Medical anthropologists study healing practices only in non-Western cultures
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Answer: False
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What is the name of the custom by which a widower marries the sister of his deceased wife?
A. sororate marriage B. serial polyandry C. filial marriage D. levirate marriage E. fraternal marriage
The biological nature of men and women [should be seen] not as a narrow enclosure limiting the human organism, but rather as a broad base upon which a variety of structures can be built.
a. This statement reflects an idea that is a cultural generality, but not a cultural universal b. This passage reflects the predominant anthropological position on sex-gender roles and biology. c. The basic assumptions in this passage are threatened by new medical technologies. d. This passage is culturally ethnocentric. e. This statement reflects ideas on gender and sex that ignore over fifty years of ethnographic evidence.
Communitas is the strong feeling of collective unity shared by individuals at the core of a society who define themselves in opposition to the society's liminal members
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following best describes participatory action research?
a. It always involves an anthropologist gathering data firsthand. b. It involves the anthropologist living with and observing the people studied. c. It is a type of research in which the anthropologist and community work together to find solutions. d. It is a kind of advocacy research in which the anthropologist represents the people studied in order to better their lives. e. It is research that is headed by indigenous peoples and not the anthropologist as an outsider.