How Did Early Twentieth-Century Anthropology Differ from the Anthropology Practiced

question 52

Multiple Choice

How did early twentieth-century anthropology differ from the anthropology practiced in nineteenth-century Europe?

• A) Twentieth-century anthropologists' research focused on kinship and religion, whereas nineteenth-century anthropologists were more interested in economics and politics.
• B) Whereas twentieth-century anthropologists took a four-field approach to understanding culture, nineteenth-century anthropologists were mostly interested in material culture.
• C) Nineteenth-century anthropologists were mostly interested in present-day cultures as they existed, but twentieth-century anthropologists were interested in the processes by which cultures changed.
• D) Nineteenth-century anthropologists conducted long-term fieldwork, but twentieth-century anthropologists tended to rely on explorers' accounts.

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Definitions:

Personal Identities

The concept or perception of oneself that evolves over time and encompasses values, beliefs, and personal attributes.

Retrograde Amnesia

A loss of memory-access to events that occurred or information that was learned before an injury or the onset of a disease.

Retrograde Amnesia

Retrograde Amnesia is a loss of memory-access to events that occurred or information that was learned before an injury or the onset of a disease.

Anterograde Amnesia

A loss of the ability to create new memories after the event that caused the amnesia, leading to an inability to recall the recent past, while long-term memories from before the event remain intact.