Ch. 4 - Applying Anthropology

Question 1

Use of anthropology to solve contemporary problems

Answer 1

Applied anthropology

Question 2

Field that examines the socio-cultural dimensions of economic development

Answer 2

Development anthropology

Question 3

Reduction in absolute poverty with a more even distribution of wealth

Answer 3

Increased equity

Question 4

Trying to achieve too much change

Answer 4

Overinnovation

Question 5

Seeing less developed countries as all the same; ignoring cultural diversity

Answer 5

Underdifferentiation

Question 6

Study of students in the context of their family, peers, and enculturation

Answer 6

Anthropology and education

Question 7

Anthropological study of cities and urban life

Answer 7

Urban anthropology

Question 8

Comparative, biocultural study of disease, health problems, and health care systems

Answer 8

Medical anthropology

Question 9

Scientifically identified health threat caused by a known pathogen

Answer 9

Disease

Question 10

Condition of poor health perceived or felt by an individual

Answer 10

Illness

Question 11

Beliefs, customs, and specialists concerned with preventing and curing illness

Answer 11

Health care systems

Question 12

One who diagnoses and treats illness

Answer 12

Curer

Question 13

Health care system based on scientific knowledge and procedures

Answer 13

Scientific medicine

Question 14

Efforts to extend anthropology’s visibility beyond academia and to demonstrate its public policy relevance

Answer 14

Public anthropology