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21. The ethnographic interview is different from the sociological or psychological interview because the
a. interviewer and the subject almost always speak different first languages.
b. ethnographic interview is much more narrow in scope.
c. ethnographic interview always focuses on the experiences of a single individual.
d. ethnographic interview is typically used alone without other sources of data.
22. Photography
a. can provide a record of land-use patterns.
b. can document the technology of the culture and how it is used.
c. can provide information on patterns of interaction.
d. all of the above
23. Unstructured interviews
a. seldom provide useful or accurate data.
b. should only be used at the end of ones fieldwork.
c. contain open-ended questions and are paced by the interviewees.
d. are all very short in duration.
24. Anthropologists have a responsibility to
a. their subjects.
b. their discipline.
c. their colleagues.
d. all of the above
25. Cultural anthropologists use document analysis in addition to interviewing and observation because
a. people can never be trusted to tell the truth.
b. it can produce large quantities of data.
c. it is relatively inexpensive.
d. b and c
26. Culture shock includes the following symptom(s):
a. a sense of confidence about the proper way to behave.
b. a loss of self-esteem.
c. a sense of being accepted by members of the other culture.
d. a feeling of having total control over the situation.
e. all of the above
27. The validity of anthropological data can be checked by
a. never asking more than one person the same question.
b. asking a single individual the same question repeatedly over a period of time.
c. comparing peoples answers to questions to their actual behavior.
d. b and c
28. When conducting ethnographic interviews, you should
a. use simple, unambiguous questions
b. obtain informed consent after the interview is completed
c. leave the more controversial questions for the end of the interview
d. a and c only
29. Anthropologists collect information on all the relatives(kin) of the informant by
a. mapping.
b. the genealogical method.
c. proxemic analysis.
d. document analysis.
30. Biculturalism means
a. a loss of understanding of ones own culture.
b. a capacity to function effectively in two or more cultures.
c. an inability to shift gears between ones own and another culture.
d. extreme homesickness.
31. Discussions of anthropological field techniques used in research
a. seldom were published before the 1960s.
b. have always been an important part of publications based on field research.
c. always explained how the anthropologist felt about doing their fieldwork.
d. always explained how many people were interviewed and observed.
32. One anthropologist studying the same village at two different times
a. will always have a harder time on her or his second trip because the
people will have learned how to avoid the anthropologist.
b. would experience two different fieldwork situations, because both the anthropologist and the people under analysis will have changed.
c. would experience almost identical fieldwork situations if she or he had done good ethnographic research the first time.
d. will always have an easier time on his or her second trip because the people will have learned that the anthropologist is harmless
33. A researchers complimenting and touching a Malaysian child on the head
a. violated the sacred part of the childs body.
b. helped the anthropologist establish rapport.
c. invited bad fortune on the child.
d. a and c
34. When teaching, anthropologists should be
a. fair, candid, and nonexploitive in their dealing with students.
b. sure to minimize the importance of ethics in anthropological research.
c. careful to keep students away from their research and writing for publication.
d. a and b
35. An anthropologist decides on which techniques to use based on
a. the nature of the problem being studied.
b. a realistic appraisal of what he/she can get away with.
c. the reception of the people being studied.
d. a and c
36. Narrative ethnography is concerned
a. with traditional notions of scientific objectivity.
b. with co-producing ethnographic knowledge by focusing on the interaction between anthropologists and their informants.
c. analyzing informants information in light of the political structure.
d. with avoiding the influence of the personality of the anthropologist.
37. Ethnographic fieldwork is different from research in a chemistry or physics laboratory because
a. observers must interact with their subjects, which introduces subjectivity.
b. subjects have a free will and can behave in an atypical manner.
c. relationships with ethnographers cam cause informants to behave differently.
d. all of the above.
38. Anthropologists receiving support from their sponsors must
a. reflect upon the purposes of the sponsoring organizations and the potential uses to which the findings will be put.
b. never reveal their sources of information to their sponsors.
c. never accept more money than to meet their research expenses.
d. accept the fact that their sponsors have the right to make all ethical decisions.
39. In her study in Senegal, Renaud worked with registered prostitutes and found that
a. approximately four of every 10 registered prostitutes were HIV positive.
b. almost all prostitutes enforced condom use among their clients.
c. the prostitutes required their boyfriends to use condoms only 71 per cent of the time.
d. all of the above
40. Many anthropologists working in foreign countries
a. seldom are able to be as honest with their host government as they could be with their own government.
b. often compromise their professional standards in order to get a research clearance.
c. should be honest with both their own and the host governments.
d. may engage in clandestine research for their own or their host government.
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