Introduction to Anthropology Final Exam Study Guide
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
_ ____ is the tendency to view one's own culture as Ethnocentrism
superior, and to apply one's own cultural values when
judging the behavior of others.
_ ___ the argument that behavior of a particular culture Cultural relativism
should not be judged by the values of another.
What are the sub disciplines of anthropology in order? Biological anthropology,
Archaeology anthropology,
Linguistic anthropology,
and Cultural anthropology.
_ ______ is interested in humans as biological Biological anthropology
organisms, our relationship to other primates, and our
evolutionary development as a species.
_ ______ is the study of past human cultures Archaeology anthropology
particularly those which left no written records. They
reconstruct the past through material remains.
_ ______ believes that human language is the base from Linguistic anthropology
which culture is built. Human language is how we build
culture. This sub discipline of anthropology can be
broken down into three components.
_ ______ is the study of patterns of thought and Cultural anthropology
behavior in different cultures. The principle
methodology of this is "participant observation".
_ _____ is transmitted through learning rather than Culture
biological inheritance (everything that's not genetic).
, Part of _______ is conscious beliefs and actions, but Culture
much of it is unconscious assumptions (trapped in
culture).
_ _____ is symbolic. Culture
_ _____ imposes itself on nature. What we are taught to Culture
act like may be different than our natural instincts.
_ _____ is patterned. Culture
_ _____ can be adaptive or maladaptive. Culture
_ _____ is a set of structured relationships between Human language
meaning and expression.
_ _____ has seldom any connection between the Human language
abstract symbols we use and the things to which they
refer (ex: water/agua).
What is one of the slowest things about culture to Human language
change?
What is one of the most conservative aspects about Human language
culture?
What are the two parts of language that change the Technology words (ex: the word cell phone) and slang words.
most?
True or false? In human languages there are False. In human languages there are NO simple/primitive languages.
simple/primitive languages.
True or false? All languages are fully complex. True. All languages are fully complex.
What are the two important characteristics of human Productivity and displacement.
language?
_ ______ is the infinite capacity to create new messages Productivity
and convey information in greater and greater detail.
_ ______ is the ability to convey information about Displacement
something with which we have no direct sensory
contact. We can talk about the past and the future as
well as the present.
_ _____ is a change in the DNA sequence. Mutation
What are the two processes through which variation is Genetic drift and gene flow.
shuffled through populations?
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
_ ____ is the tendency to view one's own culture as Ethnocentrism
superior, and to apply one's own cultural values when
judging the behavior of others.
_ ___ the argument that behavior of a particular culture Cultural relativism
should not be judged by the values of another.
What are the sub disciplines of anthropology in order? Biological anthropology,
Archaeology anthropology,
Linguistic anthropology,
and Cultural anthropology.
_ ______ is interested in humans as biological Biological anthropology
organisms, our relationship to other primates, and our
evolutionary development as a species.
_ ______ is the study of past human cultures Archaeology anthropology
particularly those which left no written records. They
reconstruct the past through material remains.
_ ______ believes that human language is the base from Linguistic anthropology
which culture is built. Human language is how we build
culture. This sub discipline of anthropology can be
broken down into three components.
_ ______ is the study of patterns of thought and Cultural anthropology
behavior in different cultures. The principle
methodology of this is "participant observation".
_ _____ is transmitted through learning rather than Culture
biological inheritance (everything that's not genetic).
, Part of _______ is conscious beliefs and actions, but Culture
much of it is unconscious assumptions (trapped in
culture).
_ _____ is symbolic. Culture
_ _____ imposes itself on nature. What we are taught to Culture
act like may be different than our natural instincts.
_ _____ is patterned. Culture
_ _____ can be adaptive or maladaptive. Culture
_ _____ is a set of structured relationships between Human language
meaning and expression.
_ _____ has seldom any connection between the Human language
abstract symbols we use and the things to which they
refer (ex: water/agua).
What is one of the slowest things about culture to Human language
change?
What is one of the most conservative aspects about Human language
culture?
What are the two parts of language that change the Technology words (ex: the word cell phone) and slang words.
most?
True or false? In human languages there are False. In human languages there are NO simple/primitive languages.
simple/primitive languages.
True or false? All languages are fully complex. True. All languages are fully complex.
What are the two important characteristics of human Productivity and displacement.
language?
_ ______ is the infinite capacity to create new messages Productivity
and convey information in greater and greater detail.
_ ______ is the ability to convey information about Displacement
something with which we have no direct sensory
contact. We can talk about the past and the future as
well as the present.
_ _____ is a change in the DNA sequence. Mutation
What are the two processes through which variation is Genetic drift and gene flow.
shuffled through populations?
