What is ethnocentrism?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER:
Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s own culture is most desirable and superior to all others.
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Davis-Floyd's research on medical school training applies what term to the emphasis placed on remembering facts rather than on critical thinking?
A) hazing B) cognitive retrogression C) patient objectification D) dehumanization
Which theory for the settlement of the New World relies on a passage using canoes, rafts, or forms of water transport?
a. North Atlantic Ice-Edge Corridor b. Pacific Coastal Route c. Bering Land Bridge d. Australia Connection e. Asian Land-Sea Bridge
Redistribution is found in all societies but only becomes an important mechanism in __________.
A) societies with a political hierarchy B) very small permanent villages C) horticultural communities D) societies that emphasize social equality
What is the primary reason that a fieldworker should slow down and not proceed so quickly in the work?
a. At the beginning most fieldworkers do not know enough to ask productive questions. They must first learn about the community. b. Fieldworkers should not work quickly because this is usually interpreted as being impatient and rude. c. Small, local villagers are often very busy with their own lives and cannot work around the anthropologist’s schedule. d. Work that is completed quickly does not take into account the changes that occur over a long period of fieldwork. e. Anthropologists must remain in the field for at least one year and should not hurry to finish the work sooner.