Colvin's Anthropological Theories Quiz

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This quiz is the application of knowledge from a high school Anthropology class. This is the Anthropological Theoies quiz.

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2.

A sociological and economic theory that focuses on the dialectic of class struggle.
- A.
  
  Marxism
- B.
  
  Functionalism
- C.
  
  Symbolic Interpretivism
- D.
  
  Femnist
3.

This theorist created the participant observation methodology and leveraged functionalism.
- A.
  
  Marget Mead
- B.
  
  Ruth Benedict
- C.
  
  James Clifford
- D.
  
  Brianslaw Malinowski
4.

This anthropologist is known for blending archaeology, llingusitcs and cultural anthropology that integrated culture areas and cultural configuration. Known as the "Dean of American Anthropologists."
- A.
  
  Karl Marx
- B.
  
  James Clifford
- C.
  
  Brianslaw Malinowski
- D.
  
  Alfred Kroeber
5.

Ruth Benedict is known for...
- A.
  
  Studies of art, language, personality and culture with performance.
- B.
  
  Writing culture with surveys of other theories and indigenous people's perspective.
- C.
  
  The kula exchange wth social and cultural institiutions serving basic needs.
- D.
  
  The stateless and classless society with materialism and capitalism.
6.

This theory uses symbols that are vehicles of culture that are insearch of meaning. Using the combination of emic and etic descriptions, rituals reveal social conflict.
7.

This theory is an attempt to correct the "male" perspective of history with deconstructing the experinece of a particular indegenous gender.
- A.
  
  Symbolic and Interpretive theory
- B.
  
  Functionalism
- C.
  
  Cultural Ecology
- D.
  
  Feminist theory
8.

Functionalism is from two branches of Darwinism.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
9.

Customs unique to a society that meet the basic human needs is known as Culture and Personality.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
10.

This theory has cultural transformation from the simple to the complex and could have either poly- genesis or a unilinear progression.
11.

This theory looks at patterns of behvior and how the environment affects other aspects of culture.
- A.
  
  Cultural Ecology
- B.
  
  Feminist Theory
- C.
  
  Functionalism
- D.
  
  Structuralism
12.

This theory was a reaction to evolution and diffusionism and how culture is causally explicable by social happenings.
- A.
  
  Feminist Theory
- B.
  
  Cultual Evolutionism
- C.
  
  Cultural Ecology
- D.
  
  Culture and Personality
13.

Karl Marx and James Clifford were pioneers in Feminist theory.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
14.

This theory has two branches of cultural transmission and human behavior ecology.
15.

This theory describes binary opposites with a thesis, antithesis and synthesis.
- A.
  
  Marxism
- B.
  
  Cultural Evolution
- C.
  
  Structualism
- D.
  
  Functionalism
16.

Post- Modernism deals with the age of enlightement, positivism including technology and progress.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
17.

This theory was born in the 1960's with language and literature anaylsis with critique of western reality and representation. The main proponets include the native voice and deconstruction.
18.

This theory claims an existential dilemma where social relations are both necessary and threatening.
- A.
  
  Sturcturalism
- B.
  
  Materialism
- C.
  
  Modernism
- D.
  
  Functionalism
19.

This theory leverages technology with methods used to make a living and influenced processual archaeology.
20.

Marx and Engels describe the wealthy as 1% 'percent' ers' and the working class as 99% 'tors. What are these two words?
- A.
  
  Bourgeois and proletriat
- B.
  
  The raw and the cooked
- C.
  
  Personality and culture
- D.
  
  Cultural evolution
21.

Type question here
- A.
  
  Answer option 1
- B.
  
  Answer option 2
- C.
  
  Answer option 3
- D.
  
  Answer option 4
22.

Type question here
- A.
  
  Answer option 1
- B.
  
  Answer option 2
- C.
  
  Answer option 3
- D.
  
  Answer option 4

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