Anthropology 2200 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

Anthropology 2200 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS

Science - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Knowledge and a process that's based on
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evidence and is self correcting | | | |




Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Observations
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**Hypothesis
*Predictions
*Tests -> Further Tests until hypothesis supported
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**Hypothesis Rejected |




Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*A testable Prediction that potentially
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explains a specific phenomenon observed in the natural world
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* Cannot Prove a hypothesis
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*Has to be quantifiable / have to be able to replicate it
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Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-* An explanation as to why a natural
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phenomenon takes place | | |




* An explanatory hypothesis
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Law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-* A statement of fact that describes natural
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phenomena

, * A generalizing hypothesis
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Theory Vs. Law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Theory - How something happens
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Law - What will happen
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Spurious Correlations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Correlations does not mean
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causation
* Ice cream consumption & Murder
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Science & Faith - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Faith is a belief in something without
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evidence where science is acceptance of exploration based solely on evidence
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Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The study of humanity
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Four Subfields of Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Cultural Anthropology
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*Archaeology |




*Linguistic Anthropology |




*Physical/Biological Anthropology |




Culture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*A learned and shared phenomena
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*Not fully formed at birth
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*Learn through own experience/Sharing interactions with other people in the
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group