Why is the naming process so important for the treatment of disease?

A) An unnamed disease is one in which there is not enough research to treat it effectively.
B) Naming the disease assures the patient that the practitioner understands his/her case.
C) Naming the disease takes away its power, allowing the practitioner to fight it.
D) In many cases patients recover better if the disease is not named, because named diseases are scarier.


B) Naming the disease assures the patient that the practitioner understands his/her case.

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Which of the following describes one of the challenges presented by the repatriation of Native American human remains and cultural artifacts?

A. Native Americans want to display the remains and artifacts in private rather than public museums. B. Reburial of the remains and artifacts is antithetical to the mission of museums, which view them as nonliving entities to be studied. C. Museums are not receiving adequate government funding to preserve the remains and artifacts. D. Native Americans do not value archaeological research and have been inadvertently destroying important sites through new construction on reservations.

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Why is global warming expected to be more harmful to poorer nations than wealthier ones?

What will be an ideal response?

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Music, song, and dance performances must be understood __________

a. through the cultural contexts in which they occur b. in accordance to rigorous aesthetic standards c. in formalist terms d. as a single art form

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Bonobos use visual communication in the wild by:

a. winking and frowning at each other b. using trail markers, such as leaves c. using lip-smacking and pant-hoots d. making rock cairns along the paths

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