According to quantitive studies to gender-based language differences, men tend to interpret women more often than the reverse. Men also tend to talk for longer overall periods of time than women. Which of the following ideas do these findings best support?

Dominance model
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Difference model
Universal grammar


Dominance model

Anthropology & Archaeology

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Which of the following primate traits are believed to have been selected for life in trees?

A. larger females and gentle males B. meat eating and aggression C. fingernails (instead of claws) and soft fingertips D. fewer offspring and bipedalism E. stereoscopic vision and an opposable thumb

Anthropology & Archaeology

Which of the following is an element in the worldwide spread of agriculture?

a. Ability to infinitely increase carrying capacity in an area b. Technological innovation c. Population growth d. Warfare

Anthropology & Archaeology

What is the theory proposed by Relethford called

a. Mostly out of Africa. b. Complete replacement. c. Partial replacement. d. Regional e. Complete

Anthropology & Archaeology

Mahatma Gandhi referred to individuals as drops in the ocean that cannot survive without the ocean. This perspective is considered:

a) individualistic. b) holistic. c) sociocentric. d) egocentric.

Anthropology & Archaeology