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1. Anthropology is traditionally divided into four branches, one of------------anthropology and three of----------anthropology.
A. cultural/physical
B. physical/cultural
C. ethnological/physical
D. archeological/linguistic
E. None of the above
2. Which of the following is a definition of culture?
A. Groups of people who occupy a specific locality and who share the same tradition.
B. That complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by humans as a member of society.
C. A set of rules or standards that when acted upon by the members of a society, produce behavior that falls within a range of variance the members consider proper and acceptable.
D. All of the above
E. B and C only.
3. In an experiment conducted by Tixie and Alen Gardner, Washoe, a chimpanzee,
A. was able to vocalize words.
B. learned how to understand and form sentences with sign language.
C. learned pictorial symbols for 50 objects.
D. conversed by means of a computer.
4. Which of the following would be an example of sociolinguistics?
A. Liza Doolittle revealing her low social class by dropping her h's.
B. Liza Doolittle making claims to a higher social class by adding her h's.
C. Men and women choosing different vocabulary to describe a room (male: "It was ok"; female, "It was divine, with maroon walls and teal curtains").
D. A student addressing a teacher as "Dr. Smith," while Dr. Smith addresses the student as "Samantha".
E. all of the above.
5. One aspect of Yanamamo culture that Chagnon did NOT investigate was
A. warfare and combativeness
B. location of previous villages
C. beliefs concerning spirits
D. fishing techniques.
6. The frequent behavior of Yanamamo men that was intended to prove masculinity and fierceness was
A. shooting arrows.
B. arm wrestling.
C. chest pounding.
D shouting.
7. Which of the following statements about self-awareness is/are incorrect?
A. self-awareness occurs earlier in children as a function of the amount of social stimulation they receive.
B. at 15 weeks of age, the home-reared infant in North America is in contact with its mother for about 20% of the time.
C. at 15 weeks of age infants in the !Kung society of south Africa's Kalahari Desert are in close contact with their mothers about 70% of the time.
D. American children develop self-awareness earlier than do !kung children.
E. All of the above are correct.
8. Anthropologists such as Margaret Mead have studied child-rearing practices in different societies to
A. determine their effect on adult personality.
B. determine one best way to raise children.
C. prove that childhood experience does not affect adult personality.
D. prove that some kinds of adolescent behavior are inevitable.
9. Among the Netsilik, seal hunting is practiced
A. only in the summer.
B. by cooperating groups of hunters.
C. by individual hunters, acting alone.
D. by individual families.
10. The Nuer can be best described as a
A. nomadic hunting-gathering society in the Sudan region.
B. nomadic pastoral society in the Sudan region.
C. pastoral society of Southwest Asia.
D. hunting-gathering society of Southwest Aaia.
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