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Postmodernists suggest that anthropological accounts are partial truths reflecting the _____ of their authors.

Background

Training

Social position

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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Positioning is the situation of an individual; their _____

History

Background

Goals

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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The fieldwork technique that involves gathering cultural data by observing people’s behavior and participating in their lives is known as_____

Participant Observation

Participant Evaluation

Fieldwork

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Participant Observation

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Anthropologists who do fieldwork in their own culture are known as_____

Indeginous Anthropologists

Native Anthropologists

Traditional Anthropologists

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Native Anthropologists

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Institutional Review Board is a committee organized by a university or other research institution that_____ all research that involves human subjects.

Approves

Monitors

Reviews

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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Informed Consent is the requirement that participants in anthropological studies should understand the ways in which their participation and the release of the research data are likely to affect them.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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A person from whom an anthropologist gathers data is known as_____

Informant

Respondent

Interlocutor

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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Human Relations Area Files is an ethnographic database that includes descriptions of more than _____ cultures and is used for cross-cultural research.

100

200

300

400

Answer

Correct Answer: 300

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Fieldwork involves living with a group of people and _____

Participating in

Observing behaviour

Evaluating behaviour

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a and b

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Etic Perspective means examining societies using concepts, categories, and rules derived from_____ ; an outsider’s perspective that produces analyses that members of the society being studied may not find meaningful.

Culture

Science

Both a and b

Tradition

Answer

Correct Answer: Science

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Ethnology is the attempt to find general principles or laws that govern _____ phenomena.

Social

Cultural

Scientific

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Cultural

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Ethnography includes_____

Observations

Fieldwork among people in society

The written results of fieldwork

Both b and c

Answer

Correct Answer: Both b and c

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Anthropology that includes _____ action as a major goal of fieldwork is known as Engaged Anthropology.

Social

Political

Cultural

Religious

Answer

Correct Answer: Political

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Examining a society using concepts and distinctions that are meaningful to members of that culture is known as _____

Emic Perspective

Etic Perspective

Intrinsic Perspective

Extrinsic Perspective

Answer

Correct Answer: Emic Perspective

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Culture Shock are feelings of _____ that result from rapid immersion in a new and different culture.

Alienation

Helplessness

Excitement

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a and b

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Cultural Relativism is the notion that cultures should be analyzed with reference to the values of another culture.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Collaborative Anthropologists practice an ethnography that gives priority to informants on the _____ of research.

Topic

Methodology

Written results

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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Native anthropologists are uniquely susceptible to the politics of the group they are studying affecting their work.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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An informed consent agreement can require a participant to finish the study once it is started.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Which of the following questions about ethics is something an anthropologist would ask today about their field of research?

Who has the right to speak for a group?

Should I note information about eating habits?

How can I secretly record a conversation?

Should anthropologists work outside university settings?

Answer

Correct Answer: Who has the right to speak for a group?

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What does the principle of informed consent mean?

Participants in an anthropologist’s research should always know the benefits and risks of bring part of the study.

Anthropologists must always ask straightforward questions and not try to trick people.

Anthropologists are allowed to have romantic relationships with their subjects, as long as both parties consent.

Participants are legally bound to complete a study regardless of how conditions change.

Answer

Correct Answer: Participants in an anthropologist’s research should always know the benefits and risks of bring part of the study.

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When discussing anthropological work with the military, the text cites which of the following concerns?

Anthropologists working with the military typically use force.

Anthropologists may be unable to meet ethical requirements when working with populations under warfare conditions.

Anthropology as a discipline is not associated with political endeavors.

This research has rarely been productive.

Answer

Correct Answer: Anthropologists may be unable to meet ethical requirements when working with populations under warfare conditions.

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Which of the following anthropologists working with the people they study when generating reports about their research?

Feminist anthropology

Postmodernism

Engaged anthropology

Collaborative anthropology

Answer

Correct Answer: Collaborative anthropology

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Which statement accurately describes how anthropologists practice ethnographic research in recent years?

They have increased efforts to study previously uncontacted cultures.

There have been far fewer anthropologists practicing ethnographic research.

More anthropologists are using statistical research in their ethnographic reports.

They increasingly consider of how groups are affected by larger global patterns.

Answer

Correct Answer: They increasingly consider of how groups are affected by larger global patterns.

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What is the purpose of the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF)?

Map human behaviors based on specific geographic origins

Facilitate cross-cultural analysis through providing an index of cultural practices

Record details of all relationships a single group has

Define the study of culture

Answer

Correct Answer: Facilitate cross-cultural analysis through providing an index of cultural practices

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Which type of interview involves asking subjects a specific set of questions that vary as little as possible from one respondent to the next?

Informal interview

Unstructured Interview

Semistructured Interview

Structured interview

Answer

Correct Answer: Structured interview

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When an anthropologist begins research in a new group, he or she often relies on an existing friendship with a group member. These subjects with a special relationship to the researcher are often called ______.

False friends

Anthropologers

Respondents

Mentors

Answer

Correct Answer: Respondents

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Which of the following would be the best example of cross-cultural research?

The United States census, which gets responses from every citizen in the country

Interviewing a few members of cultural groups in different regions of the world

A researcher who writes an autobiography about their career in teaching

A series of in-depth interviews with a famous religious figure

Answer

Correct Answer: Interviewing a few members of cultural groups in different regions of the world

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Anthropologists may take a(n) perspective, which studies cultures from the inside, or a(n) ___ perspective, in which they compare the practices of the culture to their own culture.

Ethnocentric; postmodern

Emic; etic

Postmodern; feminist

Absolutist; relativist

Answer

Correct Answer: Emic; etic

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Which of the following research techniques involves gathering data about a group by observing their social interaction on an ongoing daily basis?

Participant observation

Collaborative anthropology

Ethnology

Museum curation

Answer

Correct Answer: Participant observation

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Who are “armchair anthropologists”?

Anthropologists who rely on data collected by others

Anthropologists who would rather talk than do research

Anthropologists with many student assistants

Anthropologists most interested in studying a culture’s furniture

Answer

Correct Answer: Anthropologists who rely on data collected by others

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The first scholars to call themselves anthropologists began working in the ______ century.

17th

18th

19th

20th

Answer

Correct Answer: 19th

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Doing Cultural Anthropology MCQ

Postmodernists suggest that anthropological accounts are partial truths reflecting the _____ of their authors.

Positioning is the situation of an individual; their _____

The fieldwork technique that involves gathering cultural data by observing people’s behavior and participating in their lives is known as_____

Anthropologists who do fieldwork in their own culture are known as_____

Institutional Review Board is a committee organized by a university or other research institution that_____ all research that involves human subjects.

Informed Consent is the requirement that participants in anthropological studies should understand the ways in which their participation and the release of the research data are likely to affect them.

A person from whom an anthropologist gathers data is known as_____

Human Relations Area Files is an ethnographic database that includes descriptions of more than _____ cultures and is used for cross-cultural research.

Fieldwork involves living with a group of people and _____

Etic Perspective means examining societies using concepts, categories, and rules derived from_____ ; an outsider’s perspective that produces analyses that members of the society being studied may not find meaningful.

Ethnology is the attempt to find general principles or laws that govern _____ phenomena.

Ethnography includes_____

Anthropology that includes _____ action as a major goal of fieldwork is known as Engaged Anthropology.

Examining a society using concepts and distinctions that are meaningful to members of that culture is known as _____

Culture Shock are feelings of _____ that result from rapid immersion in a new and different culture.

Cultural Relativism is the notion that cultures should be analyzed with reference to the values of another culture.

Collaborative Anthropologists practice an ethnography that gives priority to informants on the _____ of research.

Native anthropologists are uniquely susceptible to the politics of the group they are studying affecting their work.

An informed consent agreement can require a participant to finish the study once it is started.

Which of the following questions about ethics is something an anthropologist would ask today about their field of research?

What does the principle of informed consent mean?

When discussing anthropological work with the military, the text cites which of the following concerns?

Which of the following anthropologists working with the people they study when generating reports about their research?

Which statement accurately describes how anthropologists practice ethnographic research in recent years?

What is the purpose of the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF)?

Which type of interview involves asking subjects a specific set of questions that vary as little as possible from one respondent to the next?

When an anthropologist begins research in a new group, he or she often relies on an existing friendship with a group member. These subjects with a special relationship to the researcher are often called ______.

Which of the following would be the best example of cross-cultural research?

Anthropologists may take a(n) ____ perspective, which studies cultures from the inside, or a(n) _______ perspective, in which they compare the practices of the culture to their own culture.

Which of the following research techniques involves gathering data about a group by observing their social interaction on an ongoing daily basis?

Who are “armchair anthropologists”?

The first scholars to call themselves anthropologists began working in the ______ century.

Anthropologists may take a(n) perspective, which studies cultures from the inside, or a(n) ___ perspective, in which they compare the practices of the culture to their own culture.