Anthropolgy exam 2 Questions and
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mode of reproduction - ✔✔dominant pattern, in a culture, of population change
through the combined effect of fertility and mortality
fertility - ✔✔number of births in a given population or per woman
mortality - ✔✔number of deaths
pronatalism - ✔✔an attitude or policy that encourages childbearing, is prevalent among
farm families cross-culturally
demographic transition - ✔✔happens in industrial mode of reproduction, the change
from the agricultural pattern of high fertility and high mortality to the industrial pattern
of low fertility and low mortality
menarche - ✔✔oneset of menstruation
menopause - ✔✔the ceasing of menustartion
female fertility span - ✔✔from menarche to menopause
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, cultural competence - ✔✔among western-trained health professionals, awareness of
and respect for beliefs and practices that differ from those of western medicine
female genital cutting - ✔✔in sahelian countries, cutting of clit or labia in girls 7-15
hijra - ✔✔in india, a blurred gender role in which a person, usually a biological male,
takes on female dress and behavior
gender pluralism - ✔✔in mainland and island of southeast Asia, the existence within a
culture of multiple categories of felinity, masculinity, and blurred genders that are
tolerated and legitimate
heteronmornatity - ✔✔the belief that all people fall into two distinct genders, male and
female, corresponding distinct social roles and adhering to sexual relationships
couvade - ✔✔customs applying to the behavior of fathers during and shortly after the
birth of their children
ethnomedicine - ✔✔the study of cross-cultual health systems
western biomedicine - ✔✔a healing approach based on modern western science that
emphasizes technology or diagnosis and treating health problems related to the human
body
cultural-specific syndrome - ✔✔a collection of signs and symptoms that is restricted to a
particular culture or a limited number of cultures
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mode of reproduction - ✔✔dominant pattern, in a culture, of population change
through the combined effect of fertility and mortality
fertility - ✔✔number of births in a given population or per woman
mortality - ✔✔number of deaths
pronatalism - ✔✔an attitude or policy that encourages childbearing, is prevalent among
farm families cross-culturally
demographic transition - ✔✔happens in industrial mode of reproduction, the change
from the agricultural pattern of high fertility and high mortality to the industrial pattern
of low fertility and low mortality
menarche - ✔✔oneset of menstruation
menopause - ✔✔the ceasing of menustartion
female fertility span - ✔✔from menarche to menopause
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, cultural competence - ✔✔among western-trained health professionals, awareness of
and respect for beliefs and practices that differ from those of western medicine
female genital cutting - ✔✔in sahelian countries, cutting of clit or labia in girls 7-15
hijra - ✔✔in india, a blurred gender role in which a person, usually a biological male,
takes on female dress and behavior
gender pluralism - ✔✔in mainland and island of southeast Asia, the existence within a
culture of multiple categories of felinity, masculinity, and blurred genders that are
tolerated and legitimate
heteronmornatity - ✔✔the belief that all people fall into two distinct genders, male and
female, corresponding distinct social roles and adhering to sexual relationships
couvade - ✔✔customs applying to the behavior of fathers during and shortly after the
birth of their children
ethnomedicine - ✔✔the study of cross-cultual health systems
western biomedicine - ✔✔a healing approach based on modern western science that
emphasizes technology or diagnosis and treating health problems related to the human
body
cultural-specific syndrome - ✔✔a collection of signs and symptoms that is restricted to a
particular culture or a limited number of cultures
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