Question 1

A common goal of development projects is to

Accepted Answer

A) increase socioeconomic stratification. 
B) promote ethnocide. 
C) facilitate cultural assimilation. 
D) decrease local autonomy. 
E) increase equity. 
A) increase socioeconomic stratification. 
B) promote ethnocide. 
C) facilitate cultural assimilation. 
D) decrease local autonomy. 
E) increase equity.

Question 2

Discuss ways in which anthropology is relevant to business.

Accepted Answer

Anthropology is relevant to business in

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Businesses are no longer interested in hiring applied anthropologists now that people buy and sell a majority of goods over the Internet.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

__________ refers to the beliefs, customs, specialists, and techniques aimed at ensuring health and curing illness.

Accepted Answer

A) Disease theory 
B) Medical anthropology 
C) Health care system 
D) Shaman 
E) Psychosemantics 
A) Disease theory 
B) Medical anthropology 
C) Health care system 
D) Shaman 
E) Psychosemantics

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Development projects that use traditional social organizations and that respond to locally perceived needs are more likely to be successful.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Medical anthropology is strictly an applied field within anthropology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Malagasy development program illustrates the importance of

Accepted Answer

A) the local government's commitment to improving the lives of its citizens. 
B) replacing subsistence farming with a viable cash crop. 
C) replacing outdated traditional techniques of irrigation. 
D) breaking down corporate descent groups, which are too independent and interfere with development. 
E) the top-down strategies developed by the United Nations. 
A) the local government's commitment to improving the lives of its citizens. 
B) replacing subsistence farming with a viable cash crop. 
C) replacing outdated traditional techniques of irrigation. 
D) breaking down corporate descent groups, which are too independent and interfere with development. 
E) the top-down strategies developed by the United Nations.

Question 11

Robert Redfield explained the relations between urban and rural communities by arguing that

Accepted Answer

A) peasants were culturally isolated from cities. 
B) cities were centers from which cultural innovations were spread to rural and tribal areas. 
C) kin-based ethnic associations only exist in rural areas. 
D) there are so many connections between rural and urban areas that it is not useful to distinguish between them. 
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 were culturally isolated from cities. 
B) cities were centers from which cultural innovations were spread to rural and tribal areas. 
C) kin-based ethnic associations only exist in rural areas. 
D) there are so many connections between rural and urban areas that it is not useful to distinguish between them. 
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 12

__________ 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

A common goal of development projects is to

Discuss ways in which anthropology is relevant to business.

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

Businesses are no longer interested in hiring applied anthropologists now that people buy and sell a majority of goods over the Internet.

__________ refers to the beliefs, customs, specialists, and techniques aimed at ensuring health and curing illness.

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

Development projects that use traditional social organizations and that respond to locally perceived needs are more likely to be successful.

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

Medical anthropology is strictly an applied field within anthropology.

The Malagasy development program illustrates the importance of

Robert Redfield explained the relations between urban and rural communities by arguing that

__________ refers to the tendency to view less-developed countries as more alike than they are.

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 and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

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Exam 17: Applying Anthropology

A common goal of development projects is to

Discuss ways in which anthropology is relevant to business.

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

Businesses are no longer interested in hiring applied anthropologists now that people buy and sell a majority of goods over the Internet.

__________ refers to the beliefs, customs, specialists, and techniques aimed at ensuring health and curing illness.

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

Development projects that use traditional social organizations and that respond to locally perceived needs are more likely to be successful.

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

Medical anthropology is strictly an applied field within anthropology.

The Malagasy development program illustrates the importance of

Robert Redfield explained the relations between urban and rural communities by arguing that

__________ refers to the tendency to view less-developed countries as more alike than they are.

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 and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters