Exam 18: Applied Anthropology

An applied anthropologist, rather than just providing data about a culture to an organization or government, who engages in the actual development of policy is performing the role of:

The anthropologist who studied heroin addicts in U.S. society is:

Whereas most archaeologists have traditionally found employment in universities or museums, many are now working as applied archaeologists specializing in what is known as:

When an applied anthropologist provides cultural information that he or she gleaned while doing ethnological research to an agency or government that wants to implement change, the anthropologist is playing the role of:

What is cultural resource management?

Forensic anthropology is the discipline that trains anthropologists to be good academic debaters.

What is medical anthropology? What are some of the things that medical anthropologists do?

Examine the concepts of cultural relativism and ethical relativism. Can an anthropologist be involved in applied anthropology and adhere to either of these principles or views? Are there any problems associated with an ethical relativist perspective?

Which of the following is a way to resolve the philosophical and moral dilemmas posed by a strict adherence to the doctrine of ethical relativism?

The Vicos Project was a miserable failure for applied anthropologists because the people actively resisted the forced change and eventually rebelled, throwing the anthropologists out of the country.

Universal human rights have been spread through the process of globalization and are mostly based on the United States Declaration of Independence.

Some applied medical anthropologists study the relationship and interactions between western medical practices and folk medicine or indigenous medical practices.

Private agencies and governments often employ anthropologists to provide them with an indication of the possible consequences of planned change they are about to implement. This is called a(n):

While studying the use of crack cocaine in Spanish Harlem, anthropologist Philippe Bourgois found that:

Since archaeological sites are nonrenewable resources, it is very disturbing that many sites are looted and destroyed by pot hunters only interested in making money.

Is there such a thing as universal human rights?

In order to tolerate practices such as racism, child abuse, spouse abuse, homicide, torture, human sacrifice, and the mass murder (genocide) of Jews, Gypsies, and homosexuals by the Nazis, one would have to abide strictly by the principle of:

When an archaeological site is destroyed, it can often be replaced or renewed.

Applied anthropologists often act as consultants for farmers in underdeveloped areas such as rural India.

The first of the many federal acts to protect archaeological sites was: