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Anthropology 101 Emory Exam 1 Questions and
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What are the four subfields of anthropology? How do they work together in the
study of the "whole human"? - (answers)Biological, Archaeology, Cultural,
Linguistic
They provide a holistic approach and can provide further subfields between two
of the four sub fields
Be able to name at least three different ways in which applied anthropologists
might work and generally what they would do - (answers)Medical- cultural
dimensions of health, disease, treatment, and care
Developmental- developing a society while keeping with indigenous models while
avoiding stratification and fostering equity, overinnovation and
underdifferentiation
Public anthro and cultural resource management (CRM)- salvaging threatened site
on private/public land, and preservation, restoring, and education of protected
sites
What kinds of questions might anthropologists ask and to what extent do they
become involved in the societies they study? - (answers)Why do we work where
we work?
Many try to integrate into society to fully understand it
How does anthropology differ from other related fields, such as sociology or
psychology? - (answers)Anthropology focuses on culture and humans rather than
solely society or the mind
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Understand the nature of scientific research - (answers)Hypotheses are designed
to be disproven. Anthro is a science but a formal experiment doesn't have to take
place
Know what the handmaiden critique means, and why it is still relevant in modern
anthropology - (answers)Critique that anthropology has the potential to act as the
"handmaiden" to corporations, governments, and other special interests
What are some methods used by cultural anthropologists? -
(answers)Observational Methods, Participant Observation, Non-Participant
Observation, Ethnographic Method
What key scientific contributions that set the scene for the acceptance of the
Darwin/Wallace theory of evolution by natural selection? - (answers)Aristotle,
Lamarck, Galileo
What were some of the major obstacles to evolutionary thought? In general, how
were they overcome? - (answers)Uniformitarianism- Earth's position in the
universe
Fixity of species-humans outside the natural order
Know the three components of evolution by natural selection -
(answers)Variability , Heritability, Competition
What are the two main components to the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis? -
(answers)Mendelian genetics and Darwinian evolution
Anthropology 101 Emory Exam 1 Questions and
Answers|2025 Update|100% Correct.
What are the four subfields of anthropology? How do they work together in the
study of the "whole human"? - (answers)Biological, Archaeology, Cultural,
Linguistic
They provide a holistic approach and can provide further subfields between two
of the four sub fields
Be able to name at least three different ways in which applied anthropologists
might work and generally what they would do - (answers)Medical- cultural
dimensions of health, disease, treatment, and care
Developmental- developing a society while keeping with indigenous models while
avoiding stratification and fostering equity, overinnovation and
underdifferentiation
Public anthro and cultural resource management (CRM)- salvaging threatened site
on private/public land, and preservation, restoring, and education of protected
sites
What kinds of questions might anthropologists ask and to what extent do they
become involved in the societies they study? - (answers)Why do we work where
we work?
Many try to integrate into society to fully understand it
How does anthropology differ from other related fields, such as sociology or
psychology? - (answers)Anthropology focuses on culture and humans rather than
solely society or the mind
, 2|Page
Understand the nature of scientific research - (answers)Hypotheses are designed
to be disproven. Anthro is a science but a formal experiment doesn't have to take
place
Know what the handmaiden critique means, and why it is still relevant in modern
anthropology - (answers)Critique that anthropology has the potential to act as the
"handmaiden" to corporations, governments, and other special interests
What are some methods used by cultural anthropologists? -
(answers)Observational Methods, Participant Observation, Non-Participant
Observation, Ethnographic Method
What key scientific contributions that set the scene for the acceptance of the
Darwin/Wallace theory of evolution by natural selection? - (answers)Aristotle,
Lamarck, Galileo
What were some of the major obstacles to evolutionary thought? In general, how
were they overcome? - (answers)Uniformitarianism- Earth's position in the
universe
Fixity of species-humans outside the natural order
Know the three components of evolution by natural selection -
(answers)Variability , Heritability, Competition
What are the two main components to the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis? -
(answers)Mendelian genetics and Darwinian evolution
