An anthropological understanding of ethnicity and race requires exploring how people and institutions define, negotiate, and even challenge their identities in society. One way anthropologists—and social scientists in general—do this is by studying status, which refers to
A. a mutually exclusive social identity that is set by others and has little to do with an individual's actions.
B. any position, no matter what its prestige, that someone occupies in society.
C. a biologically determined identity within a hierarchical society.
D. a socially negotiated identity that always changes throughout a person's lifetime.
E. an identity determined by the state through census practices.
Answer: B
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Characteristics that increase the success of a male competing for females will increase over time through:
A. natural selection B. gender selection D. competition selection
Which of the following is not a phase typically associated with revitalization movements?
a. Normal state in which stress is low and the culture satisfies basic needs b. Normal means of satisfying basic needs no longer functions c. Emergence of a prophet or leader to guide a following d. Mass emigration of the followers to other nations in order to spread the religion e. State of cultural upheaval leading to domination and exploitation by outside force
Compared with pastoralism and horticulture, agriculture is a more land-intensive strategy
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which statement about culture change is FALSE?
a. Cultures are always changing. b. Cultures change through the processes of diffusion and innovation. c. Cultures change more through invention than through diffusion. d. Anthropologists do not agree on the single most important cause of culture change. e. Culture change is important to cultural survival.