Test Bank for Physical Anthropology, 12th Edition by Philip Stein, Bruce Rowe and
m m m m m m m m m m m m
rian Pierson m
Chapter 01 12e
m m Answers Included
m
TRUE/FALSE m-mWritem'T'mif mthemstatementmismtruemandm'F'mif mthemstatementmismfalse.
1) A mmainmareamof mstudymformphysicalmanthropologistsmismthemstudymof mevolution.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Sciencemcanmprovidemanswersmtomallmpossiblemquestions.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Anmempiricalmobservationmismonemthat mismmademwithmthemhelpmof mammicroscopemormtelescope.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) A mtheorymismmoremcertainmthanmamguessmbut mlessmcertainmthanmamfact.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Themideamthat mhumansmaremsuperiormtomothermanimalsmismtermed manthropocentrism.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) CharlesmDarwinmwasmthemfirst mpersonmtomrecognizemthat mnaturemcould mbemdynamic.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) Lamarckmproposed mthemtheorymof macquired mcharacteristics,mwhichmstatesmthat mtraitsmgain
ed mduringmamlifetimemcanmbempassed mtomthemnext mgeneration.
1
, ⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Darwin'smtheorymstatesmthat mgroupsmwhomarembettermsuited mtomtheirmenvironment mwillmbemm
oremlikelymtomsurvivemand mreproduce.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Darwinmlacked manmaccuratemunderstandingmof mthemmechanismsmof minheritance.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Themstudymof mthemchangeminmbodymcolormof mpeppered mmothsmdescribed minmchaptermo
nemshowed mthat mevolutionmcould mbemobserved minmamshortermperiod mof mtimemthanmDarwinmth
ought mpossible.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLEmCHOICEm-
mChoosemthemonemalternativemthatmbestmcompletesmthemstatementmormanswersmthemquestion.
11) Themfield mthat mstudiesmfossilmrecordsmis:
A) primatology
B) paleontology
C) genetics
D) archaeology
12) Themsubfield mof mphysicalmanthropologymincludesmthemstudymof:
2
, A) humanmgenetics
B) forensicmanthropology
C) humanmbiologicalmvariation
D) allmof mthese
13) Culturalmanthropology:
A) ismambranchmof marchaeology
B) ismthemstudymof mart mand mmusic
C) includesmthemstudymof mhumanmsocialmorganizationsmand mlearned mpatternsmof mbehavior
D) includesmpaleontologymasmammajormtopic
14) Themstudymof mampeople'smpoliticalmorganizationmwould mbemampart mof:
A) culturalmanthropology
B) linguistics
C) archaeology
D) physicalmanthropology
15) Anmanthropologicalmlinguist:
A) alwaysmattemptsmtomlearnmtomspeakmasmmanymlanguagesmasmhemormshempossiblymcan
B) teachesmstudentsmforeignmlanguages
C) studiesmthemhistory,mfunction,mstructure,mand mphysiologymof mlanguage
D) would monlymbeminterested minmculturesmthat mhavemwritingmsystems
16) Thempracticalmapplicationmof manthropologicalmknowledgemtomreal-world mconcernsmismcalled:
3
, A) academicmanthropology
B) lived manthropology
C) applied manthropology
D) realisticmanthropology
17) Anmempiricalmobservationmismonemthat mis:
A) measurable
B) amfact
C) received mthroughmthemsenses
D) allmof mthese
18) Hypotheses:
A) aremalwaysmconsidered mtombemcorrect mstatements
B) aremthemsamemthingmasmlawsminmscience
C) aremnot mamnecessarympart mof mthemscientificmmethod
D) must mbemlogicalmand mtestable
19) Hypotheses:
A) canmbemdisproven
B) canmbemtested mthroughmexperimentsmand mobservations
C) arembased monmempiricalmobservations
D) allmof mthese
20) A mtentativemstatement mabout mthemrelationshipmbetweenmtwomvariablesmisma(n):
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m m m m m m m m m m m m
rian Pierson m
Chapter 01 12e
m m Answers Included
m
TRUE/FALSE m-mWritem'T'mif mthemstatementmismtruemandm'F'mif mthemstatementmismfalse.
1) A mmainmareamof mstudymformphysicalmanthropologistsmismthemstudymof mevolution.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Sciencemcanmprovidemanswersmtomallmpossiblemquestions.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Anmempiricalmobservationmismonemthat mismmademwithmthemhelpmof mammicroscopemormtelescope.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) A mtheorymismmoremcertainmthanmamguessmbut mlessmcertainmthanmamfact.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Themideamthat mhumansmaremsuperiormtomothermanimalsmismtermed manthropocentrism.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) CharlesmDarwinmwasmthemfirst mpersonmtomrecognizemthat mnaturemcould mbemdynamic.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) Lamarckmproposed mthemtheorymof macquired mcharacteristics,mwhichmstatesmthat mtraitsmgain
ed mduringmamlifetimemcanmbempassed mtomthemnext mgeneration.
1
, ⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Darwin'smtheorymstatesmthat mgroupsmwhomarembettermsuited mtomtheirmenvironment mwillmbemm
oremlikelymtomsurvivemand mreproduce.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Darwinmlacked manmaccuratemunderstandingmof mthemmechanismsmof minheritance.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Themstudymof mthemchangeminmbodymcolormof mpeppered mmothsmdescribed minmchaptermo
nemshowed mthat mevolutionmcould mbemobserved minmamshortermperiod mof mtimemthanmDarwinmth
ought mpossible.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLEmCHOICEm-
mChoosemthemonemalternativemthatmbestmcompletesmthemstatementmormanswersmthemquestion.
11) Themfield mthat mstudiesmfossilmrecordsmis:
A) primatology
B) paleontology
C) genetics
D) archaeology
12) Themsubfield mof mphysicalmanthropologymincludesmthemstudymof:
2
, A) humanmgenetics
B) forensicmanthropology
C) humanmbiologicalmvariation
D) allmof mthese
13) Culturalmanthropology:
A) ismambranchmof marchaeology
B) ismthemstudymof mart mand mmusic
C) includesmthemstudymof mhumanmsocialmorganizationsmand mlearned mpatternsmof mbehavior
D) includesmpaleontologymasmammajormtopic
14) Themstudymof mampeople'smpoliticalmorganizationmwould mbemampart mof:
A) culturalmanthropology
B) linguistics
C) archaeology
D) physicalmanthropology
15) Anmanthropologicalmlinguist:
A) alwaysmattemptsmtomlearnmtomspeakmasmmanymlanguagesmasmhemormshempossiblymcan
B) teachesmstudentsmforeignmlanguages
C) studiesmthemhistory,mfunction,mstructure,mand mphysiologymof mlanguage
D) would monlymbeminterested minmculturesmthat mhavemwritingmsystems
16) Thempracticalmapplicationmof manthropologicalmknowledgemtomreal-world mconcernsmismcalled:
3
, A) academicmanthropology
B) lived manthropology
C) applied manthropology
D) realisticmanthropology
17) Anmempiricalmobservationmismonemthat mis:
A) measurable
B) amfact
C) received mthroughmthemsenses
D) allmof mthese
18) Hypotheses:
A) aremalwaysmconsidered mtombemcorrect mstatements
B) aremthemsamemthingmasmlawsminmscience
C) aremnot mamnecessarympart mof mthemscientificmmethod
D) must mbemlogicalmand mtestable
19) Hypotheses:
A) canmbemdisproven
B) canmbemtested mthroughmexperimentsmand mobservations
C) arembased monmempiricalmobservations
D) allmof mthese
20) A mtentativemstatement mabout mthemrelationshipmbetweenmtwomvariablesmisma(n):
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