What is displacement?

What will be an ideal response?


ANS: Displacement is the capacity of human language to convey information about a thing or an event that is not present.

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Define the formal/informal sector dichotomy and provide an example of work in each sector

What will be an ideal response?

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Because of its ego-centered nature, which of the following is least likely to serve as a permanent or persistent group?

A) kindred B) patrilineage C) matrilineage D) ambilineal descent group

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______ dispersal is the most common pattern in mammals, including primates

a. female b. male c. elders d. children e. elderly

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Which of the following is NOT a cultural correlate of chiefdoms?

a. Well-identified system of ownership or rights over resources b. Sedentism c. Production of little or no surplus d. Well-demarked boundaries between kin and/or political groups

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