Discuss the methods of gathering data in the field
1. Discuss the methods of gathering data in the field and problems associated with them.
2. Make up a hypothesis. Suggest it could be tested and potentially falsified. How does your hypotheses relate to a theory?
3. What are some anthropological theories that you might use to better understand the world?
4. Explain the term “applied anthropology.” Give examples.
5. What themes and interests unify the subdisciplines of anthropology? In your answer, refer to historical reasons for the unity of anthropology.
6. What is culture? How does it help human populations adapt to their environments?
7. Briefly describe the key field techniques of the ethnographer.
8. What do you think is more unique about anthropology: its holism or its comparative perspective?
9. How do you think the subfields of anthropology differ with respect to fieldwork?
10. Give two examples of how a physical and anthropologist and an archaeologist might collaborate.
11. Discuss the different contributions made by each of the four subdisciplines of anthropology to describing human similarities and differences. Illustrate your points.
