According to Horace Miner in "Body Ritual among the Nacirema," the Nacirema display an extreme concern for the maintenance and care of their bodies
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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Among the Azande of East Africa, to what were crop failures typically attributed?
A. menstruating women B. poor leadership C. celestial events D. witchcraft
What was the most common motivation for adoption among Samoans during Melvin Ember's fieldwork?
A) A child's natural family needed help to feed and care for him/her. B) Families who adopted children benefit from social programs. C) Natural disasters such as hurricanes killed many young children. D) New family members were needed to perform all of the necessary chores.
Who developed the hypothesis that apes have modular brains and only with the evolution of modern humans are all of the parts or functional domains interconnected?
A) Harry Jerison B) Paul Leiberman C) Steven Mithen D) David Premack E) Dean Falk
Which of the following is NOT a common approach in ethnographic fieldwork?
a. Study of complete, functioning societies b. Face-to-face interviews c. Use of personal first-hand information d. A holistic approach e. Use of random sampling