Anthro 201 Cultural Anthropology Test 1
ethno-etiology refers to the cross-cultural study of the
variations in the perceived causes for health problems and suffering
unlike Malinowski's research in the Trobriands, Annette Weiner's restudy the Trobriands addressed
women's lives and roles
the author of your anthropology text is..
Barbara Miller
an ethnography is
a descriptive writing about a culture
Mark Plotkin, in the film The Sherman's Apprentice, can be described as..
a harvard-trained ethnobotanist
pronatalism is ost characteristic of which mode of production?
agricultural
Jared Diamond calls the development of ... the worst mistake in the history of the human race
agriculture
the kula ring of the Trobriand Island is an example of..
balanced reciprocity (or exchange)
most anthropologists agree that "gender" classification is based on..
biology, culture and learned roles
the Ju/'hanse of the Kalahari Desert have a healing system best characterized as:
community-based
a mode of consumption in which people's demands are many and the means of satisfying them are insufficient is called..
consumerism
Franz Boas promoted the idea of ...,which maintains that no one culture was inherently superior or inferior to another.
cultural relativism
an anthropological approach that contains ethnocentrism is..
cultural relativism
anorexia nervosa, koro, and susto are examples of..
culture-specific systems
the insider perspective is called the
emic view
The tendency to apply one's own cultural values in judging the behavior and beliefs of people from other cultures is known as..
ethnocentrism
development of cultural theories through the cross-cultureal study f behavior found in various cultures is called..
ethnology
most cultural anthropologists would agree that culture is best defined as the effects of genetic heredity of human appearance.
false
over the entire span of human history, which mode of production was practiced by humans for the longest time?
foraging
microcultures, according to your textbook, can be formed on the basis of..
gender, race, and age
within their own traditional culture(s), Native Americans who take on "third gender roles," sometimes called berates, are most likely to experience..
general acceptance in their Native American society
the increased proliferation of global interdependence combined with the worldwide spread of Western technology and capitalism is referred to as..
globalization
according to Barbara Miller, a "disease of development" can be described as..
health problems associated with economic development activities that negatively affect the environment and people's relationship to it
the demographic transition from an agricultural mode of production to an industrial mode of production is characterized by a pattern change from..
higher fertility and higher mortality to lower fertility and lower mortality
research guided by one or more hypothesis, and which requires testing of hypothesis, is called..
holistic research
maintaining a fallow period is essential for the sustainability of which system?
horticulture
the mode of production based on growing food on small shifting garden plots is associated with
horticulture
critical medical anthropology examines
how economic and political power structures and inequality affect health
biological anthropologists are most likely to be interested in..
human evolution an human physical variation
your author uses the term "structural suffering" to refer to..
human health problems (often caused by political and/or economic decisions) related to war, violence, human abuse, forced migration, poverty, etc.
a study of the long history of humans indicates that population growth..
increased dramatically with the emergence of agriculture and food surpluses
which of the following occurs as humans move toward the industrialized/informatics end of the production continuum?
increased unbalanced exchange
"infinite needs" most characterize the consumption pattern found in which of the following production systems?
industrial-informatics
of the following production patterns, which is most associated with abundant task specialization and well-defined social stratification?
intensive agriculture
an approach to livelihood that involves continuous use of the same land and resources over time in called..
intensive strategy
balanced exchange..
involves reciprocal transfers with immediate o eventual balance in value
abortion
is often a response to economic conditions
the field of anthropology that studies human language and communication is called:
linguistic anthropology
anthropology in the US is usually divided into four fields. These include all of the following except..
paleontology
the research method in cultural anthropology that involves living within a culture for a relatively extended period while gathering data is called..
participant observation
the mode of production based on herding domesticated animals is called
pastoralism
the Kwakiutl ... potlatch is characterized by a lavish redistribution of wealth
potlatch
substaintial evidence indicates that ... is the primary (ultimate) cause of morbidity and mortality in both industrial and developing countries
poverty
the term "medical pluralism" refers to the
presence of multiple health systems within a society
in chapter4, your textbook links modes of reproduction to modes of
production
which of the following processes is essential in transmitting culture from one generation to the next?
socialization
Ethnomedicine refers to
the cross-cultural study of health systems
one thing about which most cultural anthropologists agree is
the importance of doing fieldwork
in Western science, positive results from a symbolic healing method is called
the placebo effect
Margaret Mead's research on adolescence in Samoa emphasized..
the significance of culture over nature in shaping adolescents' personalities