Final Exam

Question 1

Cultural anthropology has interest in interpreting but not in explaining

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Cultural anthropology like all science, is free of bias

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Cultural anthropology studies only tribal people

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Cultural anthropology uses participant observation to gather data

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Data from cultural anthropology can be used to test generalizations about human nature

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Data from cultural anthropology can be used to test assertions of co-variation of socio-cultural variables

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Data from cultural anthropology can be used to increase one’s awareness of their cultural biases

Answer 7

True

Question 8

According to Payer, doctors in all countries value random controlled trials

Answer 8

False

Question 9

According to Payer, doctors usually read the medical literature from countries other than their own

Answer 9

False

Question 10

According to Payer, doctors are less willing to accept a new intervention than they are to give up an established one

Answer 10

False

Question 11

According to Payer, doctors from different countries will agree on whether to use and intervention if its effectiveness is known

Answer 11

False

Question 12

According to Payer, American medicine tends to overestimate the risks of treatment and underestimate the risks of no treatment

Answer 12

False

Question 13

According to Payer, American medicine tends to emphasize tests over observation

Answer 13

True

Question 14

According to Payer, American medicine tends to view the body as an integrated organism

Answer 14

False

Question 15

According to Payer, American medicine is excellent in dealing with chronic illness

Answer 15

False

Question 16

According to Payer, British medicine is skeptical of interventions which have not been scientifically tested

Answer 16

True

Question 17

According to Payer, British medicine believe illness often cannot be cured, simply made more bearable

Answer 17

True

Question 18

According to Payer, British medicine emphasize external causes rather than the body’s ability to heal itself

Answer 18

True

Question 19

According to Payer, British medicine lead in anesthesiology and pain control

Answer 19

True

Question 20

According to Payer, German medicine combines efficiency with romanticism

Answer 20

True

Question 21

According to Payer, German medicine involves frequent doctor visits(“overdoctoring”), especially concerning the heart

Answer 21

True

Question 22

According to Payer, German medicine places emphasis on patient’s resistance and less importance on “germs”

Answer 22

True

Question 23

According to Payer, German medicine makes little use of spas, herbs and other alternatives modes

Answer 23

False

Question 24

According to Payer, the French place little importance on the body’s ability to heal itself

Answer 24

False

Question 25

According to Payer, the French are more likely than the British to accept a cure because theoretically it should work.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

According to Payer, French hopitals emphasize bodily cleanliness and short stays

Answer 26

False

Question 27

According to Payer, French surgeons place little emphasis on asthetic consideration

Answer 27

False

Question 28

According to Payer, French surgical interventions are less radical than American ones

Answer 28

True

Question 29

According to Payer, French medicine makes little use of x-rays.

Answer 29

False

Question 30

According to Katz, surgeons are quick to accept new procedures which have been scientfically demonstrated to be advantageous

Answer 30

False

Question 31

According to Katz, surgeon's emphasis on quick decision making and doing something is congruent with experimental scientist's thinking

Answer 31

False

Question 32

According to Katz, if an operation is unsuccessful, surgeons typically look first at what errors they might have committed

Answer 32

False

Question 33

According to Katz, surgeons have a tendency to use a procedure because respected surgeons do it that way

Answer 33

True

Question 34

According to Katz, surgeons emphasis on heroic action may lead them to do procedures which are medically unwise.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

According to Katz, shamans and surgeons differ as shamans are mentally unstable whereas surgeons have greater psychological integration

Answer 35

False

Question 36

According to Katz, shamans and surgeons are similar in their reliance on intuition

Answer 36

True

Question 37

According to Katz, shamans and surgeons differ in that shamans put on theatrical performances and surgeons don't

Answer 37

False

Question 38

According to Katz, surgeons have a tendency to confuse confidence with competance and so are unwilling to communicate doubt.

Answer 38

True

Question 39

According to Katz, surgeons may have a resident perform an operation for them without informing the patient

Answer 39

True

Question 40

According to Katz, competition, unwillingness to show doubt and other factors create barriers to open communication among surgeons which may lead to unnecessary deaths.

Answer 40

True

Question 41

According to Katz, surgeons often use residents to find out how another surgeon does something rather than ask the surgeon directly.

Answer 41

True

Question 42

According to Katz, physicians make referrals to surgeons based on their knowledge of the surgeon's expertise

Answer 42

False

Question 43

According to Katz, competition for referrals may result in surgical decisions which are knowingly not appropriate for the patient

Answer 43

True

Question 44

According to Katz, a surgeon may make a referral to physician because they like them more than another physician which they know to be more competent

Answer 44

True

Question 45

According to Katz, surgeons are quite clear about their economic needs and the possible conflict with the patient's surgical needs when making surgical decisions.

Answer 45

False