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ESSENCE OF ANTHROPOLOGY 4TH EDITION By HAVILAND - Test Bank
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,True / False1. Anthropologists can be considered synthesizers.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 3
OTHER: Conceptual
NOTES: Pickup
2. By utilizing a holistic perspective, anthropologists do not experience ethnocentrism in regard to other cultures.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 3
OTHER: Conceptual
NOTES: New
3. A North American researcher disapproving of Japanese resistance to organ transplantation is an example of culture-
bound theory.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 4
OTHER: Conceptual
NOTES: Pickup
4. Anthropologist Elizabeth Guillette’s study of the effects of pesticide exposure on children’s performance of normal
childhood activities in a Yaqui village in northern Mexico is an example of applied medical anthropology.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 6
OTHER: Conceptual
NOTES: Pickup
5. Participant observation means that the anthropologist should be involved in everything that a cultural group does in
order to understand their culture.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 7
OTHER: Conceptual
NOTES: Modify
6. Only apes have a language as complex as human language.
a. True
, b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 8
OTHER: Conceptual
NOTES: Pickup
7. Linguistic anthropologists are interested in both spoken and written language.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 8
OTHER: Factual
NOTES: Pickup
8. Historical linguistics is a primary branch of anthropological linguistics.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 9
OTHER: Factual
NOTES: New
9. Societies termed “prehistoric” are those that placed less emphasis on recording and transmitting information.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 10
OTHER: Conceptual
NOTES: New
10. When available, historical documents are always preferred to the study of material remains.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 10
OTHER: Conceptual
NOTES: Pickup
11. The anthropological study of genes and genetic relationships is known as genetic anthropology.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 12
OTHER: Factual
NOTES: Pickup
, 12. Primatology is the study of living and fossil primates.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 12
OTHER: Factual
NOTES: Pickup
13. All primate species are endangered today.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 12
OTHER: Factual
NOTES: Pickup
14. Our bones can tell stories about how we lived, including whether we were right-handed or left-handed.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 13
OTHER: Conceptual
NOTES: New
15. Studies of growth and development can provide data on the evolutionary history of humans.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 13
OTHER: Conceptual
NOTES: Pickup
16. All living humans are members of the same species.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 12
OTHER: Factual
NOTES: Modify
17. Archaeologists excavate artifacts to study them in isolation.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 21
OTHER: Factual
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