Deck 1: Science Basics

Question 1

Relativism has to do with:

A) kinship
B) nepotism
C) corruption
D) favoritism
E) none of the above

Answer 1

E

Question 2

The opposite of cultural relativity is:

A) democracy
B) ethnocentrism
C) religion
D) science
E) family values

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Anthropology overlaps with:

A) history
B) biology
C) linguistics
D) evolution
E) all of the above

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Holism means:

A) being baptized
B) you like to dig holes
C) all things are connected
D) being a wholly owned subsidiary
E) you are totally awesome

Question 5

Sociocultural anthropologists mostly like to use data:

A) they buy from private polling firms
B) from government census offices
C) they buy from economists
D) they buy from sociologists
E) none of the above

Question 6

Biological anthropology focuses on:

A) our history as a species
B) what kind of animals we are
C) how culture shaped evolution
D) none of the above
E) all of the above

Question 7

Linguistic anthropology is about:

A) oral sex in different cultures
B) how to learn English as a second language
C) how language is related to culture
D) the story of the Tower of Babel
E) none of the above

Question 8

Archaeology is about:

A) holism
B) biology
C) how things from the past continue in contemporary cultures
D) material evidence of the past
E) none of the above

Question 9

A system is:

A) a set of elements
B) connected together
C) linked so that if you change one aspect of it, you also change the others
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 10

Epistemology means:

A) approved by the Church of England
B) something religious
C) ways of knowing
D) science
E) not being sure of anything

Question 11

Epistemological relativity means:

A) all churches are equally good
B) bishops are all related in some way
C) all ways of knowing are equally good
D) only science knows the truth
E) only religion knows the truth

Question 12

Comparative means you consider:

A) only certified examples
B) only similarities
C) only differences
D) both certified and uncertified examples
E) both similarities and differences

Question 13

Ethnocentrism:

A) makes accurate description impossible
B) is characteristic of all cultures
C) is natural
D) is difficult to combat
E) all of the above

Question 14

Ethnography:

A) can be done in a library
B) is based on detailed local description
C) is the same as hanging out
D) is what the census bureau does
E) is based on ethnocentrism

Question 15

Science is:

A) based on beliefs just the same as religion
B) a collection of true facts
C) knows what is true and what is not
D) is always skeptical
E) accepts proof as final

Question 16

Reliability means:

A) always showing up on time
B) doing what you say you will do
C) everyone who checks the same thing gets the same result
D) people usually agree
E) you don't have to check it again

Question 17

Validity means:

A) you are always right
B) something is logical
C) you are measuring what you think you are measuring
D) the church agrees with you
E) it's been passed into law

Question 18

Ethical relativity means:

A) we can't say anything about right and wrong
B) we don't think less of people with a different sense of ethics
C) we must accept everything that people do as right
D) it's not polite to discuss things that we think are wrong
E) you can't change things anyway

Question 19

Most anthropologists agree that female circumcision (cutting off a girl's clitoris) is okay as long as it is done in a sterile place.

Question 20

Most anthropologists agree that female circumcision (cutting off a girl's clitoris) is wrong no matter what the circumstances.

Question 21

Most anthropologists agree that a woman has a right to be circumcised if she wants to.

Question 22

Elements in a system don't necessarily affect one another.

Question 23

The opposite of ethnocentrism is cultural relativity.

Question 24

Ethnocentrism is natural.

Question 25

Cultural relativity is natural.

Question 26

Biological anthropology is not concerned with culture.

Question 27

Ethnography means ways of knowing.

Question 28

Anthropology can never be scientific.

Question 29

Science means being reliable and valid.

Question 30

Anthropology is the only discipline that studies human beings.

Question 31

Anthropology is the only discipline that is holistic, comparative and ethnographic.

Question 32

If you believe in epistemological relativity, you can't be scientific.

Question 33

If you are scientific you can't believe in epistemological relativity.

Question 34

If you are scientific, you are always right.

Question 35

Fieldwork is one important basis of anthropology.

Question 36

If we believe in cultural relativity we can't try to change anything.

Question 37

All societies have some institutions that we can call a state.

Question 38

Name three reasons anthropology is different from other social science and humanities disciplines:

Question 39

Name two principles that science depends on:

Question 40

List three kinds of relativism important to anthropology:

Question 41

What are the three kinds of relativism in anthropology and why is each one important?

Question 42

Discuss the debate about relativism within anthropology.

Question 43

Discuss why it's important to be scientific in our approach to anthropology.