From the perspective of cultural relativism, in order to understand a particular cultural practice we must know
a. how much harm it does
b. whether or not it is practiced by the majority of people in a society.
c. the cultural values that it is based on.
d. how it compares to the practices of our own culture.
c
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A) Women B) Blacks C) Jews D) Italians
___________ The belief that culture should be viewed from the perspective of different groups
What will be an ideal response?
There is a higher rate of teenage pregnancy and premarital pregnancies among African American women than women in other groups, a factor that, in itself __________ the risk of marital dissolution
(a) increases (b) decreases (c) stabilizes (d) doesn't change
What theory of power suggests that political power is concentrated in the hands of the rich?
A. pluralist theory B. class domination theory C. power elite theory D. elitist theory