Regarding task specialization, which of the following statements is false?
a. Although task specialization increases in postindustrial societies, gender divisions of labor are increasingly irrelevant.
b. Modern technologies make labor divisions by gender increasingly unimportant
c. In contemporary postindustrial societies, there is a decrease in task specialization over time.
d. In small-scale foraging societies, all people have general knowledge and competence in their appropriate work tasks.
c
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A) Sahelanthropus tchadensis B) Kenyapithecus C) Sivapithecus D) Orrorin tugenensis
The Efe system of child rearing is a result of __________ as well as enmeshed, mutually dependent social and economic systems
a. the requirement to engage in multiple tasks at the same time b. a desire to make children self-reliant c. the need to teach children to forage for themselves d. a respect for the natural curiosity of children
In which kinds of society are gods most likely to be viewed as aggressive and malevolent?
A) societies with punitive or hurtful childrearing practices B) societies with hunting and gathering technologies C) societies with external war D) societies with nuclear-family households
Cultural resource management is an example of applied
A. ethnology. B. ethnography. C. biological anthropology. D. linguistic anthropology. E. archaeology.