According to critical medical anthropologists, one significant feature of the training of Western biomedical healers is called cognitive retrogression

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


Answer: True

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A. sleep in nests in the trees at night B. form fission-fusion social groups C. are primarily arboreal, although they travel between trees on the ground D. all of these

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Ethnic groups created for the purposes of colonial rule tended to:

A) fragment when colonial power waned. B) strengthen when colonial power waned. C) become the authoritative government during the wars of independence. D) fragment easily once they entered into a political relationship with the colonial authorities. E) be very dictatorial over their own people.

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The longest lasting state in the world is __________

a. China b. Thailand c. Iceland d. Zimbabwe

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In the modern world, kinship _____

a. no longer has importance b. no longer provides close and emotional social ties as it did in the past c. has become much more complex because of new reproductive technologies d. systems remain unchanged through contact with external forces such as colonization and cultural diffusion e. is a growing network that has become more and more vital to our ability to survive in the global economy

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