Question 1

Ethnographic study of the workplace

Accepted Answer

A)  provides close observation of workers and managers in their natural setting. 
B)  is required of all organizations that want to become not-for-profit, according to the American Anthropological Association. 
C)  is routinely performed by employees of the U.S. federal government. 
D)  is not very useful, because all workplaces are becoming increasingly homogeneous, compared to 20 years ago. 
E)  provides evidence that economic factors are fundamental to understanding differential productivity. 
A)  provides close observation of workers and managers in their natural setting. 
B)  is required of all organizations that want to become not-for-profit, according to the American Anthropological Association. 
C)  is routinely performed by employees of the U.S. federal government. 
D)  is not very useful, because all workplaces are becoming increasingly homogeneous, compared to 20 years ago. 
E)  provides evidence that economic factors are fundamental to understanding differential productivity.

Question 2

Which of the following is a reason that the Madagascar project to increase rice production was successful?

Accepted Answer

A)  The project took into account the inevitability of native forms of social organization breaking down into nuclear family organization, impersonality, and alienation. 
B)  The elites and the lower class were of different origins and thus had no strong connections through kinship, descent, or marriage. 
C)  There is a clear fit between capitalist development schemes and corporate descent-group social organization. 
D)  The educated members of Malagasy society are those who have struggled to fend for themselves and therefore brought an innovative kind of independence to the project. 
E)  Malagasy leaders were of "the people" and were therefore prepared to follow the descent-group ethic of pooling resources for the good of the group as a whole. 
A)  The project took into account the inevitability of native forms of social organization breaking down into nuclear family organization, impersonality, and alienation. 
B)  The elites and the lower class were of different origins and thus had no strong connections through kinship, descent, or marriage. 
C)  There is a clear fit between capitalist development schemes and corporate descent-group social organization. 
D)  The educated members of Malagasy society are those who have struggled to fend for themselves and therefore brought an innovative kind of independence to the project. 
E)  Malagasy leaders were of "the people" and were therefore prepared to follow the descent-group ethic of pooling resources for the good of the group as a whole.

Question 3

Non-Western medicine recognizes that poor health has intertwined physical, emotional, and social causes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Development anthropology is the branch of applied anthropology that focuses on social issues in, and the cultural dimension of, moral development.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following was observed in the Bahia, Brazil, development project in which sailboat owners got loans to buy motors, as described in this chapter?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ambitious young men increasingly sought wage labor. 
B)  Individual initiative was rewarded, and the fishing industry grew. 
C)  The fishing community became more egalitarian. 
D)  There was an increase in commercial sailboat ownership. 
E)  The price of power fishing vessels decreased. 
A)  Ambitious young men increasingly sought wage labor. 
B)  Individual initiative was rewarded, and the fishing industry grew. 
C)  The fishing community became more egalitarian. 
D)  There was an increase in commercial sailboat ownership. 
E)  The price of power fishing vessels decreased.

Question 6

The Bahia, Brazil, development project in which loans were given to fishing-boat owners is an example of how some development projects can actually widen wealth disparities instead of increasing equity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Anthropology has three dimensions: academic, applied, and a mix of the two.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Fortunately for applied anthropologists eager to do effective international work, all governments are by their nature genuinely and realistically committed to improving the lives of their citizens.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Urban anthropologists research topics such as immigration, ethnicity, poverty, and class.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

One of the stated goals of public anthropology is to

Accepted Answer

A)  restrict the publication of research papers to professional journals. 
B)  oppose policies that promote injustice. 
C)  promote anthropology as a career, especially to minorities. 
D)  refrain from discussion of social issues in the media. 
E)  encourage academic anthropologists to become applied anthropologists. 
A)  restrict the publication of research papers to professional journals. 
B)  oppose policies that promote injustice. 
C)  promote anthropology as a career, especially to minorities. 
D)  refrain from discussion of social issues in the media. 
E)  encourage academic anthropologists to become applied anthropologists.

Question 11

Shamans and other magicoreligious specialists are effective curers with regard to what kind of disease theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  ritualistic 
B)  personalistic 
C)  scientific 
D)  exotic 
E)  naturalistic 
A)  ritualistic 
B)  personalistic 
C)  scientific 
D)  exotic 
E)  naturalistic

Question 12

Which of the following best describes scientific medicine?

Accepted Answer

A)  a health care system that relies on advances in technology 
B)  a tendency to overprescribe drugs and surgeries 
C)  the practice of medicine in particular Western nations 
D)  the availability of free or low-cost health care for all 
E)  the beliefs, customs, and specialists concerned with curing illness 
A)  a health care system that relies on advances in technology 
B)  a tendency to overprescribe drugs and surgeries 
C)  the practice of medicine in particular Western nations 
D)  the availability of free or low-cost health care for all 
E)  the beliefs, customs, and specialists concerned with curing illness

Question 13

Ethnography is one of applied anthropology's most valuable research tools, because it provides a firsthand account of the lives of ordinary people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Sociolinguists and cultural anthropologists studying Puerto Rican communities in the Midwestern United States found that Puerto Rican parents valued education more than non-Hispanics did.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Academic and applied anthropology have a symbiotic relationship, as theory aids practice and application fuels theory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Development projects should aim to accomplish all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  promoting change, but not overinnovation. 
B)  preserving local systems while working to make them better. 
C)  developing strategies with little input from the local communities. 
D)  drawing models of development from indigenous practices. 
E)  respecting local traditions. 
A)  promoting change, but not overinnovation. 
B)  preserving local systems while working to make them better. 
C)  developing strategies with little input from the local communities. 
D)  drawing models of development from indigenous practices. 
E)  respecting local traditions.

Question 17

Which of the following illustrates some of the dangers of the old applied anthropology?

Accepted Answer

A)  anthropologists' work on the contrasts between urban and rural communities 
B)  anthropologists aiding colonial expansion by providing ethnographic information to colonists 
C)  anthropologists collaborating with nongovernmental organizations in the 1980s 
D)  anthropologists promoting the study of their field among university undergraduates 
E)  anthropologists practicing participant observation and taking photographs of ritualistic behavior 
A)  anthropologists' work on the contrasts between urban and rural communities 
B)  anthropologists aiding colonial expansion by providing ethnographic information to colonists 
C)  anthropologists collaborating with nongovernmental organizations in the 1980s 
D)  anthropologists promoting the study of their field among university undergraduates 
E)  anthropologists practicing participant observation and taking photographs of ritualistic behavior

Question 18

Efforts to demonstrate the public policy relevance of anthropology are known as

Accepted Answer

A)  development anthropology. 
B)  underdifferentiation. 
C)  ethnography. 
D)  public anthropology. 
E)  cultural resource management. 
A)  development anthropology. 
B)  underdifferentiation. 
C)  ethnography. 
D)  public anthropology. 
E)  cultural resource management.

Question 19

In an example of applied anthropology's contribution to improving education, this chapter describes a study of Puerto Rican seventh graders in a Midwestern U.S. urban school (Hill-Burnett, 1978). What did anthropologists discover in this study?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Puerto Rican students' education was being affected by their teachers' misconceptions. 
B)  The Puerto Rican subjects benefited from the English-as-a-foreign-language program. 
C)  The parents of Puerto Rican students did not value achievement. 
D)  Puerto Ricans do not benefit from bilingual education. 
E)  Puerto Rican students came from a background that placed less value on education than did that of White students. 
A)  The Puerto Rican students' education was being affected by their teachers' misconceptions. 
B)  The Puerto Rican subjects benefited from the English-as-a-foreign-language program. 
C)  The parents of Puerto Rican students did not value achievement. 
D)  Puerto Ricans do not benefit from bilingual education. 
E)  Puerto Rican students came from a background that placed less value on education than did that of White students.

Question 20

The best strategy for change is to base the social design for innovation on locally based demand.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Ethnographic study of the workplace

Which of the following is a reason that the Madagascar project to increase rice production was successful?

Non-Western medicine recognizes that poor health has intertwined physical, emotional, and social causes.

Development anthropology is the branch of applied anthropology that focuses on social issues in, and the cultural dimension of, moral development.

Which of the following was observed in the Bahia, Brazil, development project in which sailboat owners got loans to buy motors, as described in this chapter?

The Bahia, Brazil, development project in which loans were given to fishing-boat owners is an example of how some development projects can actually widen wealth disparities instead of increasing equity.

Anthropology has three dimensions: academic, applied, and a mix of the two.

Fortunately for applied anthropologists eager to do effective international work, all governments are by their nature genuinely and realistically committed to improving the lives of their citizens.

Urban anthropologists research topics such as immigration, ethnicity, poverty, and class.

One of the stated goals of public anthropology is to

Shamans and other magicoreligious specialists are effective curers with regard to what kind of disease theory?

Which of the following best describes scientific medicine?

Ethnography is one of applied anthropology's most valuable research tools, because it provides a firsthand account of the lives of ordinary people.

Sociolinguists and cultural anthropologists studying Puerto Rican communities in the Midwestern United States found that Puerto Rican parents valued education more than non-Hispanics did.

Academic and applied anthropology have a symbiotic relationship, as theory aids practice and application fuels theory.

Development projects should aim to accomplish all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following illustrates some of the dangers of the old applied anthropology?

Efforts to demonstrate the public policy relevance of anthropology are known as

In an example of applied anthropology's contribution to improving education, this chapter describes a study of Puerto Rican seventh graders in a Midwestern U.S. urban school (Hill-Burnett, 1978). What did anthropologists discover in this study?

The best strategy for change is to base the social design for innovation on locally based demand.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Doing Anthropology

Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation

The Primates

Early Hominins

The Genus Homo

The First Farmers

The First Cities and States

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Gender

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

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Exam 17: Applying Anthropology

Ethnographic study of the workplace

Which of the following is a reason that the Madagascar project to increase rice production was successful?

Non-Western medicine recognizes that poor health has intertwined physical, emotional, and social causes.

Development anthropology is the branch of applied anthropology that focuses on social issues in, and the cultural dimension of, moral development.

Which of the following was observed in the Bahia, Brazil, development project in which sailboat owners got loans to buy motors, as described in this chapter?

The Bahia, Brazil, development project in which loans were given to fishing-boat owners is an example of how some development projects can actually widen wealth disparities instead of increasing equity.

Anthropology has three dimensions: academic, applied, and a mix of the two.

Fortunately for applied anthropologists eager to do effective international work, all governments are by their nature genuinely and realistically committed to improving the lives of their citizens.

Urban anthropologists research topics such as immigration, ethnicity, poverty, and class.

One of the stated goals of public anthropology is to

Shamans and other magicoreligious specialists are effective curers with regard to what kind of disease theory?

Which of the following best describes scientific medicine?

Ethnography is one of applied anthropology's most valuable research tools, because it provides a firsthand account of the lives of ordinary people.

Sociolinguists and cultural anthropologists studying Puerto Rican communities in the Midwestern United States found that Puerto Rican parents valued education more than non-Hispanics did.

Academic and applied anthropology have a symbiotic relationship, as theory aids practice and application fuels theory.

Development projects should aim to accomplish all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following illustrates some of the dangers of the old applied anthropology?

Efforts to demonstrate the public policy relevance of anthropology are known as

In an example of applied anthropology's contribution to improving education, this chapter describes a study of Puerto Rican seventh graders in a Midwestern U.S. urban school (Hill-Burnett, 1978). What did anthropologists discover in this study?

The best strategy for change is to base the social design for innovation on locally based demand.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Doing Anthropology

Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation

The Primates

Early Hominins

The Genus Homo

The First Farmers

The First Cities and States

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Gender

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters