APY1501 Exam Pack

1 APY1501 The Anthropological Study of Culture in a multicultural context APY1501 EXAM PREPARATION – Assignments and Exams This document is an easy to read compilation of past UNISA Assignment and Exam Questions and Answers Answers are motivated by a combination of: • Page references to the prescribed textbook • Short summaries and/or content regarding the relevant topic(s) in question. (Incorrect options are also marked where applicable, in order to identify and disregard red-herring alternatives) Assignments covered are: • Assignment 01 for Semester 1 2015 • Assignment 02 for Semester 1 2015 • Assignment 01 for Semester 2 2015 • Assignment 02 for Semester 2 2015 • Assignment 06 for Semester 1 2018 • Assignment 06 for Semester 1 2018 Exams covered are: • May-June 2011 • October-November 2011 • May-June 2012 • October-November 2012 • May-June 2013 • October-November 2013 • May-June 2014 • October-November 2016 • May-June 2017 • October-November 2017 Please note: This document is an additional tool for exam preparation. The Stuvia-user that compiled and uploaded this document takes no responsibility for incorrect answers. Students must ensure that they study the prescribed material and understand the content. The key to successful studying from previous exam papers and assignments is not to memorise answers, but in understanding: • why the option selected is correct, • the options that are eliminated are incorrect – and why these are incorrect. S - The study-notes marketplace Downloaded by: yandycele | Distribution of this document is illegal S - The study-notes marketplace 2 APY1501 The Anthropological Study of Culture in a multicultural context FIRST SEMESTER 2015 Assignment 1 UNIQUE NUMBER QUESTION 1 Select the option that CORRECTLY completes the following statement: Sociocultural anthropologists focus on the ___. 1. relation between language and the other aspects of the life of a society. 2. lifestyles of the rich diversity of societies as they are found worldwide. 3. influence of biological and hereditary characteristics on behaviour of members of a society. 4. material remains of societies which are collected during excavation of sites where people once lived. Answer: The correct answer is 2 Refer: APY1501 Study Guide, pg. 49 Reasoning: Anthropology’s has “four fields” of study (biological/physical anthropology, archaeology, linguistic and sociocultural anthropology) that is closely related. Anthropologists from all four fields study notions of the body – each in a different context: 1. Sociocultural anthropologists, for example, examine how culture affects societal and individual bodily ideas, ideals and practices. They provide ethnographic records of how various sociocultural groups value appearancerelated practices. Option 2 refers to this field. 2. Biological/physical anthropologists classify human diversity related to body size, shape, composition and appearance. They investigate how geographical, social, economic and other aspects affect physical development, health and well-being. Option 3 refers to this field. 3. Linguistic anthropologists research how the body communicates; how messages are sent within a particular social context and how a language shapes bodily concepts – for example, male and female bodies. Option 1 refers to this field. 4. Archaeologists record physical variations, modification and adornment practices over time through examining material remains. Option 4 refers to this field