One advantage of Marxist theories of social stratification is __________
a. they treat societies as dynamic
b. they can be quantitatively proven
c. they demonstrate why societies are stable
d. it allows for egalitarian principles
a
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Refer to the figure below. If the market price of sunglasses is $50, Area B represents the ________.
A) deadweight loss
B) consumer surplus
C) producer surplus
D) total surplus
The anthropologist Dee Mack Williams, in studying herding practices among pastoralists in Inner Mongolia, found that
A) with the use of irrigation to create new pasture land, the sand dunes were disappearing. B) the herders always avoided sand dunes when herding their flocks, because sand dunes did not provide pasture. C) since his observations were made in a specific local environment, the conclusions were not useful to other scholars concerned with livestock production. D) the herders valued sand dunes as shelters when attacked by raiders. E) the herders valued the sand dunes in their environment because, among other things, the dunes helped to regulate the body temperature of their animals.
All of the following statements about cultural change are correct except:
a. all cultures are capable of adapting to changing conditions. b. not all change is positive or adaptive. c. all cultures are equally well equipped for making adjustments in a timely way. d. sometimes the pace of culture change increases dramatically. e. elements of a culture may persist for long periods of time.
Unstructured interviews _____________ .
A) seldom provide useful or accurate data because the interviewer does not provide questions. B) should only be used at the end of one's fieldwork. C)contain open-ended questions and are paced by the interviewees, not the interviewer. D) are all very short in duration because they never cover major topics. E) always involve at least three individuals.