Anthropology and Psychology MCQs

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Q71.
In economic anthropology, when exchange between social equals, who are normally related to kinship, marriage or another close personal tie is called

a.

Reciprocity

b.

Exchange of gifts

c.

Market distribution

d.

Redistribution

Discuss
Answer: (a).Reciprocity
Q72.
In economic anthropology, the concept of reciprocity was given by

a.

Karl Marx

b.

Kroeber

c.

Franz Boas

d.

Karl polanyi

Discuss
Answer: (d).Karl polanyi
Q73.
In economic anthropology, a things which someone gives to another person and expects nothing in return is called

a.

Negative reciprocity

b.

Generalized reciprocity

c.

Balanced reciprocity

d.

Give and take

Discuss
Answer: (b).Generalized reciprocity
Q74.
In economic anthropology, the purest form of reciprocity is called

a.

Generalized reciprocity

b.

Negative reciprocity

c.

both a and b

d.

None of the above

Discuss
Answer: (c).both a and b
Q75.
In economic anthropology, one way to reducing the tention in situations of potential negative reciprocity is to engage in

a.

Open market trade

b.

Silent trade

c.

Give and take

d.

None of the above

Discuss
Answer: (b).Silent trade
Q76.
In economic anthropology, when goods, services or their equivalent move from the local level to a center is called

a.

Redistribution

b.

Productivity

c.

Production

d.

Give and take

Discuss
Answer: (a).Redistribution
Q77.
In Emily Ahern's ethnographic description of the medical system of the Taiwanese Hokkien, the yin part of the body

a.

Is visible to the living

b.

Exists in the underworld in the shape of a house and tree

c.

Exists in the underworld in a house and a tree

d.

Has hot and cold properties

Discuss
Answer: (b).Exists in the underworld in the shape of a house and tree
Q78.
The Chinese medical system, which dates back about 3500 years, initially stressed the balance between the contrasting forces of yin and yang and later added the concept of

a.

Properties

b.

Hot and cold properties

c.

Humors

d.

Wet and dry properties

Discuss
Answer: (c).Humors
Q79.
In which type of medical system is it assumed that illness is due to impersonal, mechanistic causes in nature that can be potentially understood and cured by the application of the scientific method of discovery?

a.

Emotionalist

b.

Naturalistic

c.

Personality

d.

Scientific

Discuss
Answer: (a).Emotionalist
Q80.
According to anthropology many cultures have the view that the body should be

a.

Well conditioned

b.

Clean

c.

Kept in an equilibrium

d.

Be treated with respect

Discuss
Answer: (c).Kept in an equilibrium
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