Why does greater restrictiveness towards premarital sex tend to occur in more complex societies?
A) Controlling mating is a way of controlling property in these societies.
B) More complex societies have more strict religious codes of behavior.
C) Only complex societies have formal social unions we call marriage.
D) There is no way to deal with a child born out of wedlock in these societies.
A
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a. Pleistocene b. Paleocene c. Pliocene d. Miocene e. Eocene
In many societies, minority groups have inferior power and less secure access to resources than do majority groups.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Male skulls _________
a. are less robust on average than female skulls b. have a larger mastoid process of the temporal bone than females c. have a sharper orbital rim than female skulls d. have a more vertical frontal bone than female skulls
In some cultures, such as Amish, puberty is a period during which deviant behavior is permitted in order to __________
a. show the harmful side effects of such behaviors b. ease tensions in societies that expect strict codes of behavior to be followed thereafter c. catch young people in compromising positions and correct them d. embarrass young people