Question 1

Which of these is an example of a subjective stressor that could contribute to depression?

Accepted Answer

A)  feeling like you should have a higher-status job 
B)  not having health insurance 
C)  poor overall health and nutrition 
D)  a family history of depression 
A)  feeling like you should have a higher-status job 
B)  not having health insurance 
C)  poor overall health and nutrition 
D)  a family history of depression

Question 2

The bubonic plague killed between __________ percent of the European population.

Accepted Answer

A)  25 and 50 
B)  5 and 10 
C)  15 and 20 
D)  70 and 80 
A)  25 and 50 
B)  5 and 10 
C)  15 and 20 
D)  70 and 80

Question 3

What has happened to the disparity in infant mortality between African Americans and European Americans in recent years?

Accepted Answer

A)  The disparity between the two groups has widened. 
B)  Infant mortality is now higher in European Americans than in African Americans. 
C)  The disparity between the two groups has narrowed a little bit. 
D)  The two groups have relatively equal infant mortality rates today. 
A)  The disparity between the two groups has widened. 
B)  Infant mortality is now higher in European Americans than in African Americans. 
C)  The disparity between the two groups has narrowed a little bit. 
D)  The two groups have relatively equal infant mortality rates today.

Question 4

In defending their ethnomedicine, the people of Chuuk point out that __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  they have never seen germs, but they have seen ghosts that cause illness 
B)  Western medicine only cures Western diseases, not local illness 
C)  people treated with traditional medicine are cured faster than those who go to hospital 
D)  a combination of Chuuk medicine and Western medicine is the best approach 
A)  they have never seen germs, but they have seen ghosts that cause illness 
B)  Western medicine only cures Western diseases, not local illness 
C)  people treated with traditional medicine are cured faster than those who go to hospital 
D)  a combination of Chuuk medicine and Western medicine is the best approach

Question 5

Many cultures have the view that the body should be kept in __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a state of equilibrium 
B)  pure form 
C)  balance with nature 
D)  shape 
A)  a state of equilibrium 
B)  pure form 
C)  balance with nature 
D)  shape

Question 6

What does Anthony Wallace suggest as a contributing factor to hysteria?

Accepted Answer

A)  nutritional deficiency 
B)  gender roles 
C)  emotional stress 
D)  overpopulation 
A)  nutritional deficiency 
B)  gender roles 
C)  emotional stress 
D)  overpopulation

Question 7

After working with shamans in Africa, E. Fuller Torrey concluded that they use the same mechanisms and techniques to cure patients as __________ and achieve about the same results.

Accepted Answer

A)  psychiatrists 
B)  massage therapists 
C)  physicians 
D)  acupuncturists 
A)  psychiatrists 
B)  massage therapists 
C)  physicians 
D)  acupuncturists

Question 8

Medical anthropology, and anthropology in general, are developing in the direction of a __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  biocultural synthesis 
B)  postmodern paradigm 
C)  traditionalist movement 
D)  ideological revival 
A)  biocultural synthesis 
B)  postmodern paradigm 
C)  traditionalist movement 
D)  ideological revival

Question 9

How do "thrifty genes" serve people in famine-prone areas once conditions improve?

Accepted Answer

A)  They become maladaptive, and lead to increased risk of diabetes and obesity. 
B)  They become maladaptive, leading to nutritional and caloric deficiency. 
C)  They become adaptive, helping people burn off excess fat quickly and easily. 
D)  They become adaptive, allowing for fast digestion of key nutrients. 
A)  They become maladaptive, and lead to increased risk of diabetes and obesity. 
B)  They become maladaptive, leading to nutritional and caloric deficiency. 
C)  They become adaptive, helping people burn off excess fat quickly and easily. 
D)  They become adaptive, allowing for fast digestion of key nutrients.

Question 10

Which illness is thought of as a "folk illness"?

Accepted Answer

A)  susto 
B)  depression 
C)  anorexia nervosa 
D)  pibloktoq 
A)  susto 
B)  depression 
C)  anorexia nervosa 
D)  pibloktoq

Question 11

Which of these is an example of the placebo effect?

Accepted Answer

A)  Patients report better effects from colored pills than from white ones, even though they contain the exact same medicine. 
B)  Medication taken at the same time each day is more effective than medicine taken as needed. 
C)  Women have a lower tolerance for medication than men, and therefore experience more side effects. 
D)  Patients ask their doctors for specific drugs after they have seen them advertised on television. 
A)  Patients report better effects from colored pills than from white ones, even though they contain the exact same medicine. 
B)  Medication taken at the same time each day is more effective than medicine taken as needed. 
C)  Women have a lower tolerance for medication than men, and therefore experience more side effects. 
D)  Patients ask their doctors for specific drugs after they have seen them advertised on television.

Question 12

In the example discussed in the chapter, why did the Guatemalan villagers not use the free antimalarial pills provided to them?

Accepted Answer

A)  They did not believe the free pills would work. 
B)  They were sure that malaria came from spirits. 
C)  They already had a sufficient treatment for malaria. 
D)  They were suspicious of government-supplied medicines. 
A)  They did not believe the free pills would work. 
B)  They were sure that malaria came from spirits. 
C)  They already had a sufficient treatment for malaria. 
D)  They were suspicious of government-supplied medicines.

Question 13

How could a physician incorporate the culture's ethnomedicine into an Ojibwan patient's treatment?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Ojibwa believe that serious illness is retribution for wrongdoing, so the patient should be given an opportunity to make amends along with his or her biomedical treatment. 
B)  Because the Ojibwa emphasize ritual in their healing practices, the physician should bring a traditional healer to work alongside him or her in the hospital. 
C)  The Ojibwa have no concept of germ theory, so the patient should be taught from biology textbooks so he or she will understand the principles of the treatment. 
D)  Because the Ojibwa believe in humors, the doctor should emphasize "hot" or "cold" forms of treatment as appropriate. 
A)  The Ojibwa believe that serious illness is retribution for wrongdoing, so the patient should be given an opportunity to make amends along with his or her biomedical treatment. 
B)  Because the Ojibwa emphasize ritual in their healing practices, the physician should bring a traditional healer to work alongside him or her in the hospital. 
C)  The Ojibwa have no concept of germ theory, so the patient should be taught from biology textbooks so he or she will understand the principles of the treatment. 
D)  Because the Ojibwa believe in humors, the doctor should emphasize "hot" or "cold" forms of treatment as appropriate.

Question 14

Distinguish between medicine's biomedical paradigm and medical anthropology's emphasis on a biocultural synthesis.

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

Why is the naming process so important for the treatment of disease?

Accepted Answer

A)  Giving the disease a name assures the patient that the practitioner understands his case. 
B)  An unnamed disease is one in which there is not enough research to treat it effectively. 
C)  Naming the disease takes away its power, allowing the practitioner to fight it. 
D)  In many cases patients recover better if the disease is not named, because named diseases are scarier. 
A)  Giving the disease a name assures the patient that the practitioner understands his case. 
B)  An unnamed disease is one in which there is not enough research to treat it effectively. 
C)  Naming the disease takes away its power, allowing the practitioner to fight it. 
D)  In many cases patients recover better if the disease is not named, because named diseases are scarier.

Which of these is an example of a subjective stressor that could contribute to depression?

The bubonic plague killed between __________ percent of the European population.

What has happened to the disparity in infant mortality between African Americans and European Americans in recent years?

In defending their ethnomedicine, the people of Chuuk point out that __________.

Many cultures have the view that the body should be kept in __________.

What does Anthony Wallace suggest as a contributing factor to hysteria?

After working with shamans in Africa, E. Fuller Torrey concluded that they use the same mechanisms and techniques to cure patients as __________ and achieve about the same results.

Medical anthropology, and anthropology in general, are developing in the direction of a __________.

How do "thrifty genes" serve people in famine-prone areas once conditions improve?

Which illness is thought of as a "folk illness"?

Which of these is an example of the placebo effect?

In the example discussed in the chapter, why did the Guatemalan villagers not use the free antimalarial pills provided to them?

How could a physician incorporate the culture's ethnomedicine into an Ojibwan patient's treatment?

Distinguish between medicine's biomedical paradigm and medical anthropology's emphasis on a biocultural synthesis.

Why is the naming process so important for the treatment of disease?

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Culture and Culture Change

Culture and the Individual

Understanding and Explaining Culture

Communication and Language

Getting Food

Economic Systems

Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism

Sex and Gender

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Exam 17: Health and Illness

Which of these is an example of a subjective stressor that could contribute to depression?

The bubonic plague killed between __________ percent of the European population.

What has happened to the disparity in infant mortality between African Americans and European Americans in recent years?

In defending their ethnomedicine, the people of Chuuk point out that __________.

Many cultures have the view that the body should be kept in __________.

What does Anthony Wallace suggest as a contributing factor to hysteria?

After working with shamans in Africa, E. Fuller Torrey concluded that they use the same mechanisms and techniques to cure patients as __________ and achieve about the same results.

Medical anthropology, and anthropology in general, are developing in the direction of a __________.

How do "thrifty genes" serve people in famine-prone areas once conditions improve?

Which illness is thought of as a "folk illness"?

Which of these is an example of the placebo effect?

In the example discussed in the chapter, why did the Guatemalan villagers not use the free antimalarial pills provided to them?

How could a physician incorporate the culture's ethnomedicine into an Ojibwan patient's treatment?

Distinguish between medicine's biomedical paradigm and medical anthropology's emphasis on a biocultural synthesis.

Why is the naming process so important for the treatment of disease?

What Is Anthropology

Culture and Culture Change

Culture and the Individual

Understanding and Explaining Culture

Communication and Language

Getting Food

Economic Systems

Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism

Sex and Gender

Marriage and the Family

Marital Residence and Kinship

Associations and Interest Groups

Political Life: Social Order and Disorder

Religion and Magic

The Arts

Practicing and Applying Anthropology

Global Problems

Filters