The fact that ________ gives an interview schedule the advantage over a questionnaire-based survey.
A. questionnaires are completely unstructured
B. interview schedules allow informants to talk about whatever they feel is important
C. questionnaires are emic, while interview schedules are etic
D. interview schedules are better suited to complex, urban societies
E. interview schedules rely on very short responses
Answer: B
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a. within-culture variation b. the biological constraints of human behavior c. cross-cultural universals d. cognitive universals
Culture change
A) only occurs when societies with different cultures come into contact. B) is often the result of individuals seeking solutions to new problems. C) does not affect gender roles in any society. D) never occurs, because culture is essentially conservative. E) none of the above
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b. How a person speaks may be used by others to make judgments about that person's sexual orientation orsocial class location. c. Gender is the only social characteristic that is not consistently reflected in speech patterns and norms forcommunication within any given culture. d. Speech patterns, mannerisms, and other non-verbal communication are used by people to manage theimpressions that others have of them.
An Archaeological ProblemThe following multiple-choice questions refer to the paragraph below. Base your answers on the information given below, your archaeological knowledge, and common sense.Recent excavations in the Levant have uncovered a small settlement of approximately twenty houses. These structures were circular in shape and had rock-wall foundations. A number of burials were found in a small cemetery adjacent to the settlement. Storage pits and roasting areas for preparing plant foods also were found, but there was no evidence for domesticated plants at the site. Animal bones from deer, gazelle, sheep, and goat were common at the site. The investigators noticed that a high number of young male animals were represented in the sheep bones. This difference was not noted among the
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