Although acculturation can be applied to any case of cultural contact and change, the term most often has described Westernization, the positive influence of Western expansion that has spread democratic and capitalistic values to those less fortunate.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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People are usually willing to change just enough to maintain, or slightly improve on, what they already have. For this reason, development projects are most likely to succeed when they avoid the fallacy of
A. cultural relativism. B. ethno-bias. C. overinnovation. D. underdifferentiation. E. intervention philosophy.
The extended family is based on marital ties and the nuclear family is based on blood ties
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The forms that people give to their material objects are
a. determined primarily by the materials available. b. the result of the interaction of utilitarian function and aesthetic style. c. completely arbitrary and spontaneous. d. very similar across cultures within any given historical period.
A horticultural or pastoral society is most likely to be politically organized as a:
a. state. b. chiefdom. c. band. d. tribe. e. commercial society.