ANP Exam 1 with complete solution 2025
What .is .health? .- .ANS✓✓-Not .just .the .absence .of .disease .but .psychological,
.social .and .physical .well-being
What .is .medical .anthropology .- .ANS✓✓-It .studies .health, .disease, .and .illness
.in .human .individuals .and .populations .via .holistic .perspectives
What .is .sickness? .- .ANS✓✓-inclusive .term .that .includes .physical,
.psychological, .and .social .dimensions .of .health. .different .cultures .have .different
.conceptions .of .sickness
Sickness .is .split .up .into .two .categories- .disease .and .illness .- .what .is .disease?
.- .ANS✓✓-Clinical .manifestation .of .altered .physical .function .or
.infection(biological .aspect). .Anthropologists .tend .to .extend .this .definition .to
.include .social .problems .such .as .malnutrition, .poverty, .and .social .inequality
What .is .illness? .- .ANS✓✓-An .individual .perception .of .a .medical .problem, .as
.informed .by .culture("the .sufferer's .experience")
Illness .and .disease .do .not .have .to .exist .together- .what .is .illness .without
.disease? .- .ANS✓✓-Ex. .hypochondriac .- .someone .who .believes .or .perceives
.lack .of .wellbeing .but .shows .no .clinical .manifestations
What .is .disease .without .illness? .- .ANS✓✓-Not .believing .to .be .sick .but .has
.clinical .manifestations .of .disease .- .ie .having .an .infection .but .not .feeling .any
.symptoms/acknowledging .it.
What .are .the .characteristics .of .medical .anthropology? .- .ANS✓✓-A .holistic
.approach, .cross .cultural .analysis, .objective .thinking, .many .anthropologists
.work .in .international .development .- .there .is .academic .and .there .is .applied
.anthropology.
How .is .medical .anthropology .traditionally .practiced? .- .ANS✓✓-the .dichotomy
.has .started .to .blur .recently, .but .medical .anthropology .tends .to .be .either
.academic .or .applied .- .academic .involves .writing .books, .teaching, .and
.suggesting .what .applied .anthropologists .should .do .- .who .do .a .lot .of
.ethnographic .fieldwork.
What .is .biocultural .evolution? .aka .the .biocultural .synthesis .- .ANS✓✓-culture
.influences .biology .and .thus .biology .influences .culture .ex. .arab .people .cover
What .is .health? .- .ANS✓✓-Not .just .the .absence .of .disease .but .psychological,
.social .and .physical .well-being
What .is .medical .anthropology .- .ANS✓✓-It .studies .health, .disease, .and .illness
.in .human .individuals .and .populations .via .holistic .perspectives
What .is .sickness? .- .ANS✓✓-inclusive .term .that .includes .physical,
.psychological, .and .social .dimensions .of .health. .different .cultures .have .different
.conceptions .of .sickness
Sickness .is .split .up .into .two .categories- .disease .and .illness .- .what .is .disease?
.- .ANS✓✓-Clinical .manifestation .of .altered .physical .function .or
.infection(biological .aspect). .Anthropologists .tend .to .extend .this .definition .to
.include .social .problems .such .as .malnutrition, .poverty, .and .social .inequality
What .is .illness? .- .ANS✓✓-An .individual .perception .of .a .medical .problem, .as
.informed .by .culture("the .sufferer's .experience")
Illness .and .disease .do .not .have .to .exist .together- .what .is .illness .without
.disease? .- .ANS✓✓-Ex. .hypochondriac .- .someone .who .believes .or .perceives
.lack .of .wellbeing .but .shows .no .clinical .manifestations
What .is .disease .without .illness? .- .ANS✓✓-Not .believing .to .be .sick .but .has
.clinical .manifestations .of .disease .- .ie .having .an .infection .but .not .feeling .any
.symptoms/acknowledging .it.
What .are .the .characteristics .of .medical .anthropology? .- .ANS✓✓-A .holistic
.approach, .cross .cultural .analysis, .objective .thinking, .many .anthropologists
.work .in .international .development .- .there .is .academic .and .there .is .applied
.anthropology.
How .is .medical .anthropology .traditionally .practiced? .- .ANS✓✓-the .dichotomy
.has .started .to .blur .recently, .but .medical .anthropology .tends .to .be .either
.academic .or .applied .- .academic .involves .writing .books, .teaching, .and
.suggesting .what .applied .anthropologists .should .do .- .who .do .a .lot .of
.ethnographic .fieldwork.
What .is .biocultural .evolution? .aka .the .biocultural .synthesis .- .ANS✓✓-culture
.influences .biology .and .thus .biology .influences .culture .ex. .arab .people .cover
