When Michael Kearney got a skin infection after visiting and helping a similarly afflicted woman who attributed her illness to witchcraft, he:
A) ?feared he had acquired a dangerous disease.
B) ?wondered if he too had been the victim of witchcraft.
C) ?needed to leave town for treatment.
D) ?assumed he caught it from the woman.
B
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Which of the following statements about polygynous marriages is true?
A. They are characteristic of high social instability, as with serial monogamy in southern California and Washington, D.C. B. They frequently involve a hierarchical arrangement among the wives. C. They are associated with male infanticide. D. They are characterized by there being more than one husband in a single household. E. They tend to occur in societies that have more men than women.
Anthropologists learn the languages of the people they are studying
a. only when they are doing linguistic anthropology. b. in order to gain a clearer understanding of the behavior of those with whom they live. c. for practical purposes, such as being able to ask for food or ask where the bathroom is, rather than research purposes. d. naturally, without a lot of effort.
What is a common American view of the relationship between technology and progress?
A) ?Progress is measured by the extent to which a society borrows from other societies. B) ?Progress is best signaled by strong social control over how technology is used. C) ?Technology is the best measure of progress. D) ?Technology and progress have no necessary relationship.
A worker at age 65 receiving a gold watch at retirement is an example of _____
a. the waning physical and mental strength of the elderly b. the allocation of tasks by age c. negative reciprocity d. gender specialization e. productive distribution of resources