Syllabus: Paper I > 6. Anthropological Theories > Culture and Personality
Erving Goffman’s Total Institutions — 2020 Paper I
Question · 2020 · Paper I · 15 Marks
Discuss Erving Goffman's concept of total institutions and its relevance in contemporary society.
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UPSC Anthropology Optional 2020 — Paper I
28 questionsSyllabus: Paper I > 9.7 Concepts and methods of Ecological Anthropology > Bio-cultural adaptations
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.4 Human Evolution > Theories of evolution > Synthetic theory
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.6 Phylogenetic status, characteristics and distribution > Homo sapiens
Syllabus: Paper I > 2.2 The Nature of Society > Social institutions
5(d) Ethics and Genetic engineering
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 12. Applications of Anthropology > Applied human genetics and eugenics
5(c) Experiential Ethnography
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 8.1 Research Methods > Fieldwork tradition and ethnography
3(a) Explain the impact of feminist movement on universality of marriage and family structure.
20 Marks
Syllabus: Paper I > 2.4 Family > Universality and changing structure of the family
Syllabus: Paper I > 9.8 Epidemiological Anthropology > Health and disease transitions
5(b) Genetic drift
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 9.3 Mendelian population and Hardy-Weinberg law > Genetic drift
Syllabus: Paper I > 12. Applications of Anthropology > DNA technology and genome study
1(c) Human rights and Cultural relativism
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 2.1 The Nature of Culture > Ethnocentrism vis-a-vis Cultural Relativism
Syllabus: Paper I > 9.8 Epidemiological Anthropology > Infectious diseases
Syllabus: Paper I > 8.4 Research Methods > Analysis, interpretation and presentation of data
1(e) Jane Goodall's contributions in studying primate behaviour
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.5 Characteristics of Primates > Primate behaviour
Syllabus: Paper I > 7. Culture, language and communication > Social context of language use
4(b) Illustrate with examples the various types of locomotion patterns among the non-human primates.
15 Marks
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.5 Characteristics of Primates > Primate adaptations: arboreal and terrestrial
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.8(b) Cultural Evolution: broad outlines of prehistoric cultures > Palaeolithic
Syllabus: Paper I > 9.3 Consanguineous and non-consanguineous mating > Genetic effects
1(a) Natufian culture
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.8(b) Cultural Evolution: broad outlines of prehistoric cultures > Mesolithic > Natufian
Syllabus: Paper I > 9.4(b) Sex chromosomal aberrations
Syllabus: Paper I > 3. Economic Organization > Distribution and exchange > Conspicuous consumption
5(a) Racism and Eugenics
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 9.5 Race and racism > Racial differentiation; eugenics
1(b) Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 7. Culture, language and communication > Language and thought
6(a) Secular trend in human growth can be positive, negative or neutral. Illustrate with examples.
20 Marks
Syllabus: Paper I > 10. Human growth and development > Secular trend
5(e) Senescence
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 10. Human growth and development > Ageing and senescence
Syllabus: Paper I > 1.3 Main branches of Anthropology, their scope and relevance
1(d) Victor Turner and Liminality
10 Marks150 words
Syllabus: Paper I > 6. Anthropological Theories > Symbolic Anthropology > Turner; liminality