Question 1

What is overinnovation, and why can it undermine development projects?

Accepted Answer

Overinnovation refers to the excessive focus on introducing new and advanced technologies or processes in development projects, often at the expense of practicality and sustainability. This can undermine development projects in several ways. Firstly, overinnovation can lead to increased costs and complexity, making projects unfeasible or unsustainable in the long run. It can also create a disconnect between the intended beneficiaries and the solutions being implemented, as they may not align with the actual needs and capabilities of the community. Additionally, overinnovation can lead to a lack of local ownership and capacity building, as communities may not have the resources or knowledge to maintain or replicate the advanced solutions being implemented. Overall, overinnovation can undermine development projects by diverting resources away from more practical and sustainable solutions, and by creating barriers to effective implementation and long-term success. Therefore, it is important for development projects to strike a balance between innovation and practicality, ensuring that solutions are appropriate, sustainable, and inclusive of the communities they aim to benefit.

Question 2

Development anthropology refers to the branch of anthropology that uses data collected in local settings to formulate theories about the development of culture through time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

According to Kottak, what is a common problem for international development projects?

Accepted Answer

A) They lack an intervention philosophy. 
B) They often assume the best way to increase production and income is through industrialization. 
C) They tend to use local cultural models and processes rather than the more advanced Western models. 
D) They frequently make unnecessary attempts to extend indigenous lifestyles that are already obsolete. 
E) They overemphasize the needs of local communities. 
A) They lack an intervention philosophy. 
B) They often assume the best way to increase production and income is through industrialization. 
C) They tend to use local cultural models and processes rather than the more advanced Western models. 
D) They frequently make unnecessary attempts to extend indigenous lifestyles that are already obsolete. 
E) They overemphasize the needs of local communities. B

Question 4

What term refers to the beliefs, customs, specialists, and techniques aimed at ensuring health and curing illness?

Accepted Answer

A) Disease theory 
B) Medical anthropology 
C) Health care system 
D) Shaman 
E) Psychosemantics 
A) Disease theory 
B) Medical anthropology 
C) Health care system 
D) Shaman 
E) Psychosemantics

Question 5

Which of the following is not a proper role for an applied anthropologist?

Accepted Answer

A) Working with local people in addition to "experts" and officials 
B) Identifying locally perceived needs for change 
C) Helping to design and implement culturally appropriate development programs 
D) Helping to impose development programs designed solely by international authorities 
E) Protecting local people from projects and policies not in their best interest 
A) Working with local people in addition to "experts" and officials 
B) Identifying locally perceived needs for change 
C) Helping to design and implement culturally appropriate development programs 
D) Helping to impose development programs designed solely by international authorities 
E) Protecting local people from projects and policies not in their best interest

Question 6

Which of the following is a reason that the Madagascar project to increase rice production was successful?

Accepted Answer

A) Malagasy leaders were of the peasantry, or had strong ties to it, and therefore were prepared to follow the descent-group ethic of pooling resources for the good of the group as a whole. 
B) The elites and the lower class were of different origins and therefore had no strong connections through kinship, descent, or marriage. 
C) There is a clear fit between capitalist development schemes and corporate descent-group social organization. 
D) It took into account that native forms of social organization inevitably break down into nuclear family organization, impersonality, and alienation. 
E) The educated members of Malagasy society are those who have struggled to fend for themselves and therefore brought an innovative kind of independence to the project. 
A) Malagasy leaders were of the peasantry, or had strong ties to it, and therefore were prepared to follow the descent-group ethic of pooling resources for the good of the group as a whole. 
B) The elites and the lower class were of different origins and therefore had no strong connections through kinship, descent, or marriage. 
C) There is a clear fit between capitalist development schemes and corporate descent-group social organization. 
D) It took into account that native forms of social organization inevitably break down into nuclear family organization, impersonality, and alienation. 
E) The educated members of Malagasy society are those who have struggled to fend for themselves and therefore brought an innovative kind of independence to the project.

Question 7

Indicate your career plans, if known, and describe how you might apply the knowledge you learned in an introductory anthropology course in your future vocation.If you have not yet chosen a career, pick one of the following: economist, engineer, diplomat, architect, or elementary schoolteacher.Why is it important to understand the culture and social organization of the people who will be affected by your work?

Accepted Answer

As a future architect, I plan to apply t

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Development projects are much more likely to succeed if they are based on traditional social organizations and respond to locally perceived needs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Medical anthropology is strictly an applied field within anthropology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Development projects that assume all "less-developed countries" are alike

Accepted Answer

A) have only limited chances of succeeding. 
B) are the most successful kind of development scheme. 
C) have never taken place. 
D) are known as utopian intervention. 
E) are known as research and development. 
A) have only limited chances of succeeding. 
B) are the most successful kind of development scheme. 
C) have never taken place. 
D) are known as utopian intervention. 
E) are known as research and development.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) Cultural relativism 
B) Ethnobias 
C) Overinnovation 
D) Underdifferentiation 
E) Intervention philosophy 
A) Cultural relativism 
B) Ethnobias 
C) Overinnovation 
D) Underdifferentiation 
E) Intervention philosophy

Question 13

Applied anthropology's systemic perspective recognizes that

Accepted Answer

A) diseases affect many different systems of the human body. 
B) changes don't occur in a vacuum, and a program or project has multiple effects. 
C) the world-system theory of Wallerstein provides the best basis for applied work. 
D) it is necessary for applied work to focus entirely on educational systems. 
E) the most effective viewpoint for applied work is always that of a state administrator. 
A) diseases affect many different systems of the human body. 
B) changes don't occur in a vacuum, and a program or project has multiple effects. 
C) the world-system theory of Wallerstein provides the best basis for applied work. 
D) it is necessary for applied work to focus entirely on educational systems. 
E) the most effective viewpoint for applied work is always that of a state administrator.

Question 14

During World War II, the U.S.government recruited anthropologists to study Japanese and German culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Cultural resource management is an example of applied

Accepted Answer

A) ethnology. 
B) biological anthropology. 
C) archaeology. 
D) linguistic anthropology. 
E) ethnography. 
A) ethnology. 
B) biological anthropology. 
C) archaeology. 
D) linguistic anthropology. 
E) ethnography.

Question 16

Academic and applied anthropology have a symbiotic relationship, as theory aids practice and application fuels theory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What is the fallacy of underdifferentiation? What are some possible alternatives to it?

Accepted Answer

The fallacy of underdifferentiation occu

Question 18

Biomedicine, which aims to link illness to scientifically demonstrated agents that bear no personal malice toward their victims, is an example of a naturalistic medical system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Anthropologists researching the effects of development at the local level are able to identify inadequacies that may not be evident to economists working at national and global levels.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which of the following statements about the early application of anthropology is not true?

Accepted Answer

A) Malinowski proposed that "practical anthropology" should focus on the diffusion of European culture into tribal societies. 
B) Malinowski was not opposed to aiding colonial regimes by studying land tenure and land use in order to recommend how much land local people should keep and what Europeans should get. 
C) The British empire saw no use for anthropologists, and British colonials purposefully distanced themselves from anthropologists in the field. 
D) A historical association existed between early anthropology, especially in Europe, and colonialism. 
E) During World War II, American anthropologists studied Japanese and German culture to predict the behavior of the wartime enemies of the United States. 
A) Malinowski proposed that "practical anthropology" should focus on the diffusion of European culture into tribal societies. 
B) Malinowski was not opposed to aiding colonial regimes by studying land tenure and land use in order to recommend how much land local people should keep and what Europeans should get. 
C) The British empire saw no use for anthropologists, and British colonials purposefully distanced themselves from anthropologists in the field. 
D) A historical association existed between early anthropology, especially in Europe, and colonialism. 
E) During World War II, American anthropologists studied Japanese and German culture to predict the behavior of the wartime enemies of the United States.

What is overinnovation, and why can it undermine development projects?

Development anthropology refers to the branch of anthropology that uses data collected in local settings to formulate theories about the development of culture through time.

According to Kottak, what is a common problem for international development projects?

What term refers to the beliefs, customs, specialists, and techniques aimed at ensuring health and curing illness?

Which of the following is not a proper role for an applied anthropologist?

Which of the following is a reason that the Madagascar project to increase rice production was successful?

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

Development projects are much more likely to succeed if they are based on traditional social organizations and respond to locally perceived needs.

Medical anthropology is strictly an applied field within anthropology.

Development projects that assume all "less-developed countries" are alike

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

Applied anthropology's systemic perspective recognizes that

During World War II, the U.S.government recruited anthropologists to study Japanese and German culture.

Cultural resource management is an example of applied

Academic and applied anthropology have a symbiotic relationship, as theory aids practice and application fuels theory.

What is the fallacy of underdifferentiation? What are some possible alternatives to it?

Biomedicine, which aims to link illness to scientifically demonstrated agents that bear no personal malice toward their victims, is an example of a naturalistic medical system.

Anthropologists researching the effects of development at the local level are able to identify inadequacies that may not be evident to economists working at national and global levels.

Which of the following statements about the early application of anthropology is not true?

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Doing Anthropology

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Exam 12: The World System and Colonialism

What is overinnovation, and why can it undermine development projects?

Development anthropology refers to the branch of anthropology that uses data collected in local settings to formulate theories about the development of culture through time.

According to Kottak, what is a common problem for international development projects?

What term refers to the beliefs, customs, specialists, and techniques aimed at ensuring health and curing illness?

Which of the following is not a proper role for an applied anthropologist?

Which of the following is a reason that the Madagascar project to increase rice production was successful?

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

Development projects are much more likely to succeed if they are based on traditional social organizations and respond to locally perceived needs.

Medical anthropology is strictly an applied field within anthropology.

Development projects that assume all "less-developed countries" are alike

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

Applied anthropology's systemic perspective recognizes that

During World War II, the U.S.government recruited anthropologists to study Japanese and German culture.

Cultural resource management is an example of applied

Academic and applied anthropology have a symbiotic relationship, as theory aids practice and application fuels theory.

What is the fallacy of underdifferentiation? What are some possible alternatives to it?

Biomedicine, which aims to link illness to scientifically demonstrated agents that bear no personal malice toward their victims, is an example of a naturalistic medical system.

Anthropologists researching the effects of development at the local level are able to identify inadequacies that may not be evident to economists working at national and global levels.

Which of the following statements about the early application of anthropology is not true?

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Doing Anthropology

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Gender

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

Applying Anthropology

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters