Anthropology/Lecture/Quiz

Anthropology is a lecture and an article as part of the social sciences series.

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Quiz
{Yes or No, Some 540,000 years ago, an ancient ancestor of modern humans took a shark tooth and carefully carved a geometric engraving on a mollusk shell. + Yes - No
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{Complete the text: A proof-of-concept structure, including a control group, consists of { background (i) }, procedures, findings, and { interpretation (i) }.
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{Yes or No, It was probably through the opening of shells with a shark tooth for food that at least one individual made a 'next step' by putting the tool to the shell for scratching lines, instead of, or in addition to, drilling a hole for opening the shell. + Yes - No
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{True or False, Pure anthropology involves no doing apart from itself. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Yes or No, It was probably through the opening of shells with a shark tooth for food that at least one individual made a 'next step' by putting the tool to the shell for scratching lines, instead of, or in addition to, drilling a hole for opening the shell. + Yes - No
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{Evidence that demonstrates that a model or idea in anthropology versus a control group is feasible is called a { proof of concept (i) }.
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{True or False, Human beings as a group are an anthropology. - TRUE + FALSE
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{An anthropoid has what phenomena associated with it? - a group of people + only one person is needed - all voluntary interrelations between individuals - a network of social traditions - dissimilar political authorities - a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or social territory - dominant cultural expectations
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{True or False, Social anthropology involves the historical interplay between the individual and society. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following is not a characteristic of anthropology? - animal behavior - social order - a collection of humans - societies + secularisation
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{True or False, A dominant group in anthropology differs from a control group in that it rules the treatment of the control group. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: Sociopsychology emphasizes an individual's { mental (i) } processes, dispositions, { experiences (i) }, and immediate social situation.
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{True or False, A control group may be used in anthropology to demonstrate no effect or a standard effect versus a novel effort applied to a treatment group. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: A short or { incomplete (i) } realization of a certain { method (i) } or idea to { demonstrate (i) } a treament's feasibility in anthropology is called a proof of { concept (i) }.
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{True or False, The purpose of a treatment group in sociology is to describe natural processes or phenomena for the first time relative to a control group. + TRUE - FALSE
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Hypotheses

 * 1) The size of the society may determine whether psychology or sociology is needed.