An example of a culturally specific mental illness is latah, a disorder in which __________
a. the sufferer is afraid of open spaces
b. the suffer usually acquires the disorder after a traumatic experience
c. the sufferer, always a woman, suffers uncontrollable hysteria after the death of a relative
d. the sufferer may become a homicidal cannibal
Answer: b
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In the United States, new reproductive technologies and open adoption have contributed to the rise of:
a. polygamous families b. extended families c. nuclear families d. blended families
The postwar baby boom of the late 1940s and 1950s
A. fueled the general expansion of the American educational system, including academic anthropology. B. promoted renewed interest in applied anthropology during the 1950s and 1960s. C. brought an end to the world system. D. produced a new interest in ethnic diversity. E. brought anthropology into most high school curricula.
Cultures are __________ is another way to say that cultures are integrated
a. premeditated b. planned c. random d. patterned
When countries react to a real or perceived threat of foreign cultural dominance by purging foreign words from the language, it is an example of:
a. cultural conservatism. b. linguistic ethnocentrism. c. linguistic parochialism. d. linguistic nationalism. e. ethnolinguistics.