The Burakumin in Japan are regarded by Japanese society as a(n):
a. Race.
b. Class.
c. Ethnic group.
d. Caste.
e. Clan.
A
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All of the following statements about the lengthy period of human immaturity are correct EXCEPT:
A) it allows time for an enormous amount of learning to occur. B) it demands that human cultures provide stable environments for their young. C) it allows mature individuals in a society to function as teachers and no longer be in a role as learners. D) it requires human cultures to protect their young for long periods of time. E) it leaves few specific human behaviors directly under genetic control.
Media are associated with all of the following except:
a. they are always global in scope. b. they are omnipresent. c. they shape and change people’s perceptions of the world. d. they enable people to imagine different worlds.
In anthropology, fieldwork means __________
a. having people answer questionnaires b. compiling census data c. conducting polls d. living and interacting with the group of people under study
Which statement about culture is true?
a. People in the United States typically walk on the left in a crowded hallway. b. Deviance from the culture norms is rarely found in societies. c. Because of free will, people have the option of doing things differently from what is culturally expected. d. Choosing to go against cultural conventions always results in hardships. e. Social norms always receive total compliance.