Compare and contrast signals and symbols. Give examples of each
What will be an ideal response?
Symbols are signs, sounds, gestures, or other things that are arbitrarily linked to something else and represent it in a meaningful way, such as a flag. Signals are instinctive sounds or gestures that have a natural or self-evident meaning, such as tears or screams.
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According to Franz Boas, in order to conduct a historical particularist study of a society, one must adopt the notion of __________, or the belief that each society should be understood in terms of its own cultural practices and values
A. particular evolution B. cultural relativism C. functionalism D. neoevolutionism
According the U.S. Census figures, in 2010 the number of Native Americans has reached nearly 2.9 million or about __________ of the estimated pre-European contact population
a. 20% b. 25% c. 33% d. 50%
The S of Dell Hymes' S-P-E-A-K-I-N-G mnemonic refers to:
a. sense. b. setting/situation. c. syllables. d. signs.
Transgender is a social category that
A. consists of only intersex people. B. includes people whose gender identity has no apparent biological roots. C. has no validity within the social sciences. D. is entirely biologically constructed. E. always contrasts biologically with "ordinary" males and females.