Sociology and Anthropology

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Which discipline studies human behavior and the different factors that affect our social relations?

  • Chemistry
  • Psychology
  • Sociology (correct)
  • Biology

When did anthropology start as a science?

  • During the Industrial Revolution
  • During the Middle Ages
  • During the time of exploration (correct)
  • During the Renaissance

What did European people focus on when studying non-European people?

  • Art, literature, music, and dance
  • Economics, politics, geography, and technology
  • Sports, entertainment, fashion, and food
  • Kinship, language, race, religion, cultural perceptions, and others (correct)

Who is considered the father of modern American anthropology?

<p>Franz Boas (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Franz Boas propose in his doctrine of 'historical particularism'?

<p>Each society has a unique form of culture that cannot be understood under an overall definition of general culture (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Ethnography is a research method used in cultural anthropology where anthropologists live with their subjects for a long period of time?

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True or false: Biological anthropology focuses on the study of human origins, genetics, race, evolution, fossils, and primates?

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True or false: Cultural anthropology is the study of living people, including their religion, social system, language, clothing, foods, beliefs, and traditions?

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True or false: Linguistics is the study of language, including its evolution, connection to other languages, and more?

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True or false: Archaeology is the study of dead cultures, including their religion, social system, language, clothing, foods, beliefs, and traditions?

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