The distinction between male and female speech styles is called _________________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
gendered speech
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Post-Second World War interest in popular psychology reinforced what type of gender ideologies in the United States?
a. Men were inherently aggressive and domineering while women were inherently passive and docile. b. Culture was the most powerful arbitrator of gender identity and parenting could not affect gender roles as other forms of enculturation would win out. c. While gender differences were not inherent, the teaching of gender roles that ran counter to social expectations would lead to unhappiness. d. Men and women were seen as similar and equally capable in terms of employment and work, but fundamentally different as parents.
The fact that there are thousands of languages tells us that language is __________
A) not completely biologically determined B) not affected by cultural variation C) arranged primarily by geography D) the most difficult aspect of cultural anthropology
Like bifurcate merging kinship terminology, generational kinship terminology
A. is common in North America. B. makes sense only from the perspective of ego. C. illustrates the complicated ways in which adults confuse their children about the realities of biology. D. uses the same term for parents and their siblings, but lumping is more complete (there are only two terms for the parental generation). E. uses the same term for parents and grandparents, so there is less lumping than in the bifurcate merging kinship system.
Postmodern anthropology:
a. is similar to the cultural materialism because it is an empirical approach. b. is wedded to the etic point of view and is considered an extreme scientific approach. c. argues that culture should be understood from several perspectives. d. aims at the construction of laws and generalizations. e. focuses specifically on the development of technology and its effect on culture.