Which of the following behaviors would most likely be subject to direct cultural constraints in American society?
A) a young man’s attempt to kiss his girlfriend
B) choosing to wear nothing
C) a woman carrying her child in a soft basket hung from her head
D) dancing in the street before going to work
B) choosing to wear nothing
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A) the formation of status categories B) fulfillment of basic economic needs C) a sense of identity based on ethnicity D) acceptance of the status quo
Listeners can determine gay versus straight just by listening to verbal speech recordings in many cases. It is now well known what the cues are that lead listeners to their decisions
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Participant-observation has the advantage of _______
a. providing a large sample size b. ease of recording of data c. being an unobtrusive data gathering technique d. enabling fieldworkers to distinguish actual from expected behavior e. creating standardized, scientific data
Anatomical and physiological differences among human populations, researched primarily by biological anthropologists are referred to as
a. species diversity. b. genetic anomalies. c. human variation. d. physical specializations.