Anthro 105 W Midterm Spring 2016

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Gestation

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the process of carrying or being carried in the womb between conception and birth.

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Matrilineal

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of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line.

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Parturient

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(of a woman or female mammal) about to give birth; in labor.

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Pleistocene

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noting or pertaining to the epoch forming the earlier half of the Quaternary Period, beginning about two million years ago and ending 10,000 years ago, characterized by widespread glacial ice and the advent of modern humans.

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Primate

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any member of the group of animals that includes human beings, apes, and monkeys

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Sociobiology

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the comparative study of social organization and behavior in animals including humans especially with regard to its genetic basis and evolutionary history

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Adaptation

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a change in a plant or animal that makes it better able to live in a particular place or situation

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Anthropometry

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the study of human body measurements especially on a comparative basis

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Lactose intolerance

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The inability to fully digest sugar (lactose) in dairy products

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Plasticity

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the adaptability of an organism to changes in its environment or differences between its various habitats.

the quality of being easily shaped or molded.

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Stature

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a person's natural height

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According to Hardy (Mothers and Others), cooperative parenting is evolutionary advantageous for an animal that is:

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slow-maturing

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How does Bogin (The Tall and Short of It) explain the connection between poor child nutrition and slowed or arrested child growth?

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Without good nutrition, children can lack the necessary nutrients with which to build new bone and tissue, as their bodies instead devote all available nutrients to maintaining the tissues they already have.

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As indicated by Hrdy (Mothers and Others) anthropological research shows that children who have both "primary" and "secondary" fathers:

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have a significantly greater chance of surviving until their 15th birthday

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According to Hrdy (Mothers and Others), helpers of mothers (allomothers) are designated for life and can no longer breed on their own.

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False

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According to Bogin (The Tall and Short of It), the average height of a people provides a good clue as to the overall health of their society.

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True

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Agricultural development

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the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming.

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Civilization

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the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced.

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Domestication of plants and animals

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to tame (an animal), especially by generations of breeding, to live in close association with human beings as a pet or work animal and usually creating a dependency so that the animal loses its ability to live in the wild.

to adapt (a plant) so as to be cultivated by and beneficial to human beings.

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Hunter-gatherers

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a member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food.

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Neolithic

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of, relating to, or denoting the later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed.

characterized by the beginning of farming, the domestication of animals, the development of crafts such as pottery and weaving, and the making of polished stone tools.

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Paleontology

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the branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants.

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Paleopathology

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the branch of science concerned with the pathological conditions found in ancient human and animal remains

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Social stratification

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a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy. In the United States, it is perfectly clear that some groups have greater status, power, and wealth than other groups.

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Agrarian

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of or relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land.

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Arable land

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(from Latin arabilis, "able to be plowed") is, according to one definition, land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops.

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Carrying capacity

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the number or quantity of people or things that can be conveyed or held by a vehicle or container.

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Excavation

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the action of excavating something, especially an archaeological site.
excavating (unearthing or "digging up")

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Mound

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a rounded mass projecting above a surface.

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According to Diamond (The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race), what is the progressivist view on the transition from hunting-and-gathering to agriculture?

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That the hunting-and-gathering life was "nasty, brutish, and short," and that the move to agriculture was a move to the better.

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The archaeologist Alan Kolata feels that the fall of the ancient Tiwanakan society came about as a result of:

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a prolonged, decades-long drought that dried up the crops and water sources around Tiwanaku.

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All of the following are reasons that Jared Diamond cites agriculture being one of the "worst mistakes in the history of the human race" EXCEPT:

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Agriculturalists have lost touch with Nature because they are trying to control it.

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Additional benefits of the redug canals to the Aymara have turned out to be numerous. Which of the following is NOT one of these benefits?

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The improving economic situation of the region has allowed for increased tourism, another source of income for the Aymara.

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In "The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race," Diamond argues that the United States has a higher standard of living than hunter-gatherer societies because it is an elite country, dependent on imports of oil and minerals from impoverished countries that have poorer health and nutrition.

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True

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Hypothesis

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In science, a hypothesis is an idea or explanation that you then test through study and experimentation.

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Informant

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a person from whom a linguist or anthropologist obtains information about language, dialect, or culture.

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Kinship

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A relation between two or more persons that is based on common ancestry (descent) or marriage (affinity).

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Socialization

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a continuing process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, behavior, and social skills appropriate to his or her social position

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Sociolinguistics

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the study of language in relation to social factors, including differences of regional, class, and occupational dialect, gender differences, and bilingualism.

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Status

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the relative social, professional, or other standing of someone or something.

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Gender

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the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones).

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Metalinguistics

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a branch of linguistics that deals with the relation between language and other cultural factors in a society.

metalanguage: a form of language or set of terms used for the description or analysis of another language.

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Sex roles

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the role or behavior learned by a person as appropriate to their sex, determined by the prevailing cultural norms.

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Social networks

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the role or behavior learned by a person as appropriate to their sex, determined by the prevailing cultural norms.

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Sociolinguistics

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the study of language in relation to social factors, including differences of regional, class, and occupational dialect, gender differences, and bilingualism.

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Subculture

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a cultural group within a larger culture, often having beliefs or interests at variance with those of the larger culture.

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According to Basso in (To Give Up on Words), when an Apache girl begins a courtship relationship she may be advised to keep silent because:

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silence in courtship is a sign of modesty, while an eagerness to speak betrays previous experience with men.

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In "A Cultural Approach to Male-Female Miscommunication", the differences between men's and women's speech patterns include all of the following EXCEPT:

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Women more frequently use the first-person pronoun "I"

*men use I, women use We

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According to Basso in ("To Give Up on Words"), silence is likely to be observed whenever the relationship of the focal participants are marked by:

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ambiguity.

*mystery around a person. the unknown.

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In "A Cultural Approach to Male-Female Miscommunication," the authors argue that the sociolinguistic subcultures of men and women are rooted in:

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social differences in the world of boys and girls

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According to Basso in (To Give Up on Words), white people often seem very foolish in the Apache when they are willing to talk so freely with strangers.

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True

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Lactose intolerance

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is the inability of adults and children to digest lactose, a sugar found in milk and to a lesser extent dairy products, causing side effects. It is due to a lactase deficiency, or hypolactasia.

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Race

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A group of people identified as distinct from other groups because of supposed physical or genetic traits shared by the group.

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Sickle-cell anemia

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a severe hereditary form of anemia in which a mutated form of hemoglobin distorts the red blood cells into a crescent shape at low oxygen levels. It is most common among those of African descent.

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Species

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a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities.

a group of animals or plants that are similar and can produce young animals or plants.

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Cultural values

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The commonly held standards of what is acceptable or unacceptable, important or unimportant, right or wrong workable or unworkable, etc., in a community or society.

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Economy

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the wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services.

A social system for the production, exchange, and consumption of goods and services.

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Egalitarian society

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a belief in human equality especially with respect to social, political, and economic affairs

a social philosophy advocating the removal of inequalities among people.

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Hunter-gatherers

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a member of a culture in which food is obtained by hunting, fishing, and foraging rather than by agriculture or animal husbandry.

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Reciprocal gift

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given, felt, or done in return.

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According to Diamond in "Race Without Color", many anthropologists conclude that one cannot recognize any human races at all because:

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-there is no agreement about what phenotypic traits to use for the categorization
-there is no valid scientific purpose for doing such a classification
-observable traits that vary geographically are not concordant
-many observable traits have no known effect on survival

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When contemplating the purchase of a magnificent ox, how much meat did Richard Lee calculate it would yield for every !Kung bushmen man, woman, and child who showed up for the annual Christmas feast?

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Four pounds.

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According to Diamond in "Race Without Color", fingerprint variations in human populations:

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show so much variation that they cannot possibly be used to categorize human variation

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Once the first incision is made with a knife into a newly killed large animal, a Bushmen butcher especially looks for a thick layer of:

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Fat.

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Race is an important cultural (but NOT biological) concept for understanding humans.

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True.

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Multiple paternity

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shared paternity is a cultural conceptualization of paternity according to which a child is understood to have more than one father; for example, because of an ideology that sees pregnancy as the cumulative result of multiple acts of sexual intercourse.

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Nuclear family

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a couple and their dependent children, regarded as a basic social unit.

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Paleoanthropology

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the branch of anthropology concerned with fossil hominids.

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Adaption

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the action or process of adapting or being adapted.

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Ethnopediatrics

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is a branch of research devoted to understanding the child-rearing practices of families around the world and throughout time. This relatively new field is informed by traditional disciplines like child development research, anthropology, psychology, and pediatrics.

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Socialization

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the lifelong process of inheriting and disseminating norms, customs, values and ideologies, providing an individual with the skills and habits necessary for participating within their own society.

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Weaning

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accustom (an infant or other young mammal) to food other than its mother's milk.

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According to the article "Our Babies, Ourselves,"

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young pediatricians need to be trained that there are many healthy variations of infant-care practices available to parents

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In "How Many Fathers Are Best for a Child," which of the following statements is true of the Bari family system that encourages multiple paternity?

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*Not all women take lovers.
*The ideal number of fathers is two.
*Women are more likely to take on a secondary father when the previous child passed away as an infant.
*The multiple-father arrangement can be found in other South American Societies.

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According to the article "Our Babies, Ourselves," the areas of controversy surrounding child-care and ethnopediatrics usually involve issues of:

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breastfeeding, sleeping, crying.

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In "How Many Fathers Are Best for a Child," it is noted that 114 Bari women were interviewed about their reproductive histories. What proportion of their 916 total offspring did not make it to the age of 15?

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one-third of the 916.

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Ethnopediatricians described in the article "Our Babies, Ourselves" say that human babies should be weaned between 2 1/2 and 6 years of age.

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True.

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Demography

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the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.

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Fieldwork

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practical work conducted by a researcher in the natural environment, rather than in a laboratory or office.

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Key respondents

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individuals central to the local scene.

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Sample

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a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like.

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Stroll

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walk in a leisurely way.

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Caste

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each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status.

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Cultural materialism

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cultural materialism proposes three primary influences on cultural change — infrastructure (technology, economics, demographics), structure (cultural and kinship systems), and superstructure (ideology, religion) — but regards culture more as evolutionary than determined.

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Demography

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the composition of a particular human population.

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Dowry

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property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage.

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Ethnology

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the study of the characteristics of various peoples and the differences and relationships between them.

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Peasants

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a poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries).
*low class

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Sex roles

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are essentially biologically determined (ensuring successful reproduction and forming the basis of sexual division of labor, in which women are associated with child rearing)

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According to Sterk's fieldwork with prostitutes in New York City and Atlanta, which of the following are common concerns and problems of these women?

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*drug habits that have to be supported
*hassles from the police
*HIV/AIDS
*violence from customers

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In "Law, Custom and Crimes Against Women, Dowry Death in India," we learn that dowry is more common among those who live in the Northern part of India. Which of following is among the specific reasons given by van Willigan and Channa to explain the difference?

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Women in South India participate in agricultural production, thus establishing an economic role for themselves within their families.

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According to Sterk's fieldwork with prostitutes, one of the most important difference between prostitutes that had to be reflected in the sample and study design was between:

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Prostitutes who used drugs and ones who did not use drugs.

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In "Law, Custom and Crimes Against Women, Dowry Death in India," some argue that it is more difficult for families to prepare for dowries because:

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of inflation pressures and the increasing number of consumer items available in India, and periodic changes in styles of these items.

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According to Sterk's fieldwork with prostitutes, it was easiest to conduct research and get information from prostitutes on rainy or slow nights, and hardest to interview women in crack houses.

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True

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Four fields of Anthropology

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*Biological
*Archaeology
*Anthropological linguistics
*Cultural

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Basic research

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study directed toward gaining scientific knowledge for its own sake.
*not related to solving problems

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Applied research

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study directed towards gaining scientific knowledge in an effort to meet a recognized field.

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Biological Anthropology

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has the goal of increasing our knowledge about our species , Homo sapiens, by examining evolutionary roots of our biology and behavior

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All cultures can be divided into three interdependent parts:

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1) a material economy and technology
2) a system of beliefs and values
3)a system of social organization

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Process of scientific archaeology

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1) excavation
2) analysis
3) interpretation

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Linguistic anthropologists divide their sub field into three specializations

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1) historical linguistics
2) descriptive linguistics
3) sociocultural linguistics

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Linguistic Anthropology

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a multidisciplinary and scientific study of human language.

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Cultural Anthropology

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concerned with the description and analysis of people's lives and traditions.

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Culture

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the patterns of economy, social organization, and belief that are learned and shared by members of a social group.

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Holistic approach

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anthropologists see a particular part of culture in relation to the larger social system

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Comparative framework

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explanations or generalizations are achieved through cross-cultural research.

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Applied anthropological work can be divided into three categories:

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1) the goal of applied research is more directly linked with a particular problem or need.
2) anthropologists may work as researchers for a government agency on a specific task defined by the client
3) anthropologists work as consultants to business and industry or to government agencies that need in depth cultural knowledge to resolve or prevent a problem.

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Gestation

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the process of carrying or being carried in the womb between conception and birth.

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Matrilineal

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of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line.

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Parturient

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(of a woman or female mammal) about to give birth; in labor.

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Pleistocene

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Primate

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any member of the group of animals that includes human beings, apes, and monkeys

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Sociobiology

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the comparative study of social organization and behavior in animals including humans especially with regard to its genetic basis and evolutionary history

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Adaptation

answer

a change in a plant or animal that makes it better able to live in a particular place or situation

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Anthropometry

answer

the study of human body measurements especially on a comparative basis

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Lactose intolerance

answer

The inability to fully digest sugar (lactose) in dairy products

question

Plasticity

answer

the adaptability of an organism to changes in its environment or differences between its various habitats.

the quality of being easily shaped or molded.

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Stature

answer

a person's natural height

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According to Hardy (Mothers and Others), cooperative parenting is evolutionary advantageous for an animal that is:

answer

slow-maturing

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How does Bogin (The Tall and Short of It) explain the connection between poor child nutrition and slowed or arrested child growth?

answer

question

As indicated by Hrdy (Mothers and Others) anthropological research shows that children who have both "primary" and "secondary" fathers:

answer

have a significantly greater chance of surviving until their 15th birthday

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According to Hrdy (Mothers and Others), helpers of mothers (allomothers) are designated for life and can no longer breed on their own.

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False

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According to Bogin (The Tall and Short of It), the average height of a people provides a good clue as to the overall health of their society.

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True

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Agricultural development

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the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming.

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Civilization

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the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced.

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Domestication of plants and animals

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Hunter-gatherers

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a member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food.

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Neolithic

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Paleontology

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the branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants.

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Paleopathology

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the branch of science concerned with the pathological conditions found in ancient human and animal remains

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Social stratification

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a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy. In the United States, it is perfectly clear that some groups have greater status, power, and wealth than other groups.

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Agrarian

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of or relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land.

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Arable land

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(from Latin arabilis, "able to be plowed") is, according to one definition, land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops.

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Carrying capacity

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the number or quantity of people or things that can be conveyed or held by a vehicle or container.

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Excavation

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the action of excavating something, especially an archaeological site.
excavating (unearthing or "digging up")

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Mound

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a rounded mass projecting above a surface.

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According to Diamond (The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race), what is the progressivist view on the transition from hunting-and-gathering to agriculture?

answer

That the hunting-and-gathering life was "nasty, brutish, and short," and that the move to agriculture was a move to the better.

question

The archaeologist Alan Kolata feels that the fall of the ancient Tiwanakan society came about as a result of:

answer

a prolonged, decades-long drought that dried up the crops and water sources around Tiwanaku.

question

All of the following are reasons that Jared Diamond cites agriculture being one of the "worst mistakes in the history of the human race" EXCEPT:

answer

Agriculturalists have lost touch with Nature because they are trying to control it.

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Additional benefits of the redug canals to the Aymara have turned out to be numerous. Which of the following is NOT one of these benefits?

answer

The improving economic situation of the region has allowed for increased tourism, another source of income for the Aymara.

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True

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Hypothesis

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In science, a hypothesis is an idea or explanation that you then test through study and experimentation.

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Informant

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a person from whom a linguist or anthropologist obtains information about language, dialect, or culture.

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Kinship

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A relation between two or more persons that is based on common ancestry (descent) or marriage (affinity).

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Socialization

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a continuing process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, behavior, and social skills appropriate to his or her social position

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Sociolinguistics

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the study of language in relation to social factors, including differences of regional, class, and occupational dialect, gender differences, and bilingualism.

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Status

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the relative social, professional, or other standing of someone or something.

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Gender

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the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones).

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Metalinguistics

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Sex roles

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the role or behavior learned by a person as appropriate to their sex, determined by the prevailing cultural norms.

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Social networks

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the role or behavior learned by a person as appropriate to their sex, determined by the prevailing cultural norms.

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Sociolinguistics

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the study of language in relation to social factors, including differences of regional, class, and occupational dialect, gender differences, and bilingualism.

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Subculture

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a cultural group within a larger culture, often having beliefs or interests at variance with those of the larger culture.

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According to Basso in (To Give Up on Words), when an Apache girl begins a courtship relationship she may be advised to keep silent because:

answer

silence in courtship is a sign of modesty, while an eagerness to speak betrays previous experience with men.

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In "A Cultural Approach to Male-Female Miscommunication", the differences between men's and women's speech patterns include all of the following EXCEPT:

answer

Women more frequently use the first-person pronoun "I"

*men use I, women use We

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According to Basso in ("To Give Up on Words"), silence is likely to be observed whenever the relationship of the focal participants are marked by:

answer

ambiguity.

*mystery around a person. the unknown.

question

In "A Cultural Approach to Male-Female Miscommunication," the authors argue that the sociolinguistic subcultures of men and women are rooted in:

answer

social differences in the world of boys and girls

question

According to Basso in (To Give Up on Words), white people often seem very foolish in the Apache when they are willing to talk so freely with strangers.

answer

True

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Lactose intolerance

answer

is the inability of adults and children to digest lactose, a sugar found in milk and to a lesser extent dairy products, causing side effects. It is due to a lactase deficiency, or hypolactasia.

question

Race

answer

A group of people identified as distinct from other groups because of supposed physical or genetic traits shared by the group.

question

Sickle-cell anemia

answer

a severe hereditary form of anemia in which a mutated form of hemoglobin distorts the red blood cells into a crescent shape at low oxygen levels. It is most common among those of African descent.

question

Species

answer

a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities.

a group of animals or plants that are similar and can produce young animals or plants.

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Cultural values

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The commonly held standards of what is acceptable or unacceptable, important or unimportant, right or wrong workable or unworkable, etc., in a community or society.

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Economy

answer

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Egalitarian society

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a belief in human equality especially with respect to social, political, and economic affairs

a social philosophy advocating the removal of inequalities among people.

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Hunter-gatherers

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a member of a culture in which food is obtained by hunting, fishing, and foraging rather than by agriculture or animal husbandry.

question

Reciprocal gift

answer

given, felt, or done in return.

question

According to Diamond in "Race Without Color", many anthropologists conclude that one cannot recognize any human races at all because:

answer

question

When contemplating the purchase of a magnificent ox, how much meat did Richard Lee calculate it would yield for every !Kung bushmen man, woman, and child who showed up for the annual Christmas feast?

answer

Four pounds.

question

According to Diamond in "Race Without Color", fingerprint variations in human populations:

answer

show so much variation that they cannot possibly be used to categorize human variation

question

Once the first incision is made with a knife into a newly killed large animal, a Bushmen butcher especially looks for a thick layer of:

answer

Fat.

question

Race is an important cultural (but NOT biological) concept for understanding humans.

answer

True.

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Multiple paternity

answer

question

Nuclear family

answer

a couple and their dependent children, regarded as a basic social unit.

question

Paleoanthropology

answer

the branch of anthropology concerned with fossil hominids.

question

Adaption

answer

the action or process of adapting or being adapted.

question

Ethnopediatrics

answer

question

Socialization

answer

the lifelong process of inheriting and disseminating norms, customs, values and ideologies, providing an individual with the skills and habits necessary for participating within their own society.

question

Weaning

answer

accustom (an infant or other young mammal) to food other than its mother's milk.

question

According to the article "Our Babies, Ourselves,"

answer

young pediatricians need to be trained that there are many healthy variations of infant-care practices available to parents

question

In "How Many Fathers Are Best for a Child," which of the following statements is true of the Bari family system that encourages multiple paternity?

answer

question

According to the article "Our Babies, Ourselves," the areas of controversy surrounding child-care and ethnopediatrics usually involve issues of:

answer

breastfeeding, sleeping, crying.

question

answer

one-third of the 916.

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Ethnopediatricians described in the article "Our Babies, Ourselves" say that human babies should be weaned between 2 1/2 and 6 years of age.

answer

True.

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Demography

answer

the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.

question

Fieldwork

answer

practical work conducted by a researcher in the natural environment, rather than in a laboratory or office.

question

Key respondents

answer

individuals central to the local scene.

question

Sample

answer

a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like.

question

Stroll

answer

walk in a leisurely way.

question

Caste

answer

each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status.

question

Cultural materialism

answer

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Demography

answer

the composition of a particular human population.

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Dowry

answer

property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage.

question

Ethnology

answer

the study of the characteristics of various peoples and the differences and relationships between them.

question

Peasants

answer

a poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries).
*low class

question

Sex roles

answer

are essentially biologically determined (ensuring successful reproduction and forming the basis of sexual division of labor, in which women are associated with child rearing)

question

According to Sterk's fieldwork with prostitutes in New York City and Atlanta, which of the following are common concerns and problems of these women?

answer

*drug habits that have to be supported
*hassles from the police
*HIV/AIDS
*violence from customers

question

answer

Women in South India participate in agricultural production, thus establishing an economic role for themselves within their families.

question

According to Sterk's fieldwork with prostitutes, one of the most important difference between prostitutes that had to be reflected in the sample and study design was between:

answer

Prostitutes who used drugs and ones who did not use drugs.

question

In "Law, Custom and Crimes Against Women, Dowry Death in India," some argue that it is more difficult for families to prepare for dowries because:

answer

of inflation pressures and the increasing number of consumer items available in India, and periodic changes in styles of these items.

question

According to Sterk's fieldwork with prostitutes, it was easiest to conduct research and get information from prostitutes on rainy or slow nights, and hardest to interview women in crack houses.

answer

True

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Four fields of Anthropology

answer

*Biological
*Archaeology
*Anthropological linguistics
*Cultural

question

Basic research

answer

study directed toward gaining scientific knowledge for its own sake.
*not related to solving problems

question

Applied research

answer

study directed towards gaining scientific knowledge in an effort to meet a recognized field.

question

Biological Anthropology

answer

has the goal of increasing our knowledge about our species , Homo sapiens, by examining evolutionary roots of our biology and behavior

question

All cultures can be divided into three interdependent parts:

answer

1) a material economy and technology
2) a system of beliefs and values
3)a system of social organization

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Process of scientific archaeology

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1) excavation
2) analysis
3) interpretation

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Linguistic anthropologists divide their sub field into three specializations

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1) historical linguistics
2) descriptive linguistics
3) sociocultural linguistics

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Linguistic Anthropology

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a multidisciplinary and scientific study of human language.

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Cultural Anthropology

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concerned with the description and analysis of people's lives and traditions.

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Culture

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the patterns of economy, social organization, and belief that are learned and shared by members of a social group.

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Holistic approach

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anthropologists see a particular part of culture in relation to the larger social system

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Comparative framework

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explanations or generalizations are achieved through cross-cultural research.

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Applied anthropological work can be divided into three categories:

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Anthro 105 W Midterm Spring 2016

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