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Which of the following problems would an applied anthropologist be most likely to study?
 
  a. The ways in which families are organized to carry out the basic tasks of farming in agricultural societies.
  b. The ways in which health care delivery to American minority communities might be improved.
  c. The ways in which a society's religious beliefs relate to its artwork.
  d. The relationship between the language members of a culture speak and the ways in which they understand the world.
  e. The percentage of goods and practices in a culture that have their origins in a different culture.

Question 2

An emic approach to the study of culture is one that emphasizes:
 
  a. The description of a culture from the point of view of a member of the culture.
  b. The comparison of similar parts of different cultures.
  c. The study of the ecological adaptation of a culture.
  d. Ethnocentrism and cultural relativism.
  e. The search for general laws or principles that can be applied to all human cultures.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

A



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