How is cultural relativism different from ethnocentrism?
What will be an ideal response?
While ethnocentrism is the belief that our own way of life is superior, cultural relativism helps us to understand the logic other cultures; it increases our understanding of others and is a fundamental anthropological research tool.
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The Bridge program advocated by the Oakland School Board is __________ according to research in other public school systems where it has been tested
a. successful b. unsuccessful c. outdated d. overly expensive
What development approach is associated with free trade, individual initiative, and minimal government regulation?
A) Human needs approaches B) Modernization theory C) Development theory D) Neoliberalism E) Structural adjustment
Which of the following is true of the interpretation of Upper Paleolithic cave art?
a. Most archaeologists agree that cave art represents sympathetic magic, or rituals in which doing something to an image produces the desired effect in the real object (e.g., drawing pregnant bison ensures fertility, or killing a stylized animal on the cave wall guarantees hunting success). b. Most archaeologists agree that cave art should be interpreted within the structuralist paradigm, where all symbols define binary oppositions such as male and female. c. Because we lack any associated ethnographic data for the Upper Paleolithic, it is very difficult to securely interpret the meaning of symbols used in this art. d. Upper Paleolithic cave art represents the earliest beginnings of the human ability to appreciate art for its own aesthetic properties; it is thus "art-for-art's-sake," and animals drawn had no particular symbolic meaning. e. The small herbivores are associated with females and the large herbivores with males.
What has genetic evidence suggested about the phenotype of Neandertals?
A) They looked exactly like modern humans. B) They had darker skin. C) They had fair skin and some had red hair. D) They were tall and lean.