Distinguish between medicine's biomedical paradigm and medical anthropology's emphasis on a biocultural synthesis
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1, Define both terms fully
2, Give examples of the biomedical paradigm and the mind/body separation
3, Give examples of the biocultural synthesis and involving cultural patterns in fighting illness
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A. communal religion B. shamanistic religion C. Olympian religion D. individualistic cult E. idiosyncratic belief system
Short-term biological changes in response to particular environmental stimuli are referred to as:
a. cultural adaptations b. environmental adaptations c. physiological adaptations d. biosocial adaptations
Most present-day foragers
A. primarily fish for subsistence. B. are wholly dependent on welfare supplied by state-level societies. C. live largely in isolation from food-producing neighbors and the influence of the state. D. live in marginal environments. E. adopted foraging after abandoning more advanced subsistence strategies.
The anthropologist who, based on his/her fieldwork, concluded that, "Adolescence is not necessarily a time of stress and strain, but cultural conditions make it so," was
A) Edward Tylor. B) Margaret Mead. C) Clifford Geertz. D) Ruth Benedict. E) Franz Boas.