Compare and contrast the emic and etic perspectives. What are the strengths and weaknesses of each?
What will be an ideal response?
Emic is the insider point of view. It expresses things meaningful within that culture. This may not always be something easily understood by outsiders. The etic perspective is the scientific approach to another society. This is easily translatable across cultures, but it may seem less meaningful and emotive as a form of understanding.
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Which statement about shamanism is FALSE?
a. Shamans are full-time specialists. b. Shamans are thought to have supernatural powers. c. Shamans contact spirits while in an altered state of consciousness. d. Shamans use their powers to heal and tell fortunes of their clients. e. All contemporary societies operate at the shamanistic level.
Which statement about the Zuni (New Mexico) kinship system is true? a. They have a bilateral kinship system. b. Zuni men are divided between serving the economic interests of their wives and the ceremonial needs oftheir sisters and mothers
c. Inheritance is traced through fathers. d. They practice patrilocal residence. e. Wives are viewed as strangers or outsiders within the extended family.
Rituals serve the social function of creating temporary or permanent solidarity among people-forming a social community. We see this also in practices known as
A. mana. B. fundamentalism. C. liminality. D. totemism. E. animism.
Where would you go to observe lemurs in the wild?
A. the islands of Sumatra and Borneo B. the island of Madagascar C. the Amazon rainforest D. the Congo rainforest