The use of inborn, involuntary, and often unconscious powers to cause harm to other people is called ______
a. socialization
b. witchcraft
c. ordeals
d. sorcery
e. shamanism
ANSWER:
b
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Benjamin Whorf investigated
A how ancient texts reveal the worldviews of early civilizations. B how people learn a second language as adults. C how the grammatical structures of a language influence thought. D how pronunciations of certain words influence how a person sees the world. E how a person's language and worldview change after a traumatic brain injury.
Witch hunts are an example of religion's function as
A. a revitalization movement. B. shamanism. C. a form of social control. D. a mechanism for reducing fear and uncertainty. E. a rite of passage.
There are no well-documented examples of natural selection operating in natural populations
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Research on female initiation rites in New Guinea suggests that the principal idea expressed in such rites is:
a. The duty of women to serve their husbands. b. The secret ritual dominance of women over men in these societies. c. The fact that even though they marry, their primary obligations are to their own families, not their husbands'. d. The principle of patrilineality. e. The complementarity of male and female.