A biological anthropologist might research the impact of disease, pollution, and poverty on human growth and development.
True
An ethnography is a detailed written description that documents the culture under study
True
Anthropologist research can be an important source of data to help resolve modern day problems.
True
Match the subfield of anthropology with the most appropriate characteristic. Use a response only once.
Archaeology: Analysis of the material products of past cultural practices
Cultural Anthropology: Participant observation
Linguistic Anthropology: Investigate the structure, history, and relation of languages to social and cultural contexts
Biological Anth
Research the changes in North American slang is an example of a descriptive linguistic project.
False
Anthropologists establish validity or the reliability of their research conclusions through the replication of observations and/or experiments by other researchers.
True
Anthropologist recognize special ethic obligations to
those whom they study
those who fund the research
those in the profession who rely on published findings to increase collective knowledge
A hypothesis is a tentative explanation of the relationships among certain phenomena.
True
When possible, archaeologist use absolute dating techniques. Absolute techniques include all of the below EXCEPT.
Stratigraphy
The belief that only the ways of one's own culture are the only proper ones is an example of
ethnocentrism