Which of the following would be considered risk-averse behavior?
a. binge drinking
b. betting your salary on one spin at the roulette table
c. speeding in a car
d. investing your savings into a savings account
Correct Answer: d
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The term ethnography refers to
A. decipherment of ancient texts. B. analysis of the chemical composition of marble. C. descriptive studies of living peoples. D. study of prehistoric textiles.
One aspect of Omaha kinship that might strike many Americans as unusual is:
a. Everyone is called by the same name. b. A male can be called "mother.". c. Brothers are not distinguished from sisters. d. The term "myself" can mean either the person speaking, or one of his or her brothers or sisters. e. People in many generations may be called "mother's brother.".
Which of the following statements about primate growth and development is most correct? a. Young apes take more time to reach adulthood than do most mammals
b. Young apes leave during early adolescence and quickly establish their own groups. c. Nonhuman primates reach an early adulthood, but they are slow breeders with long birth intervals. d. Primates move from specific to more generalized development as they age.
Anthropologists have explained the lack of parents’ emotional interaction and playfulness with infants in some preindustrial societies as __________.
A) an indication that parents are too busy foraging for food to play with their kids B) a need to create emotional distance due to high infant mortality rates in these societies C) a sign of bad parenting by uneducated adults D) a more adaptive alternative to beating their children