The notion of dysfunction was proposed by ________
a. Merton to refer to stress or imbalance in a cultural system
b. Radcliffe-Brown to refer to stress or imbalance in a cultural system
c. Malinowski to refer to unintended or unrecognized functions of culture
d. Levi-Strauss to refer to unintended or unrecognized functions of culture
e. Boas to refer to the lack of ethnographic data and theoretical evidence
ANSWER:
a
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a. is absent. b. has a very low frequency. c. has a very high frequency. d. is linked with the gene for skin color. e. has no adaptive advantage.
To rule its colonies with long histories of state organization, France sometimes
A. installed capitalist rule. B. implemented corrupt rule. C. imposed third-party rule. D. used indirect rule. E. paid elected local officials to implement policy.
__________ is a subsistence strategy that focuses on raising and caring for herds of domesticated animals
a. Pastoralism b. Horticulture c. Agriculture d. Foraging
Match the behavior with its description:
1. displacement 2. grooming 3. mounting 4. play using hands to clean fur intense, repetitive physical activity one animal moving away from a sitting place for another animal one animal jumps on top of another animal from behind