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The Anthropological Method
True or False
1
Participant observation involves living with other people, learning their language and understanding their behavior and ideas.
A)
True.
B)
False.
2
Anthropologists gain information by interviewing individuals in the culture, who are referred to as mentors.
A)
True.
B)
False.
3
George Hunt was Franz Boas's key informant.
A)
True.
B)
False.
4
In a Kwakiutl wedding the bride and groom are the focus of everyone else's attention.
A)
True.
B)
False.
5
A
numaym
is the Kwakiut term for a group of relatives.
A)
True.
B)
False.
6
A Kwakiutl wedding is marked by massive distribution of valued material goods like blankets.
A)
True.
B)
False.
7
Salvage anthropology is the study of waste and garbage.
A)
True.
B)
False.
8
A potlatch is a large-scale ceremonial distribution of important material goods that enhances the political prestige of the donor.
A)
True.
B)
False.
9
A total social phenomenon is one in which the entire community is involved and has important economic and political elements as well.
A)
True.
B)
False.
10
Being reflexive in ethnography means the same thing as being scientific and objective.
A)
True.
B)
False.
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