Human And Cultural Diversity

ANTHROPOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY MCQs

Total Questions : 133

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Question 1. Intelligence tests are
  1.    Are accurate measurements of intelligence
  2.    Are culturally un-biased
  3.    Favor bi-lingual students
  4.    Demonstrate genetically based racial differences in intelligence
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option A. -> Are accurate measurements of intelligence
Answer: (a).Are accurate measurements of intelligence
Question 2. According to anthropologists have used what to study business settings
  1.    Ethnography
  2.    Sampling
  3.    Questioners
  4.    Snow bowling
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option A. -> Ethnography
Answer: (a).Ethnography
Question 3. Archaeological anthropologists traditionally study all of the following, except
  1.    Trash
  2.    Fragments of pottery
  3.    Plant remains
  4.    Human tissue
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option C. -> Plant remains
Answer: (c).Plant remains
Question 4. Psychological anthropology is
  1.    Studies the change in psychology over time
  2.    Relates human psychology to social and cultural variation
  3.    Focuses on the "norms" in every society
  4.    Was developed during the early years of anthropology
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option A. -> Studies the change in psychology over time
Answer: (a).Studies the change in psychology over time
Question 5. Linguistic anthropologists study
  1.    language in a social context
  2.    Comparisons between language
  3.    Universal features of language
  4.    Ancient languages
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option D. -> Ancient languages
Answer: (d).Ancient languages
Question 6. Recent research has discovered that foods or spices like garlic, onions, cinnamon, ginger, and pepper have
  1.    Ant malarial properties
  2.    Antiviral or antibacterial properties
  3.    Hot-cold properties
  4.    Wet-dry properties
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option B. -> Antiviral or antibacterial properties
Answer: (b).Antiviral or antibacterial properties
Question 7. Which of the following characterize susto?
  1.    It is the result of a strong person staring intently at a weak individual
  2.    It usually is caused by Curanderos
  3.    It literally means fright or sudden fear
  4.    AIDS
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option C. -> It literally means fright or sudden fear
Answer: (c).It literally means fright or sudden fear
Question 8. Which of the following statements is true concerning illness?
  1.    Illness is a feeling of not being normal and healthy
  2.    Illness and disease are the same thing
  3.    Illness is an objectively measurable pathological condition of the body
  4.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option A. -> Illness is a feeling of not being normal and healthy
Answer: (a).Illness is a feeling of not being normal and healthy
Question 9. According to anthropologists in eastern Africa, disease came from sexually transmitted is called
  1.    HIV
  2.    Cancer
  3.    AIDS
  4.    All of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option C. -> AIDS
Answer: (c).AIDS
Question 10. Which of the following statements is true?
  1.    The general public's belief in the efficacy of both naturalistic and personality medical systems is
  2.    Susto is an example of an illness in a naturalistic medical system
  3.    Curanderos are usually the most acceptable type of medical doctor in Mexico among those who believe
  4.    None of the above is true
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option A. -> The general public's belief in the efficacy of both naturalistic and personality medical systems is
Answer: (a).The general public's belief in the efficacy of both naturalistic and personality medical systems is