When we describe a culture as being polychronic, we mean that people:
a. feel comfortable engaging in a number of activities simultaneously.
b. tend to be extremely punctual.
c. prefer to engage in only one activity at a time.
d. believe in the saying "time is money.".
e. are extremely ethnocentric.
a
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following statements about environmental hazards in American communities is NOT accurate?
A. Environmental hazards are located disproportionately in minority and poor neighborhoods. B. Polluting facilities are often built in neighborhoods undergoing demographic and social transition. C. Polluting industries are more likely to target communities with fewer resources to organize a resistance. D. Economic resources and political clout have little to do with where polluting facilities are constructed. E. Poorer communities are more likely to be victims of toxic waste exposure than are more affluent or even average (middle class) communities.
The principle of reciprocity means that
a) Exchanges have limited value b) Receiving a gift obligates one to return a gift c) Gift exchanges are generally unimportant d) One should avoid unfair obligations
Industrialized agriculture is associated with all of the following except which?
a. It relies on technological sources of energy for production. b. It relies on monocrop production – single crops produced on large acreages. c. It has caused considerable environmental destruction. d. It led to water pollution and soil contamination in some areas. e. It has led to the flow of capital from wealthier nations to poorer ones.