Contemporary Social Issues
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This course offers an in-depth exploration of major social issues shaping contemporary societies, both globally and locally. Students will critically examine topics such as inequality, race and ethnicity, gender, poverty, health, education, migration, and environmental challenges. Through a combination of theoretical frameworks and case studies, the course encourages students to analyze the roots and implications of these issues, understand diverse perspectives, and consider possible solutions. By engaging in discussions, collaborative projects, and research, students will develop a deeper understanding of the complexities involved in addressing social problems in the modern world.
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Conformity and Conflict 15th Edition by
James W. Spradley
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Chapter 1: Culture and Ethnography
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Q1) According to Gmelch in "Nice Girls Don't Talk to Rastas," the first thing he did after his student,Hanna,told him she was being shunned by the Barbadian villagers where she was doing her research was to A) find and talk to the Rastafarians she had been seen with. B) meet with local elders to discover their views on the problem. C) explain to her homestay mother that Hanna meant no harm.
D) pull Hanna out of the village so she could work in a more receptive community.
Answer: B
Q2) Which one of the following is an observation that Sterk makes in "Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS" about "gatekeepers"? They A) are not a vital part of fieldwork. B) are important in gaining initial access to a scene. C) may become more important to a study as time goes on. D) tend to be individuals who exist on the periphery of a scene.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Language and Communication
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Q1) According to Tannen in "Conversation Style: Talking on the Job," women's conversation often works at the appearance of equality.Men's conversation,on the other hand,is often directed at
A) an attempt to put others in a one-down position by bragging or inferring superior knowledge.
B) avoiding the one-down position by acting as if they don't know what the other person means.
C) avoiding the one-down position by ignoring other people.
D) avoiding the one-down position by using oppositions such as banter, joking, teasing, and playful putdowns.
Answer: D
Q2) In "Conversation Style: Talking on the Job," Tannen argues that in the workplace
A) men often refrain from asking for directions while women often seek to create the appearance of equality in a conversation.
B) gender does not affect talking styles.
C) women seek a one up position in conversation whereas men diffuse speech domination by joking about it.
D) men are more likely than women to ask for directions.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Ecology and Subsistence
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Q1) Which one of the following subsistence strategies would most typically be found to support permanent settlements containing between 50 and 250 people?
A) hunting and gathering
B) horticulture
C) agriculture
D) pastoral
Answer: B
Q2) The Maniqui is an Amazonian tributary that
A) meanders through Bolivia's tropical lowlands to the frontier town of San Borja.
B) is used to carry cut timber up to La Paz in the highlands of Bolivia.
C) is the main mode of transport used by commercial logging companies.
D) winds through clear cut areas of the Chimanes forest.
Answer: A
Q3) Planchones are
A) a natural resource that Chimanes use for trade.
B) a type of vegetable that grows in the Chimanes forest.
C) the name for the stretch of trail that each member of the team is assigned.
D) slabs of the mahogany tree cut down to six and one-half inches thick.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Economic Systems
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Q1) According to Patten in "Malawi Versus the World Bank," the effect of the World Bank loans on the people of Malawi was to
A) stimulate the growth of tourism and local manufacturing.
B) raise agricultural production.
C) lower the amount of maize produced.
D) increase the individual wealth of the farmers of Malawi.
Q2) According to Bourgois in "Poverty at Work: Office Work and the Crack Alternative," as reported in the 1990 census,
A) 78.4 percent of the women living in New York's Spanish Harlem received public assistance.
B) 48.3 percent of men living in Spanish Harlem were "officially employed."
C) more than half the Puerto Rican men living in Spanish Harlem sell crack cocaine.
D) 42.4 percent of Puerto Rican men living in Spanish Harlem have fathered children with women to whom they are not married.
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Chapter 5: Kinship and Family
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Q1) In order to be considered eligible for marriage,a Fouta Djallon girl must have
A) had a naming ceremony one week after her birth.
B) had an animal sacrificed in her honor shortly after her birth.
C) had an imam or elder bestow a special benediction on her.
D) received the rite of excision.
Q2) According to Goldstein in "Polyandry: When Brothers Take a Wife," Tibetan polyandry
A) requires a group of brothers to marry one woman.
B) is caused by high rates of female infanticide, creating a shortage of women.
C) is a response to a shortage of arable land.
D) allows for greater personal freedom than monogamous marriage.
Q3) The parents of a potential bride will arrange a match directly with the groom himself (not with his family) only if he
A) is already married, owns his own home, and is well established.
B) is not yet married, owns his own home, and is well established.
C) is not related to the bride and is not yet married.
D) does not plan to leave the Fouta Djallon to earn money.
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Chapter 6: Roles and Inequality
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Q1) According to research cited by Shandy and Moe in "Negotiating Work and Family in America," the Washoe Indians of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in southern California exhibit relative gender equality due to the fact that
A) the women are solely responsible for providing the food for the family groups.
B) men and women are responsible for their own individual needs for food.
C) the men provide virtually all of the food by hunting for animal proteins.
D) both men and women forage for edible plants and both catch small animals as a source of protein.
Q2) As societies grow larger,people may do most of their socializing in A) ethnic groups.
B) territorial groups.
C) social networks.
D) kinship groups.
Q3) Particular social categories of people who interact are labeled A) roles.
B) statuses.
C) social situations.
D) social groups.
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Chapter 7: Law and Politics
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Q1) in "The Case of an American Gypsy," Sutherland notes that the lawyer defending a young Gypsy man of using a relative's Social Security number argued in court that
A) the Gypsy had not intended to commit a crime when he used the number.
B) the Gypsy used the number because of a fear of pollution (marime) from non-Gypsies.
C) Gypsies did not traditionally use Social Security, so Social Security numbers had no importance to them.
D) many Gypsies are undocumented due to the broken immigration system.
Q2) Eames' attempt to become a registered "occasional postgraduate student" while in Nigeria
Was symbolic of the patrimonial bureaucracy there,because
A) the author was able to visit the required offices and complete the process in under an hour.
B) nothing about registering was routine; everything was personalized and no one could tell her how to go about registering.
C) registering was an impersonal, clearly defined process that was simple to complete.
D) it required the intervention of the American government.
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Chapter 8: Religion, magic, and Worldview
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Q1) When a religious specialist reads the cracks in the burned scapula (shoulder blade) of a sheep to predict future events,the act would be called A) divination.
B) sorcery.
C) magic.
D) witchcraft.
Q2) The cultural knowledge of the supernatural that people use to cope with the ultimate problems of human existence is called
A) personified supernatural power.
B) mana.
C) transcendental values.
D) religion.
Q3) In "Run for the Wall: An American Pilgrimage," Dubisch notes that the carnival period preceding Lent meets the criteria of a ritual because it
A) protects individuals.
B) moves individuals from one social status to another.
C) maintains order in the world.
D) designates a period of time when special activities are permitted.
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Chapter 9: Globalization
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Q1) The process that promotes economic,political,and other cultural connections among people living all over the world is called
A) cultural diffusion.
B) world systemization.
C) globalization.
D) cultural hybridization.
Q2) According to Guneratne and Bjork in "Village Walks," Tharu villagers preferred tourists who
A) photographed their houses and children.
B) ignored their tour guides.
C) asked them the most questions.
D) arrived in the village by themselves rather than in a tour group.
Q3) Which of the following factors encourages Third World women to migrate to the First World for work,according to Ehrenreich and Hochschild's article "Global Women in the New Economy"?
A) the amount of money they can make and send home
B) the possibility of achieving citizenship in the host country
C) the potential for improved health care
D) the possibility of eventually moving their families to the host country.
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Chapter 10: Using and Doing Anthropology
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Q1) According to Patten in "Medical Anthropology: Improving Nutrition in Malawi," the UDLP planned to provide
A) village elders with goats to collectively raise and milk for the all of the village's children.
B) the male head of household a milk-producing goat to raise and use for the nutritional needs of his entire family.
C) the male head of household a goat to raise and slaughter for meat.
D) the woman of each household with a milk-producing goat to raise and use for her children's nutritional needs.
Q2) According to Alverson in "Advice for Developers," how do Peace Corps volunteers see themselves?
A) They see themselves as students, there to learn from the Tswana about how to change their American ways.
B) They see themselves are experts, there to teach the less fortunate.
C) They know that the Tswana do not want them in Botswana, but feel that they know better than the Tswana was is good for their community.
D) They don't want to impart Western ideas in their work with the Tswana.
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