus on change and development of a society

What is NOT an aspect of Historical Particularism

• Rejecting generalizations

• Comparative Method

• Cultural Relativism

• Participant Observation