Test Bank for Cultural Anthropology The Human Challenge, 15th Edition Haviland (All Chapters included)
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2. Characteristics of Culture.
3. Ethnographic...
Cultural Anthropology The Human
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,Chapter 1
1. Anthropology is the:
a. study of Western culture primarily through the analysis of its folklore.
b. study of humankind everywhere, throughout time.
c. study of nonhuman primates through an analysis of their myth and folklore.
d. study of the species Homo sapiens by analyzing its cultural but not its biological dimensions.
e. analysis of humankind from the subjective perspective of one group.
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Factual
REFERENCES: The Anthropological Perspective
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CULT.HAVI.17.01.01 - Describe the discipline of anthropology and make
connections between each of its four fields.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
2. What does it mean to take a “holistic perspective”?
a. To seek comparisons between cultures in order to understand what is universal in human thought and behavior
b. To examine culture as a whole and how various parts are related, without examining behavior as if it were a
biological instinct
c. To seek interconnections and relatedness between various parts of human culture and biology
d. To approach culture as a uniquely human practice that is the same everywhere and is thus studied as if it were
a whole
e. To view culture as changing and whole, but not subject to analysis and experiment
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Conceptual
REFERENCES: The Anthropological Perspective
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CULT.HAVI.17.01.01 - Describe the discipline of anthropology and make
connections between each of its four fields.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
3. A “culture-bound” theory is a:
a. prediction that is bound to be fulfilled in a particular culture.
b. theory developed by a cultural anthropologist rather than a physical anthropologist.
c. theory developed by a sociologist rather than a cultural anthropologist.
d. theory based on assumptions common to a particular culture rather than deriving from comparisons of many
different cultures.
e. theory based on comparison of cultures and not tied to a single cultural worldview.
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Applied
REFERENCES: The Anthropological Perspective
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CULT.HAVI.17.01.01 - Describe the discipline of anthropology and make
connections between each of its four fields.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
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,4. The belief that one’s own culture is superior to another is called:
a. discrimination.
b. holism.
c. ethnology.
d. ethnography.
e. ethnocentrism.
ANSWER: e
DIFFICULTY: Factual
REFERENCES: The Anthropological Perspective
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CULT.HAVI.17.01.01 - Describe the discipline of anthropology and make
connections between each of its four fields.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
5. How does the perception of organ transplantation differ between the U.S. and Japan?
a. It is performed more frequently in Japan because they have developed a more efficient harvesting system.
b. It is rarely performed in Japan because they do not believe in a mind-body split.
c. It is performed more frequently in the U.S. because there is no belief in a mind-body split.
d. It is rarely performed in the U.S. because the cultural system does not endorse the idea of anonymous “gifts.”
e. The perception of organ transplantation does not differ significantly between the U.S. and Japan.
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Applied
REFERENCES: Anthropology and Its Fields
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CULT.HAVI.17.01.03 - Identify the characteristics of anthropological field
methods and the ethics of anthropological research.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
6. Recent studies have shown that the unusual degree of separation of mother and infant in Western societies has
important consequences. Which of the following are not consequences of the rather long degree of mother/infant
separation in Western societies?
a. Decreases in the length of infant feeding
b. Prevention of early ovulation after childbirth
c. Increase in physical abuse of child
d. Increases in crying
e. Decreases in physical stimulation
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Applied
REFERENCES: The Anthropological Perspective
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CULT.HAVI.17.01.03 - Identify the characteristics of anthropological field
methods and the ethics of anthropological research.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
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, 7. Cross-cultural studies show that in many non-Western cultures mother-infant “co-sleeping” is the rule. Which of the
following is not a benefit of mother-infant co-sleeping?
a. Infants nurse more often
b. Infants receive more stimuli
c. Infants are less susceptible to sudden infant death syndrome
d. Mother gets at least as much sleep as mothers who do not sleep with infants
e. Infant begins to adapt to separation of space and individual identity
ANSWER: e
DIFFICULTY: Applied
REFERENCES: The Anthropological Perspective
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CULT.HAVI.17.01.03 - Identify the characteristics of anthropological field
methods and the ethics of anthropological research.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
8. Which of the following is not one of the four branches of anthropology?
a. Archaeology
b. Linguistics
c. Biology
d. Cultural anthropology
e. Physical anthropology
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Factual
REFERENCES: Anthropology and Its Fields
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CULT.HAVI.17.01.01 - Describe the discipline of anthropology and make
connections between each of its four fields.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
9. Cross-cultural research that allows anthropologists to explain why differences or similarities occur between groups is
known as:
a. ethnography.
b. biography.
c. ethnology.
d. ethnohistory.
e. ethnoarchaeology.
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Factual
REFERENCES: Anthropology and Its Fields
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CULT.HAVI.17.01.01 - Describe the discipline of anthropology and make
connections between each of its four fields.
OTHER: MSC: Pickup
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