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Which of the following is not one of the characteristic field techniques of ethnography? |
| | A) | participant observation |
| | B) | interview schedule |
| | C) | genealogical method |
| | D) | problem-instigating research |
| | E) | life histories |
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The genealogical method is important to ethnographic research because: |
| | A) | the collection of blood samples allows researchers to extract genetic material from individuals in a culture and sequence their genes. |
| | B) | it collects data that are essential to reconstructing history and understanding current social relations. |
| | C) | it sheds light on the imponderabilia of daily life. |
| | D) | it collects information on the requisite technologies for constructing a settlement. |
| | E) | Genealogical research is not important to ethnographic research. |
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The etic perspective is: |
| | A) | that of the ethnographer. |
| | B) | that of the local members of the community being studied. |
| | C) | the one held by refugees regarding the authorities that forced them to leave their home country. |
| | D) | how locals perceive the world in which they live. |
| | E) | that of the person being interviewed. |
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Which of the following techniques is described as "anthropological research directed at investigating a specific question"? |
| | A) | problem-oriented ethnography |
| | B) | life histories |
| | C) | genealogical method |
| | D) | longitudinal research |
| | E) | survey research. |
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Which of the following is not an example of participant-observation? |
| | A) | dancing in a festival |
| | B) | singing during a ritual |
| | C) | taking part in a hunt |
| | D) | competing in the games popular in the community |
| | E) | interviewing key cultural consultants |
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Which of the following techniques is described as "the long-term study of a community, region, society, or culture"? |
| | A) | problem-oriented ethnography |
| | B) | life histories |
| | C) | genealogical method |
| | D) | longitudinal research |
| | E) | participant observation |
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Key cultural consultants are an important part of ethnographic research because they: |
| | A) | will collect all of the necessary data. |
| | B) | write up only the important information and leave out the extraneous data. |
| | C) | can tell the ethnographer all about the etic perspective. |
| | D) | can provide the most complete or useful information about particular aspects of life. |
| | E) | will apply for grants needed to conduct the research. |
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Interpretive anthropologists such as Clifford Geertz: |
| | A) | feel that ethnography is no longer essential to anthropology. |
| | B) | shun written ethnographies and instead rely solely on films to record their ethnographic experiences. |
| | C) | view cultures as meaningful texts that natives constantly "read" and ethnographers must decipher. |
| | D) | believe that ethnographers should focus their attention on native groups that have never had contact with outside cultures. |
| | E) | think that ethnographers should avoid the emic perspective. |
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Which of the following is not true according to the code of ethics guiding anthropological research? |
| | A) | All parties that may be affected by anthropological research should be informed about the nature, procedures, purposes, potential impacts, and sources of funding for the research. |
| | B) | It is acceptable for anthropologists to manipulate or control intentionally the communities they study as long as the research adds to our understanding of human cultural and biological diversity. |
| | C) | It is appropriate for anthropologists to include colleagues from host countries when planning research and making requests for funding. |
| | D) | Informed consent should be obtained from anyone who provides information or who might be affected by the research. |
| | E) | An anthropologist's primary ethical obligation is to the people, species, and materials she or he studies. |
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Unlike ethnography, survey research: |
| | A) | studies communities in their entirety. |
| | B) | has been traditionally conducted in nonindustrial, small-scale societies. |
| | C) | is conducted with little or no personal contact between study subjects and researchers. |
| | D) | makes little use of statistics. |
| | E) | is based on establishing close personal ties with the community being studied. |
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Agreement to take part in research, after the people being studied have been told about that research's purpose, nature, procedures, and potential impact on them, is know as: |
| | A) | the etic approach. |
| | B) | informed consent. |
| | C) | the emic approach. |
| | D) | the genealogical method. |
| | E) | an interview schedule. |
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The genre of anthropological writing in which the ethnographer-writer puts her or his own feelings and reactions to a field situation right in the text is know as: |
| | A) | longitudinal research. |
| | B) | the genealogical method. |
| | C) | ethnographic realism. |
| | D) | the ethnographic present. |
| | E) | reflexive ethnography. |
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Which of the following is unique to anthropology? |
| | A) | holistic ethnography |
| | B) | consultants |
| | C) | random sampling |
| | D) | interviews |
| | E) | questionnaires |
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Anthropology increasingly is concerned with all of the following except: |
| | A) | flows of people, technology, images, and information. |
| | B) | native societies that have not changed for centuries, and that have never been influenced by outside people or cultures. |
| | C) | migrants, refugees, terrorists, warriors, tourists, developers, and other "outsiders" who impinge upon the places studied by ethnographers. |
| | D) | the effects of global mass media on local peoples and cultures. |
| | E) | people in motion, including those living on or near national borders, nomads, seasonal migrants, homeless and displaced people, immigrants, and refugees. |
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Bronislaw Malinowski is well known for all of the following except: |
| | A) | his work among the Trobriand Islanders. |
| | B) | writing his ethnographies in the style of ethnographic realism. |
| | C) | emphasizing the importance of exploring the "imponderabilia of daily life." |
| | D) | setting the standard for holistic ethnography. |
| | E) | refusing to conduct salvage ethnography. |
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