Question 1

Anthropologist Rebecca Seligman pairs what two interests in her study of the Candomble?

Accepted Answer

A)   cultural and physical anthropology
B)   cultural anthropology and demographics
C)   cognitive anthropology and her own religious beliefs
D)   cognitive anthropology and biosocial feedback loops D

Question 2

Which of the following has been scientifically proven to be connected with a reduction in pain and anxiety?

Accepted Answer

A)   narratives or stories
B)   the placebo effect
C)   biomedical interventions
D)   all of the above D

Question 3

Anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann recently studied which religious group's sensory experiences of God?

Accepted Answer

A)   Evangelical Christians
B)   Candomble ritual specialists
C)   Buddhist practitioners
D)   atheists A

Question 4

Which of the following is not true about trance?

Accepted Answer

A)   It involves an altered state of consciousness.
B)   When combined with healing, it is specific to Japan
C)   In Japan's New Religions, a trance-state is central to the patient's healing.
D)   Trance is often followed by a state of relief, or catharsis.

Question 5

Repeat interactions between physiological conditions and social practice is called what?

Accepted Answer

A)   embodied learning
B)   biolooping
C)   meditation
D)   belief

Question 6

The cognitive approach in anthropology emphasizes which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   religious beliefs
B)   power
C)   how cultural models inform action
D)   institutions

Question 7

Men and women who become possessed by particular deities who act through them are called what?

Accepted Answer

A)   mediums
B)   witches
C)   oracles
D)   magical beings

Question 8

What is a psychosomatic illness?

Accepted Answer

A)   an illness that is made up by the patient
B)   an illness that is bound to a specific cultural context
C)   an illness with physical symptoms that stem from psychological or emotional factors
D)   an illness directly associated with urban areas

Question 9

Why did New Religions develop in Japan?

Accepted Answer

A)   as a response to new life situations, particularly to new illnesses and anxieties felt by Japanese people moving to urban spaces
B)   as a way to combat domineering Old Religions
C)   as a way to incorporate more science into religious beliefs with the advent of the technological boom
D)   to cover up a terrorist organization operating to purify the human race

Question 10

Which cognitive anthropologist studied embodied learning in the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomble?

Accepted Answer

A)   John Bowen
B)   Tanya Luhrmann
C)   Victor Turner
D)   Rebecca Seligman

Exam 8: Embodiment and Materiality in Healing