ANTH Medical and Applied Anthropology 2

Question 1

Paul Farmer's concept of 'structural violence' in medical anthropology refers to:

Accepted Answer

Social structures that harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs

Answer

Structural violence describes how social arrangements — poverty, racism, gender inequality — harm individuals by blocking access to resources like health care.

Question 2

What term describes the use of traditional plant-based remedies and the anthropological study of indigenous pharmaceutical knowledge?

Accepted Answer

Ethnopharmacology

Answer

Ethnopharmacology studies the traditional use of plants and other substances for medicinal purposes across different cultures.

Question 3

In medical anthropology, what is a 'culture-bound syndrome'?

Accepted Answer

A pattern of aberrant behavior specific to a particular cultural context

Answer

Culture-bound syndromes are recurrent, locally recognized patterns of disturbing experience that are specific to a particular cultural context.

Question 4

What is 'syndemic theory,' developed by Merrill Singer?

Accepted Answer

The interaction of two or more diseases that worsen each other within a social context

Answer

Syndemic theory examines how co-occurring diseases interact biologically and are worsened by social conditions such as poverty and discrimination.

Question 5

Applied anthropologists working in international development and health often use what participatory method that involves community members in designing interventions?

Accepted Answer

Participatory action research

Answer

Participatory action research (PAR) engages community members as active partners in identifying problems, designing solutions, and evaluating outcomes.

ANTH (Anthropology) Practice Test

ANTH (Anthropology) Practice Test

ANTH Medical and Applied Anthropology 2