Study Guide for Spring, 2006 Quizzes
#1 (April 24th)
Films: The Hunters
Dead Birds
Baboons
Kibbutz Dafna
Lectures: Basic Concepts and Questions
Of course, you may have lecture notes or discussion materials that are not on these web pages.
Book: The following chapters will be covered on Quiz #1. In class, we will develop a list of the most important terms and concepts to prepare for the quiz.
Chapter 1
Questions: 3. Globalization can be described as a two-edged sword. How does it foster growth and destruction simultaneously?
5. The Biocultural Connection in this chapter contrasts different cultural perspectives on "brain death," while the Original Study featured a discussion about traditional Zulu healers and their role in dealing with AIDS victims. What do these two accounts suggest about the role of applied anthropology in dealing with cross-cultural health issues across the world?
Terms: anthropology, applied anthropology, physical anthropology, molecular anthropology, paleoanthropology, primatology, forensic anthropology, archaeology, linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology, ethnography, fieldwork, participant observation, holistic perspective, informants, medical anthropology, globalization
Chapter 2
Question: 4. Although all cultures across the world display some degree of ethnocentrism, some are more ethnocentric than others. In what ways is your own society ethnocentric? Considering the modern fact of globalization, do you think ethnocentrism poses more of a problem in today's world than in the past?
Terms: culture, society, gender, ethnic group, ethnicity, pluralistic society, enculturation, synbols, ethnohistory, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism
Chapter 3
Question: 2. Given your understanding of the concept of culture, do you think that chimps and bonobos possess culture?
Terms: paleoanthropologists, primatologists, evolution, genes, adaptation, natural selection, species, primate, bipedalism, Australopithecus, Neandertals, multiregional hypothesis, recent African origins hypothesis, race
Chapter 4
Questions: 4. Think about the gestures commonly used in your own family. Are they more or less powerful than words expressed?
5. From its earliest days, writing was linked to political power. How does that apply to modern media and globalization?
Terms: language, signals, linguistics, descriptive linguistics, phonetics, phonology, phonemes, morphology, morphemes, syntax, grammar, gesture, kinesics, proxemics, paralanguage, vocalizations, tonal language, historical linguistics, language family, core vocabularies, pidgin, creole, linguistic relativity, gendered speech, dialects, code switching, displacement writing system, alphabet
Chapter 5
Questions: 1. Every society faces the challenge of humanizing its children. What child-rearing practices did you experience that embody the values and social codes of your society?
4. Do you fit within the acceptable range of your society's modal personality? How so?
Terms: self-awareness, naming ceremony, personality, dependence training, independence training, core values, intersexuals, transgenders, ethnic psychoses
STUDY GUIDE #2 QUIZ 5/22
Films:
Faces of Culture: Food Collectors and Pastoralists
Faces of Culture: Food Producers
Story of N!ai, a Kung Woman
Lectures:
Subsistence patterns, economic systems, and kinship and marriage notes are all in Lecture Notes #2
Book:
Chapter 6
Key questions: 2
Terms: TAKE OUT progress, convergent evolution, parallel evolution, culture type, culture core, density of social relations
Chapter 7
Key questions: 2, 3
Terms: TAKE OUT leveling mechanism, generalized reciprocity, balanced reciprocity, negative reciprocity, prestige economy
Chapter 8
Key questions: 3
Terms: TAKE OUT bride service
Chapter 9
Key questions: 3, 4
Terms: TAKE OUT new reproductive technologies, avunculocal residence, sororal polygyny, fraternal polyandry
Chapter 10
Key questions: 3, 5
Terms: TAKE OUT ambilineal descent, fission, totemism, Eskimo system, Hawaiian system, Iroquois system, Crow system