Research Methods
What are the six steps in the Inquiry Method?
What are: Identify the problem, Clarify work, Form a hypothesis, Gather data, Analyze data, and Draw a conclusion?
Name one thing that makes humans unique from other species.
What is symbolic thought, complex language, or use of tools?
What is the function of the amygdala?
What is processing emotions, especially fear?
What is socialization?
What is the process of learning the norms, values, and behaviors of a society?
This psychologist developed the hierarchy of needs.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
This research method involves close, long-term observation in a natural setting, often used by anthropologists.
What is fieldwork?
What is the difference between cultural anthropology and forensic anthropology?
Cultural anthropology studies human societies and cultures; forensic anthropology studies human remains for legal purposes.
Which kind of conditioning involves learning by association, like Pavlov's dog experiment?
What is classical conditioning?
Family and school are examples of what type of socialization agents?
What are primary and secondary agents?
This anthropologist studied chimpanzee behavior and brought insight into human evolution.
Who is Jane Goodall?
Which discipline most often uses controlled experiments in a lab setting to study behavior?
What is psychology?
This key anthropological term refers to judging other cultures by your own cultural standards.
What is ethnocentrism?
This theory argues that human behavior is shaped by both genetics and environment.
What is the nature vs. nurture debate?
This theory sees society as a system of parts working together for stability.
What is functionalist theory?
This sociologist believed conflict between social classes drives change.
Who is Karl Marx?
Which method gathers large amounts of information through questionnaires and is often used in sociology?
What is a survey?
This type of evolution occurs when a species develops traits to better survive in its environment.
What is natural selection?
This stage of brain development explains why teenagers can be impulsive and emotional.
What is the underdevelopment of the prefrontal cortex?
What is one example of extreme conformity discussed in class?
What is cult membership or joining a gang?
his psychologist conducted a famous obedience experiment using electric shocks.
Who is Stanley Milgram?
Identify one strength and one limitation of using interviews in social science research.
What is a strength: rich, detailed responses; a limitation: time-consuming and possible bias?
Name one major contribution of Beatrice Medicine or Louis Leakey to anthropology.
Beatrice Medicine studied Indigenous identity and gender roles; Louis Leakey discovered early human fossils in Africa.
What’s the difference between a neurosis and a psychosis?
Neurosis is a less severe mental health condition (e.g., anxiety), while psychosis involves a break from reality (e.g., hallucinations, delusions).
What is the difference between systemic and overt racism?
Systemic is built into institutions (e.g., education, policing), while overt is obvious and direct (e.g., racial slurs).
This sociologist created the idea of cultural relativism and is known as the father of American anthropology.
Who is Franz Boas?