1. Using two examples, explain how applied anthropology differs from academic anthropology.
2. Why do anthropologists say it is useful to look at a culture as an integrated whole?
3. What is the point of using large, worldwide samples in anthropology?
4. Is it true that modern Americans are never ethnocentric? Explain carefully.
5. Why is there an important relationship between descriptive research and theory testing in anthropology?
6. What might be one drawback of trying to use interview schedules with Paliyans?
7. Why is an anthropologist unable to use an "emic" approach during the initial weeks of a study?
8. Explain why anthropologists are expected to get "informed consent" from those they study