Question 1

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?

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Applied anthropology is the use of anthr...

Question 2

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

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

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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.F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 6

What is an illness?

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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 individualF) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 7

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

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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.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 8

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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

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A)   cultural relativism
B)   ethnobias
C)   overinnovation
D)   underdifferentiation
E)   intervention philosophyF) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 11

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

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The ethnographic method is highly releva...

Question 12

Which of the following is true about medical anthropology?

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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.F) A) and C)
G) B) and C)

Question 13

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

Question 14

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

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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 colonistsF) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 15

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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?

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Culture plays a significant role in HIV ...

Question 17

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

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A)   exotic
B)   ritualistic
C)   naturalistic
D)   personalistic
E)   scientificF) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 18

What is the commonly stated goal for most development projects?

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

Question 19

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

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A) True 
 B)False

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

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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.

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

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

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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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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?

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

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

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

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

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What is the commonly stated goal for most development projects?

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

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

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Which of the following is true about medical anthropology?

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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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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?

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