__________ is the spread of ideas, material objects, and cultural practices from one society to another through direct and indirect culture contact
a. Diffusion
b. Syncretism
c. Culture history
d. Ethnogenesis
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What is ethnomedicine?
a. It is the development of native doctors and clinics as a way to deal with chronic health problems. b. It is the marketing and distribution of herbs and natural remedies. c. It is the use of psychology and Western medicine as a way to treat the whole person. d. It is the practice of medicine within an ethnically diverse segment of the population. e. It is a local approach to health care that is culturally relevant.
The development of sweet-potato washing among the Japanese macaques of Koshima Island is of interest to students of human evolution because:
A. as a result of this behavior, the macaques have become more intelligent, as is shown by an increase in their brain size B. a single monkey developed a new behavior and this behavior was transmitted to the rest of the population C. only the females of the population developed and practiced this behavior D. while the practice spread among the adults of the group, it was not passed on to the offspring
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
A convention is a kind of shorthand based on a performer-audience “contract.”
Ideologies that justify inequality
a. are always religious. b. are always secular. c. do not involve coercion or force. d. are unusual within industrialized societies like the U.S.