Question 1

The Malagasy development program described in this chapter illustrates the importance of

Accepted Answer

A)  the local government's ability to improve the lives of its citizens, when committed to doing so. 
B)  replacing subsistence farming with a viable cash crop. 
C)  replacing outdated traditional techniques of irrigation with more modern ones. 
D)  breaking down corporate descent groups, which are too independent and interfere with development. 
E)  the top-down strategies developed by the UN. 
A)  the local government's ability to improve the lives of its citizens, when committed to doing so. 
B)  replacing subsistence farming with a viable cash crop. 
C)  replacing outdated traditional techniques of irrigation with more modern ones. 
D)  breaking down corporate descent groups, which are too independent and interfere with development. 
E)  the top-down strategies developed by the UN.

Question 2

Although its roots extend further back in time, the real boom for applied anthropology in the United States began in the 1970s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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 4

Non-Western medicine treats illnesses symptomatically, seeking an immediate cure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In his comparison of rural versus urban communities, Robert Redfield found that cultural innovations spread from urban areas to rural ones.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Why is ethnography one of the most valuable and distinctive tools of the applied anthropologist?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is valuable insider's data that can be routinely sold to multinational corporations and state agencies without the consent of the people studied. 
B)  It provides a firsthand account of the day-to-day issues and challenges that the members of a given community face, as well as a sense of how those people think about and react to these issues. 
C)  It produces a statistically unbiased summary of human response to set stimuli. 
D)  It is among the most economical and time-efficient tools that exist in the social sciences. 
E)  It can be produced without leaving the comfort of the anthropologist's office. 
A)  It is valuable insider's data that can be routinely sold to multinational corporations and state agencies without the consent of the people studied. 
B)  It provides a firsthand account of the day-to-day issues and challenges that the members of a given community face, as well as a sense of how those people think about and react to these issues. 
C)  It produces a statistically unbiased summary of human response to set stimuli. 
D)  It is among the most economical and time-efficient tools that exist in the social sciences. 
E)  It can be produced without leaving the comfort of the anthropologist's office.

Question 7

Which of the following is true about medical anthropology?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is the field that has proved that people from rural areas suffer only from illnesses and not diseases. 
B)  It applies non-Western health knowledge to a troubled industrialized medical system. 
C)  Typically in cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, this field does market research on the use of health products around the world. 
D)  This field applies Western medicine to solve health problems around the world. 
E)  This growing field considers the biocultural context and implications of disease and illness. 
A)  It is the field that has proved that people from rural areas suffer only from illnesses and not diseases. 
B)  It applies non-Western health knowledge to a troubled industrialized medical system. 
C)  Typically in cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, this field does market research on the use of health products around the world. 
D)  This field applies Western medicine to solve health problems around the world. 
E)  This growing field considers the biocultural context and implications of disease and illness.

Question 8

Which of the following best illustrates urban applied anthropologists' ability to help social groups deal with urban institutions?

Accepted Answer

A)  "culture at a distance" studies among Japanese and Germans in an attempt to predict the behavior of the enemies of the United States 
B)  Kottak's comparative study of development projects from around the world 
C)  Vigil's study of gang violence in the context of large-scale immigrant adaptation to U.S. cities 
D)  anthropological analysis of the relation between Malagasy descent groups and the state 
E)  analysis of differences between personalistic and naturalistic disease theories among rural poor of the U.S. 
A)  "culture at a distance" studies among Japanese and Germans in an attempt to predict the behavior of the enemies of the United States 
B)  Kottak's comparative study of development projects from around the world 
C)  Vigil's study of gang violence in the context of large-scale immigrant adaptation to U.S. cities 
D)  anthropological analysis of the relation between Malagasy descent groups and the state 
E)  analysis of differences between personalistic and naturalistic disease theories among rural poor of the U.S.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a valid criticism of many economic development projects?

Accepted Answer

A)  They often pay more attention to the physical features than to the social features of the project's setting. 
B)  Project planners have no real interest in helping communities. 
C)  Project personnel too rarely visit and talk with the people affected by the project. 
D)  The planners tend to overlook cultural diversity, especially in less developed countries. 
E)  People who know little about the area affected by the project often have done most or all of its planning, execution, and evaluation. 
A)  They often pay more attention to the physical features than to the social features of the project's setting. 
B)  Project planners have no real interest in helping communities. 
C)  Project personnel too rarely visit and talk with the people affected by the project. 
D)  The planners tend to overlook cultural diversity, especially in less developed countries. 
E)  People who know little about the area affected by the project often have done most or all of its planning, execution, and evaluation.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Anthropology may aid in the progress of education by helping educators avoid all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  indiscriminate assignment of nonnative English speakers to the same classrooms as children with "behavior problems." 
B)  tolerance of ethnic diversity. 
C)  incorrect application of labels such as "learning impaired." 
D)  sociolinguistic discrimination. 
E)  ethnic stereotyping. 
A)  indiscriminate assignment of nonnative English speakers to the same classrooms as children with "behavior problems." 
B)  tolerance of ethnic diversity. 
C)  incorrect application of labels such as "learning impaired." 
D)  sociolinguistic discrimination. 
E)  ethnic stereotyping.

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Malagasy leaders were of the peasantry and were therefore prepared to follow the descent-group ethic of pooling resources for the good of the group as a whole. 
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 project took into account the inevitability of native forms of social organization breaking down into nuclear family organization, impersonality, and alienation. 
E)  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. 
A)  Malagasy leaders were of the peasantry and were therefore prepared to follow the descent-group ethic of pooling resources for the good of the group as a whole. 
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 project took into account the inevitability of native forms of social organization breaking down into nuclear family organization, impersonality, and alienation. 
E)  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.

Question 15

Applied anthropology is

Accepted Answer

A)  the purely academic dimension of anthropology. 
B)  the term used for all anthropological research programs. 
C)  the use of anthropological data, perspectives, theory, and methods to identify, assess, and solve contemporary problems. 
D)  rarely possible, as anthropological studies are not practical in the "real world." 
E)  is not guided by anthropological theory. 
A)  the purely academic dimension of anthropology. 
B)  the term used for all anthropological research programs. 
C)  the use of anthropological data, perspectives, theory, and methods to identify, assess, and solve contemporary problems. 
D)  rarely possible, as anthropological studies are not practical in the "real world." 
E)  is not guided by anthropological theory.

Question 16

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

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What is microenculturation?

Accepted Answer

A)  a condition that exists in large, industrialized states, wherein most of the population has only a small amount of real culture 
B)  the process whereby particular roles are learned within a limited social system (for example, a business) 
C)  the process whereby enculturation is accomplished through advanced media technology 
D)  the result of the meeting between foraging and tribal communities in less developed countries 
E)  enculturation based on a focused interest; for example, reruns of a TV show like "Star Trek" 
A)  a condition that exists in large, industrialized states, wherein most of the population has only a small amount of real culture 
B)  the process whereby particular roles are learned within a limited social system (for example, a business) 
C)  the process whereby enculturation is accomplished through advanced media technology 
D)  the result of the meeting between foraging and tribal communities in less developed countries 
E)  enculturation based on a focused interest; for example, reruns of a TV show like "Star Trek"

Question 19

Which of the following is a distinguishing characteristic of the work that applied anthropologists do?

Accepted Answer

A)  They enter the affected communities and talk with people. 
B)  They gather government statistics. 
C)  They consult project managers. 
D)  They consult government officials and other experts. 
E)  They promote development. 
A)  They enter the affected communities and talk with people. 
B)  They gather government statistics. 
C)  They consult project managers. 
D)  They consult government officials and other experts. 
E)  They promote development.

Question 20

The Samoan community living in Los Angeles has successfully used the matai system to deal with modern urban problems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

The Malagasy development program described in this chapter illustrates the importance of

Although its roots extend further back in time, the real boom for applied anthropology in the United States began in the 1970s.

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

Non-Western medicine treats illnesses symptomatically, seeking an immediate cure.

In his comparison of rural versus urban communities, Robert Redfield found that cultural innovations spread from urban areas to rural ones.

Why is ethnography one of the most valuable and distinctive tools of the applied anthropologist?

Which of the following is true about medical anthropology?

Which of the following best illustrates urban applied anthropologists' ability to help social groups deal with urban institutions?

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

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

Which of the following is NOT a valid criticism of many economic development projects?

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

Anthropology may aid in the progress of education by helping educators avoid all of the following EXCEPT

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

Applied anthropology is

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?

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

What is microenculturation?

Which of the following is a distinguishing characteristic of the work that applied anthropologists do?

The Samoan community living in Los Angeles has successfully used the matai system to deal with modern urban problems.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

Political Systems

Gender

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Marriage

Religion

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

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Exam 4: Applying Anthropology

The Malagasy development program described in this chapter illustrates the importance of

Although its roots extend further back in time, the real boom for applied anthropology in the United States began in the 1970s.

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

Non-Western medicine treats illnesses symptomatically, seeking an immediate cure.

In his comparison of rural versus urban communities, Robert Redfield found that cultural innovations spread from urban areas to rural ones.

Why is ethnography one of the most valuable and distinctive tools of the applied anthropologist?

Which of the following is true about medical anthropology?

Which of the following best illustrates urban applied anthropologists' ability to help social groups deal with urban institutions?

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

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

Which of the following is NOT a valid criticism of many economic development projects?

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

Anthropology may aid in the progress of education by helping educators avoid all of the following EXCEPT

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

Applied anthropology is

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?

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

What is microenculturation?

Which of the following is a distinguishing characteristic of the work that applied anthropologists do?

The Samoan community living in Los Angeles has successfully used the matai system to deal with modern urban problems.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

Political Systems

Gender

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Marriage

Religion

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters