ANTH113FA2008TESTOne

ANTH 113 on Friday September 26, 2008



1 Why do men and women communicate so differently? According to the Guidebook (for the video on Non-Verbal Communication), it may be something ______.
in our family upbringing.
in our culture.
in our genes.
sorry: never mentioned!

2 According to Marvin Harris (in S&M), human biological inheritance was shaped by _________.
agriculural settlements.
a hunter-gatherer existence.
conspicuous consumption.
gift-giving.

3 Urbanowicz (and others) makes the argument that "Evolution" is a neutral term and:
it does not mean progress.
itis not directed towards a goal.
it does not have a direction.
all-of-the-above-are-correct!

4 Benjamin Lee Whorf, along with _________, was a major researcher interested in "words & reality."
Harry Harlow.
Pat Schifman.
Edward Sapir.
his daughter, Helen

5 According to Urbanowicz, scientists (or researchers in general) seek to find "meaningful _____ in the data."
populations
personalities
precision
patterns

6 Bohannan, in Spradley & McCurdy, pointed out the language translation problems for the:
Yanomamo.
Tiv of Africa.
The Ashanti of Ethiopia.
None-of-the-above!

7 Philip Lieberman and Ursula Belugi have conducted research on communication systems.
TRUE
FALSE

8 The science of placing the "chain" or "tree" of the fossil pieces together is known as paleoanthropology.
TRUE
FALSE

9 The individual that we associate with the discovery of what is called the "Taung Skull" is Richard Leakey.
TRUE
FALSE

10 Marriage within a designated social unit is known as endogamy.
TRUE
FALSE

11 The English word "anthropology" first appeared in the English language in the year 1859.
TRUE
FALSE

12 The Guidebook pointed out that scientists have said that evidence is mounting that climate change has led to genetic modification in a range of creatures, including birds, squirrels and mosquitoes.
TRUE
FALSE