Ordeals are a form of informal social control, but oaths are considered formal
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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Biological theories of inbreeding avoidance focus on __________
a. social and psychological factors b. an individual's innate desire to commit incest c. incest avoidance as an adaptive mechanism d. laws against incest
In Peru, the Inca ruler was required to marry his _______________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
A positive side effect to restricting sexual behavior is that it may also limit:
a. the number of children a woman can have. b. the number of divorces in that culture. c. the spread of sexually-transmitted diseases. d. group marriages. e. women marrying the wrong man.
Radcliffe-Brown advocated social anthropology as a synchronic rather than a diachronic science-that is, a study
A. of societies as made up of individuals, not as a sum greater than its parts. B. that compares cultural traits within the same society and not across societies. C. of societies as they exist today (synchronic, one at a time) rather than across time (diachronic). D. of societies across time (synchronic) rather than across space (diachronic). E. of culture in motion (synchronic) rather than as a static entity (diachronic).