Question 1

According to Karen Tice,what issue has become paramount in the teaching of applied anthropology?

Accepted Answer

A)  ethics 
B)  theory 
C)  application 
D)  economics 
E)  scholarship 
A)  ethics 
B)  theory 
C)  application 
D)  economics 
E)  scholarship

Question 2

When nations become more tied to the world economy,indigenous forms of social organization inevitably break down into nuclear family organization,impersonality,and alienation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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 4

Discuss ethical dilemmas and possible solutions with respect to the kinds of applied anthropology discussed in this chapter.

Accepted Answer

Ethical dilemmas in applied anthropology

Question 5

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 responses 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 responses 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 6

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 7

People are usually willing to change just enough to maintain,or slightly improve on,what they already have.For this reason,development projects are most likely to succeed when they avoid the fallacy of

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural relativism. 
B)  ethno-bias. 
C)  overinnovation. 
D)  underdifferentiation. 
E)  intervention philosophy. 
A)  cultural relativism. 
B)  ethno-bias. 
C)  overinnovation. 
D)  underdifferentiation. 
E)  intervention philosophy.

Question 8

Biomedicine,which aims to link an illness to scientifically-demonstrated agents that bear no personal malice toward their victims,is an example of naturalistic medicine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Discuss the major advantages and disadvantages of scientific and traditional medicine,being careful to distinguish between scientific medicine and Western medicine.

Accepted Answer

Scientific medicine, also known as evide

Question 10

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 11

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 people" 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 people" 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 12

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 13

This chapter's "Appreciating Diversity" account describes how McDonald's was able to succeed in the Brazilian market once it adapted to preexisting Brazilian cultural patterns.This example illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  how the axiom of applied anthropology that innovation succeeds best when it is culturally appropriate applies only in Western cultures. 
B)  the danger of applied anthropology turning itself into a tool of capitalist interests, which always disregard the culture and well-being of the consumer. 
C)  how the axiom of applied anthropology that innovation succeeds best when it is culturally appropriate applies not just to development projects but also to businesses, such as fast food. 
D)  applied anthropology's capacity to help foreign markets adapt to a marketing strategy that must, above all costs, maintain the integrity of its brand. 
E)  Brazilians' intolerance of foreign goods, because the companies that produce them disregard Brazilian tastes. 
A)  how the axiom of applied anthropology that innovation succeeds best when it is culturally appropriate applies only in Western cultures. 
B)  the danger of applied anthropology turning itself into a tool of capitalist interests, which always disregard the culture and well-being of the consumer. 
C)  how the axiom of applied anthropology that innovation succeeds best when it is culturally appropriate applies not just to development projects but also to businesses, such as fast food. 
D)  applied anthropology's capacity to help foreign markets adapt to a marketing strategy that must, above all costs, maintain the integrity of its brand. 
E)  Brazilians' intolerance of foreign goods, because the companies that produce them disregard Brazilian tastes.

Question 14

Which of the following is true about medical anthropology?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is the field that 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 solving 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 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 solving health problems around the world. 
E)  This growing field considers the biocultural context and implications of disease and illness.

Question 15

A commonly stated goal of recent development policy is to promote equity; that is,to reduce poverty and promote a more even distribution of wealth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Identify government,international,and private organizations that concern themselves with socioeconomic change abroad and hire anthropologists to help meet their goals.Review their mission statements.Do they make reference to the dangers of underdifferentiation or overinnovation?

Accepted Answer

There are several organizations that con

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Non-Western medicine does not maintain a sharp distinction between biological and psychological illnesses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

Exam 3: Applying Anthropology

According to Karen Tice,what issue has become paramount in the teaching of applied anthropology?

When nations become more tied to the world economy,indigenous forms of social organization inevitably break down into nuclear family organization,impersonality,and alienation.

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

Discuss ethical dilemmas and possible solutions with respect to the kinds of applied anthropology discussed in this chapter.

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

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.

People are usually willing to change just enough to maintain,or slightly improve on,what they already have.For this reason,development projects are most likely to succeed when they avoid the fallacy of

Biomedicine,which aims to link an illness to scientifically-demonstrated agents that bear no personal malice toward their victims,is an example of naturalistic medicine.

Discuss the major advantages and disadvantages of scientific and traditional medicine,being careful to distinguish between scientific medicine and Western medicine.

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?

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

This chapter's "Appreciating Diversity" account describes how McDonald's was able to succeed in the Brazilian market once it adapted to preexisting Brazilian cultural patterns.This example illustrates

Which of the following is true about medical anthropology?

A commonly stated goal of recent development policy is to promote equity; that is,to reduce poverty and promote a more even distribution of wealth.

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

Identify government,international,and private organizations that concern themselves with socioeconomic change abroad and hire anthropologists to help meet their goals.Review their mission statements.Do they make reference to the dangers of underdifferentiation or overinnovation?

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

Non-Western medicine does not maintain a sharp distinction between biological and psychological illnesses.

What is the commonly stated goal for most development projects?

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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