WorksheetsTopic 2: Knowledge Production in Anthropology and Sociology
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
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Class
Date
1.
The scientific method of inquiry involves which of the following steps?
a)
Formulating a hypothesis
b)
Selecting a research design
c)
All of the above
d)
None of the above
2.
In science, a hypothesis that has been confirmed through numerous tests is known as:
a)
an opinion
b)
an assumption
c)
a theory
d)
speculation
3.
Which term refers to ‘ethnography’?
a)
It involves excavation of ancient remains
b)
Researchers lives/hangs out/works with a group or community
c)
It can only be used to study a large groups in society
d)
Researchers used survey method to collect data
4.
How long should an ethnographer live within the society he or she is studying?
a)
It should be only a few weeks or months so as to not be distracted by friendships that develop there.
b)
It will require a lifetime.
c)
There is no simple answer. It may require a few months to a number of years, depending on the nature of the research questions.
d)
It will require atleast 6 months.
5.
Which of the following is NOT a method of Anthropology and Sociology?
a)
Participant observation
b)
Ethnography
c)
Survey
d)
Laboratory research
6.
The principle of cause and effect explains that _____________________
a)
social life is a random occurrence
b)
like natural science,social science depends on the assumption that all events have causes
c)
many aspects of social life cannot be brought into laboratory
d)
researchers may or may not be manipulate the outcomes of events they are observing
7.
“Participant observation” as practiced by ethnographers, involves the researcher ________EXCEPT
a)
taking part in the activities being observed
b)
actively engages in the activities of the research participants
c)
just making an observation at the site and writing down details from daily events
d)
become an active participant in the culture or phenomenon under study
8.
The Milgram Experiment (1963) was conducted to _______________________
a)
understand why research participants are willing to electrocuted innocent people
b)
understand why some people are disobedience
c)
investigate whether Germans are particularly obedient to authority figures as this was common explanation for the Nazi killings in World War 2
d)
investigate whether ordinary people are likely to fight against authority figures
9.
The Stanford Prison Experiment was a study of _______________________________
a)
the brutal personality of prison guard
b)
the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard
c)
the coercive nature of the prison environment
d)
the behavioral pattern in prison environment
10.
Which of the following is FALSE about the birth of Anthropology and Sociology?
a)
Anthropology as an academic discipline is comparatively young. Its roots go back to the 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe and North America.
b)
Curiosity about strange people and customs in far off parts of the world is what primarily motivated the early anthropologists.
c)
Industrial Revolution and Colonialism shape the birth of anthropology and sociology discipline
d)
Sociology as a scientific discipline emerged in the early 18th century
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