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Which of the following statements best describes the schizoid view of anthropology? |
| | A) | Anthropologists should avoid practical matters and concentrate on research, publication, and teaching. |
| | B) | Anthropologists should stop pretending that their research has any effect on human societies. |
| | C) | Anthropologists should take an active role in the creation, implementation, and evaluation of policy. |
| | D) | Anthropologists should help carry out but not make or evaluate policy. |
| | E) | Anthropologists should evaluate but avoid making or implementing policy. |
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According to the textbook, which of the following is an appropriate role for an applied anthropologist? |
| | A) | social commentator |
| | B) | policy maker |
| | C) | policy evaluator |
| | D) | policy adviser |
| | E) | According to the textbook, all of the above are appropriate roles for applied anthropologists. |
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Forensic anthropology is the application of the data, theory, and methods of which subdiscipline? |
| | A) | cultural anthropology |
| | B) | biological anthropology |
| | C) | linguistic anthropology |
| | D) | archaeological anthropology |
| | E) | social anthropology |
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What did a study of Puerto Rican 7th graders in the urban Midwest find? |
| | A) | Teaching English-as-a-foreign-language in public schools is ineffectual. |
| | B) | Puerto Rican parents valued education less than non-Puerto Rican parents. |
| | C) | The school assigned all students with low reading scores and behavior problems to English-as-a-foreign-language classes. |
| | D) | Hispanics were being adequately educated despite the lack of bilingual teachers. |
| | E) | All of the above. |
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What did the judge order regarding the elementary schools in Ann Arbor? |
| | A) | Teachers had to attend a year-long course designed to improve their understanding of nonstandard dialects. |
| | B) | Teachers had to become fluent in, and teach their classes in BEV. |
| | C) | Students had to choose whether to take classes in SE or BEV. |
| | D) | Special BEV schools had to be built. |
| | E) | The judge ordered all of the above. |
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As an early student of Third World urbanization, Robert Redfield focused on the contrasts between: |
| | A) | the sacred and the profane. |
| | B) | urban and suburban communities. |
| | C) | urban and rural life. |
| | D) | diseases and illnesses. |
| | E) | urban and industrial economies. |
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What is the Samoan matai? |
| | A) | A traditional drink used in Samoan initiation ceremonies. |
| | B) | The traditional Samoan incest taboo. |
| | C) | The traditional Samoan subsistence strategy. |
| | D) | The Samoan term for respecting the elders |
| | E) | The native term for a Samoan nuclear family. |
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What is medical anthropology? |
| | A) | It is academic and theoretical. |
| | B) | A branch of biological anthropology. |
| | C) | It is applied and practical. |
| | D) | A branch of cultural anthropology. |
| | E) | All of the above. |
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What is an illness? |
| | A) | A condition that can be treated by a full- or part-time healer. |
| | B) | A condition of poor health perceived or felt by an individual. |
| | C) | A vector that introduces illness and poor health into an individual or community. |
| | D) | A scientifically identified health threat caused by a bacterium, virus, fungus, parasite or other pathogen. |
| | E) | A cultural universal found only in tropical foragers. |
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What is the carrier for schistosomiasis? |
| | A) | snails |
| | B) | mosquitoes |
| | C) | fleas |
| | D) | rats |
| | E) | All of the above animals carry schistosomiasis. |
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Which of the following has helped to spread AIDS in eastern Africa? |
| | A) | prolonged contact with bonobos |
| | B) | high rates of divorce |
| | C) | cultural colonialism |
| | D) | highways |
| | E) | None of the above have helped to spread AIDS in eastern Africa. |
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Western medicine is an example of which kind of disease theory? |
| | A) | emotionalistic disease theory |
| | B) | personalistic disease theory |
| | C) | naturalistic disease theory |
| | D) | gradualistic disease theory |
| | E) | parasitic disease theory |
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Which of the following statements about curers is not true? |
| | A) | They are often shaman. |
| | B) | They are found in only band-level and tribal societies. |
| | C) | They emerge through a culturally defined process of selection. |
| | D) | They are certified by older practitioners. |
| | E) | They treat illnesses. |
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Which of the following is an example of a problem associated with Western medicine? |
| | A) | over-prescription of drugs |
| | B) | impersonal nature of doctor-patient relationship |
| | C) | unnecessary surgery |
| | D) | overuse of antibiotics |
| | E) | All of the above are problems associated with Western medicine. |
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Which of the following is not an important part of being an applied anthropologist today? |
| | A) | Assisting colonial governments develop more effective ways of administering and controlling native populations. |
| | B) | A., M.A. or Ph.D. in anthropology |
| | C) | Paying close attention to social backgrounds and cultural categories. |
| | D) | Gaining experience in planning and implementing social change. |
| | E) | All of the above are important parts of being an applied anthropologist. |
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education