Question 1

Which of the following does NOT illustrate the kinds of work that applied anthropologists do?

Accepted Answer

A)   working for or with international development agencies, such as the World Bank and the U.S. Agency for International Development
B)   using the tools of medical anthropology to work as cultural interpreters in public health programs
C)   borrowing from fields such as history and sociology to broaden the scope of theoretical anthropology
D)   applying the tools of forensic anthropology to work with police, medical examiners, the courts, and international organizations to identify victims of crimes, accidents, wars, and terrorism
E)   helping the Environmental Protection Agency address environmental problemsF) B) and E)
G) A) and B) C

Question 2

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

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D)   replacing outdated traditional techniques of irrigation with more modern ones.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

Question 3

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

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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 produces a statistically unbiased summary of human responses to set stimuli.
C)   It is among the most economical and time-efficient tools that exist in the social sciences.
D)   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 the people think about and react to such issues.
E)   It can be produced without leaving the comfort of the anthropologist's office.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 4

What is an illness?

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

Question 5

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

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A)   They promote development.
B)   They consult project managers.
C)   They consult government officials and other experts.
D)   They enter the affected communities and talk with people.
E)   They gather government statistics.F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 6

Development anthropology is the branch of applied anthropology that focuses on social issues in, and the cultural dimension of, which type of development?

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A)   ethical
B)   theoretical
C)   political
D)   economic
E)   scholasticF) None of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 7

The U.S. baby boom of the late 1940s and 1950s

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A)   fueled the general expansion of the U.S. educational system, including academic anthropology.
B)   produced a new interest in ethnic diversity.
C)   worked to shrink the world system.
D)   brought anthropology into most high school curricula.
E)   promoted renewed interest in applied anthropology during the 1950s and 1960s.F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 8

What is the commonly stated goal for most development projects?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

What is a disease?

Accepted Answer

A)   a consequence of a foraging lifestyle
B)   a health problem as it is experienced by the one affected
C)   a scientifically identified health threat
D)   an unnatural state of health
E)   an artificial product of biomedicineF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 12

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 Germans and Japanese
C)   the Malagasy
D)   the Brazilians and Indonesians
E)   the Yanomami and BetsileoF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A)   cultural relativism
B)   intervention philosophy
C)   overinnovation
D)   underdifferentiation
E)   ethnobiasF) B) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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 16

During the 1950s and 1960s, most American anthropologists were college professors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following statements about medical anthropology is true?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

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 19

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 20

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 17: Applying Anthropology

Which of the following does NOT illustrate the kinds of work that applied anthropologists do?

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

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

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What is an illness?

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

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Development anthropology is the branch of applied anthropology that focuses on social issues in, and the cultural dimension of, which type of development?

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The U.S. baby boom of the late 1940s and 1950s

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What is the commonly stated goal for most development projects?

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

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

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What is a disease?

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

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

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

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

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During the 1950s and 1960s, most American anthropologists were college professors.

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Which of the following statements about medical anthropology is true?

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

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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.

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

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