Question 1
In the last phase of a rite of passage, the person is
separated from their social group
introduced to a new religion
reintegrated into society
viewed by others as liminal
Question 2
In bands and tribes, kinship status identifies people in family, politics, and economy.
True
False
Question 3
When structuralism argues that structures drive culture, which structures does this refer to?
economic structures
brain structures
social structures
linguistic structures
Question 4
Alternative medicine is an alternative to
culture-bound syndromes
local healing practices
biomedical approaches
ethnomedicine
Question 5
A mother and daughter are linked together as
affinal kin
consanguineal kin
descent kin
lineal kin
Question 6
A taboo is a spirit or force that exists in a plant, animal, or element of nature.
True
False
Question 7
Anthropology is only useful if you move to another country.
True
False
Question 8
People related by birth, such as siblings, are called _____ kin.
primogeniture
monogenesis
consanguineal
affinal
Question 9
Emile Durkheim viewed society as a thing in itself, or sui generis.
True
False
Question 10
Critical medical anthropology looks at how social inequality affects health care access and practice.
True
False
Question 11
Which statement best reflects the sentiment of Scripture regarding the body (as explained by the textbook)?
our bodies are temporary vessels that we will leave behind
our bodies are only sources of pain and shame
in order to honor Christ s suffering, we must focus only on the experiences of the body
our bodies will remain physical entities but will experience redemption
Question 12
Rituals may be religious or secular.
True
False
Question 13
What biomedicine may define as mental illness, the person themself may define as personality quirk.
True
False
Question 14
Rituals are always
religious
meaningful to the people performing them
initiated by the leader
patterned and repeated
Question 15
Which theorist gave the greatest credence to the power of ideas to shape society?
Max Weber
Emile Durkheim
Karl Marx
Marvin Harris
Question 16
Perspectivism is most closely connected with postmodernism anthropological theory.
True
False
Question 17
Anne Fadiman applied anthropology in understanding health care misunderstandings between U.S. doctors and a
Hmong family.
True
False
Question 18
Anne Fadiman used ethnographic skills to tell which story?
how people in developing nations use cell phones
how a Hmong girl suffered when Hmong culture and Western medical culture came into conflict
how Filipino Christians interpret and practice their Southern Baptist faith
how Tom Headland s ethnographic work among the Agta benefited missions
Question 19
The term postmodern theory actually includes many different theories.
True
False
Question 20
Anne Fadiman showed intersections between anthropology and which employment area?
education
health care
business
construction
Question 21
Old Testament Hebrew culture provides a good example of a patrilineal kinship system.
True
False
Question 22
Most North Americans believe in cognatic descent.
True
False
Question 23
Which type of study is also known as medical pluralism for its exploration of local knowledge in health and healing;
local explanations of illness; specific social, historical, and cultural factors shaping the understanding, spread, and
experience of disease; and locally specific understandings of the body?
Critical medical anthropology
Ethnomedicine
Clinical medical anthropology
Ecological medical anthropology
Question 24
Cognatic descent systems count which of a person s ancestor?
only paternal
only maternal
maternal for females, paternal for males
both maternal and paternal ancestors
Question 25
Anthropology focuses on the social dimension of religion (as opposed to the theological or esoteric dimensions).
True
False
Question 26
Which statement fits best with postmodern anthropological theory?
Rather than explain cultural life, we should explicate it, with focus on power and history.
At a fundamental level, humans are driven to compete for genetic survival.
Symbols are complex and multi-faceted, and symbol sharing is key to understanding human cultural life.
Humans must live in natural environments, and cultural life cannot be understood separate from ecology and
sustainability.
Question 27
Because it is practiced in the West, alternative medicine is considered part of the western biomedical mainstream.
True
False
Question 28
Which scenario best demonstrates a culture-bound syndrome?
Amelia feels anxiety when she is in the U.S., but not when she is traveling internationally
Biomedicine cannot explain nocturnal death syndrome, an unexplained death that happens to some Hmong
refugees
a Mediterranean diet is linked to lower risk of cancer
Some South Koreans have died while playing video games too intensively
Question 29
Theories are not set in stone; even good theories are reviewed and revised.
True
False
Question 30
Animism does not exist in societies that have been exposed to science.
True
False
