Anthropological Explanations MCQ

Unilineal Evolution is the belief, widespread during the _____ century, that societies were evolving in a single direction toward complexity and industrial progress.

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Correct Answer: 19th

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Symbolic Anthropology is the study of culture through the interpretation of a society’s _____ and ethos.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Postmodernism is a viewpoint that is critical of modern _____ perspectives.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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Multilineal Evolution is the view that societies and cultures have evolved and are evolving in many different directions.

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Correct Answer: True

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Historical Particularism is an approach to studying human societies in which each society has to be understood as not a unique product of its own history.

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Correct Answer: False

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An anthropological perspective based on the assumption that society consists of institutions that serve vital purposes for people is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Functionalism

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Dual-Inheritance Theory investigates the role of _____ in producing human evolution.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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The spread of cultural traits from one society to another is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Diffusionism

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Cultural Materialism is a research strategy that focuses on _____ factors as key determinants in sociocultural evolution.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Cultural Ecology is the systematic study of the relationships between the environment and_____

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Correct Answer: Society

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Like unilineal evolutionary theory, ______ sometimes incorrectly assumed the innate inferiority of non-Western peoples.

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Correct Answer: Diffusionism

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Cultural relativism is a method that grew out of which of the following theoretical perspectives?

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Correct Answer: Historical particularism

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The co-evolution of dairy farming and the spread of lactose tolerance demonstrates which of the following?

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Correct Answer: Gene-culture coevolution

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In cultural materialism, the “infrastructure” refers to which of the following?

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Correct Answer: The production system

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Structural Functionalism focuses on how institutions operate together to promote the stability of ______. Psychological functionalism focuses on how culture works to promote the psychological stability and well-being of ______.

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Correct Answer: The society; the individual

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According to Marx, all social and cultural transformations since the Industrial Revolution could be interpreted as a result of ______.

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Correct Answer: Class conflict

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In the United States, some people go to great lengths to style and care for their hair. At the same time, hair in bathtub drain is widely considered dirty and disgusting. Which anthropological perspective would be most likely to investigate this pattern of thinking about pollution and hair?

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Correct Answer: Symbolic

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As a result of the postmodern critique in anthropology, anthropologists today recognize that perfect objectivity is impossible. Therefore, anthropologists no longer attempt to engage in scientific inquiry.

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Correct Answer: False

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Feminist anthropologist, Sherry Ortner, argued that the binary opposition of male and female is universally associated with the binary opposition of culture and nature. Her approach is consistent with which of the following anthropological perspectives?

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Correct Answer: Biocultural

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Nineteen century imperialism both inspired and was justified by which of the following anthropological perspectives?

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Correct Answer: Unlineal evolution

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