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Study Guide for Cultural
Anthropology, Exam #1
I. Multiple
Choice Some of these are
similar to those that have appeared on your quizzes, but questions will also
cover readings assigned that I did not quiz you over, as well as material from
class presentations. Most, if not
all, of your exam will be multiple choice and perhaps some True/False.
II. Matching
and Identifications. There may
be some terms that you will match to their definitions, perhaps a few you will
identify, while others will appear in multiple choice, True/False
questions. The terms will come
from this list:
anthropological linguistics fossils subculture explanation
anthropology historical
archaeology sociolinguistics ethnographic
present
applied anthropology adaptive/maladaptive E.B.
Tyler hypotheses
ethnocentrism cultural
relativism Franz
Boas laws
participant observation holistic early
evolutionism political
economy
archaeology etic/emic Bronislaw
Malinowski binary
oppositions
biological anthropology Homo
sapiens cultural
ecology cultural
anthropology sociobiology human
paleontology ethnocentric statistical
association
culture fieldwork Edward B. Tylor theories
descriptive linguistics prehistory types
of magic sororate
ethnographer Primates norms the
Masai
ethnohistorian parallel cousins honey-beer levirate
ethnology cross
cousins behavioral
ecology polygyny
bridewealth ritual
murder cattle
complex pastoralism
types of reciprocity patrilineage transhumance clan
moot bride
capture scarification hyena
heifer kraal clitoridectomy circumcision
III. There may
be a few questions which can be answered by a phrase or perhaps even by a
word. These will come from the
text, for which you should examine the questions on the relevant chapters and
the summary at the end of each chapter; the ethnography on the Barabaig, for
which you should also examine relevant quizzes and consider the points about
the ethnography raised in class; classroom presentations; and the video about
the Masai. The following outline
might help you organize your notes, but you might also check out the
book’s website and links to chapter exercises:
I. The Scope of
Anthropology
A. How anthropology differs from
related/similar academic disciplines
B. Branches of anthropology
1. Physical anthropology and its subfields
2. Cultural anthropology and its subfiekds
II. The Concept
of Culture
A. General definition and importance
B. Attitudes that hinder the study of
cultures
C. Characteristics of culture
1. Learned 4. Integrated
2.
Shared 5. Dynamic/changing
3. Adaptive 6. Patterned
III.
Anthropological Theories
A.
Theoretical
Orientations
1. Early evolutionism and its proponents (Tyler)
2. Historical Particularism and its
proponents (Boas)
3.
Cultural ecology
4. Political Economy
5. Sociobiology and behavioral
ecology
6.
Interpretive Approaches
B. Explanations and Theories
IV. Types of research in cultural anthropology
A. General Steps
1. Collecting data (ethnography)
2. Comparing data (ethnology)
B. Ethnography
1. Participant observation - advantages
and disadvantages
2. Sample ethnography - The Barabaig
* Remember the attendance and make-up policy. No make-up will be given without a verified, justifiable excuse. The make-up will inevitably be more difficult than the first version of the exam (which uses up all the easy questions). You must make up the exam within one week of returning to class, and you must initiate the make-up process by talking to me.