From where do we derive most anthropological data?
A) participant-observation
B) accounts of early explorers
C) government censuses and reports
D) controlled studies
Answer: A
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a. an anthropologist doing detailed archival research on federal welfare programs. b. an anthropologist spending 18 months living among the Trobrianders in the Pacific Islands. c. an anthropologist studying human genetic variation in a laboratory. d. an anthropologist examining the history of language by comparing multiple written texts.
In non-Western societies, artists tend to be iconoclastic and antisocial
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
When Professor Lani Guenier identified herself in a newspaper article as "black," and was described as "half-black," in a photo caption for the same article, this demonstrated
A) confusion between social and ethnic stratification. B) racism on the part of the newspaper. C) confusion between presumed biological ancestry and cultural identity. D) confusion between economic class and ethnic identity. E) none of the above.
Thomas Malthus did not:
a. propose that human population today is not related to the availability of resources. b. argue that in nature resource availability remains relatively stable over time. c. argue that in nature there is a tendency for animal population to increase in number. d. influence the development of Darwin's and Wallace's theories of natural selection. e. argue for limits to human population growth.