Question 1

An illness is a scientifically identified health threat caused by a bacterium, virus, fungus, parasite, or other pathogen.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

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 3

What is the commonly stated goal for most development projects?

Accepted Answer

A)  greater socioeconomic stratification 
B)  ethnocide 
C)  cultural assimilation 
D)  decreased local autonomy 
E)  increased equity 
A)  greater socioeconomic stratification 
B)  ethnocide 
C)  cultural assimilation 
D)  decreased local autonomy 
E)  increased equity

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Who was studied at a distance during the 1940s in an attempt to predict the behavior of the political enemies of the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Koreans and English 
B)  the Yanomami and Betsileo 
C)  the Malagasy 
D)  the Germans and Japanese 
E)  the Brazilians and Indonesians 
A)  the Koreans and English 
B)  the Yanomami and Betsileo 
C)  the Malagasy 
D)  the Germans and Japanese 
E)  the Brazilians and Indonesians

Question 7

Health care systems refers to the nationalized health care services that exist only in core industrial nations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

HIV/AIDS is a global pandemic. How does culture play a role in HIV transmission? How might applied anthropology help in finding a solution to this problem?

Accepted Answer

Culture plays a significant role in HIV

Question 9

What did Robert Redfield argue about the relations between urban and rural communities?

Accepted Answer

A)  Peasants are culturally isolated from cities. 
B)  Cities are centers from which cultural innovations are spread to rural and tribal areas. 
C)  Innovation tends to move from rural to urban areas. 
D)  There are so many connections between rural and urban areas that it is not useful to distinguish between the two within one cultural context. 
E)  Urban centers have more in common with each other, even across national boundaries, than they do with rural areas in the same country. 
A)  Peasants are culturally isolated from cities. 
B)  Cities are centers from which cultural innovations are spread to rural and tribal areas. 
C)  Innovation tends to move from rural to urban areas. 
D)  There are so many connections between rural and urban areas that it is not useful to distinguish between the two within one cultural context. 
E)  Urban centers have more in common with each other, even across national boundaries, than they do with rural areas in the same country.

Question 10

Define applied anthropology. What distinguishes the old from the new applied anthropology? Can you think of any examples in current events that question whether or not new applied anthropology has completely moved on from the dangers of the old?

Accepted Answer

Applied anthropology is the use of anthr

Question 11

What term refers to the tendency to view less developed countries as more alike than they are?

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural relativism 
B)  ethnobias 
C)  overinnovation 
D)  underdifferentiation 
E)  intervention philosophy 
A)  cultural relativism 
B)  ethnobias 
C)  overinnovation 
D)  underdifferentiation 
E)  intervention philosophy

Question 12

During World War II, the U.S. government recruited anthropologists to study Japanese and German cultures. This chapter uses this example to illustrate the dangers of the old anthropology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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

Question 14

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 15

What is an illness?

Accepted Answer

A)  a nonexistent ailment (only diseases are real) 
B)  an artificial product of biomedicine 
C)  a scientifically described health threat 
D)  a purely linguistic problem 
E)  a condition of poor health perceived by an individual 
A)  a nonexistent ailment (only diseases are real) 
B)  an artificial product of biomedicine 
C)  a scientifically described health threat 
D)  a purely linguistic problem 
E)  a condition of poor health perceived by an individual

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

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 19

A bachelor's degree in anthropology is of little value in the corporate world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Discuss the relevance of the ethnographic method for modern society, contemporary problems, and applied anthropology.

Accepted Answer

The ethnographic method is highly releva

Exam 3: Applying Anthropology

An illness is a scientifically identified health threat caused by a bacterium, virus, fungus, parasite, or other pathogen.

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

What is the commonly stated goal for most development projects?

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

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

Who was studied at a distance during the 1940s in an attempt to predict the behavior of the political enemies of the United States?

Health care systems refers to the nationalized health care services that exist only in core industrial nations.

HIV/AIDS is a global pandemic. How does culture play a role in HIV transmission? How might applied anthropology help in finding a solution to this problem?

What did Robert Redfield argue about the relations between urban and rural communities?

Define applied anthropology. What distinguishes the old from the new applied anthropology? Can you think of any examples in current events that question whether or not new applied anthropology has completely moved on from the dangers of the old?

What term refers to the tendency to view less developed countries as more alike than they are?

During World War II, the U.S. government recruited anthropologists to study Japanese and German cultures. This chapter uses this example to illustrate the dangers of the old anthropology.

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

Which of the following is true about medical anthropology?

What is an illness?

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

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

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

A bachelor's degree in anthropology is of little value in the corporate world.

Discuss the relevance of the ethnographic method for modern society, contemporary problems, and applied anthropology.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Doing Archaeology and Biological Anthropology

Evolution and Genetics

Human Variation and Adaptation

The Primates

Early Hominins

Archaic Homo

The Origin and Spread of Modern Humans

The First Farmers

The First Cities and States

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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