What is social stratification?
What will be an ideal response?
It is a social hierarchy resulting from the relatively permanent unequal distribution of goods and services in a society.
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What will be an ideal response?
In an ethnographic field study of political systems in northern Mozambique, Nicholas Kottak found that avoiding shame can be an effective control against breaking social norms. This example of how shame can be a powerful social sanction
A. is unique among ethnographic cases illustrating the variety of sociopolitical systems that exist in the world today. B. is often a key component of the formal processes of social control. C. is evidence that shame is a cultural universal. D. is an indication that women tend to suffer from the consequences of shame more than men do. E. joins the work of many other anthropologists that cite the importance of informal processes of social control, including gossip and stigma.
The archaeology at Mulberry Row answered questions about
a. historical documents. b. African burial grounds. c. slavery in Old New York. d. the battle of Little Bighorn. e. archaeologist's ethics.
Anthropologists are reasonably sure that high levels of social stratification __________.
A) are dependent upon intensive agriculture B) have always existed across human societies C) emerged relatively recently in human history D) are always linked to ethnic or racial groupings