A study of a Japanese minority group suggests that social discrimination may have an effect on IQ scores

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TRUE

Anthropology & Archaeology

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According to a study of youth gangs in the United States, intense competitiveness, mistrust of others, self-reliance, social isolation, and strong survival instinct are characteristics of a(n) __________ personality

A) defiant individualistic B) responsible independent C) ego-centric D) dominant dependent

Anthropology & Archaeology

There is much debate among scientists about when, where, and how anatomically modern humans achieved behavioral modernity. Some researchers suggest that about 50,000 years ago a genetic mutation acted to rewire the human brain, allowing for an advance in language and other related modern behaviors. Others propose

A. that drastic climatic changes 40,000 years ago led archaic humans to turn to ritual—a definite sign of behavioral modernity—to explain the unforeseen environmental changes that suddenly altered their way of life. B. that the advent of the nuclear family within larger nomadic groups made possible intense social interactions that triggered more complex social behaviors. C. a culinary hypothesis, suggesting that Homo's capacity to increase the range of foods in the diet triggered the necessary brain development to make modern behaviors possible. D. that instead of a sudden event in Europe due to a mutation, behavioral modernity resulted from a slow process of cultural accumulation within Africa, where Homo sapiens became fully human long before 40,000 years ago. E. a hearth hypothesis, suggesting that the most important trigger to behavioral modernity was Homo's capacity, achieved 50,000 years ago, for manipulating fire and thus living in caves and cooking their meat.

Anthropology & Archaeology

Languages and dialects are more accurately described as flexible collections of linguistic practice rather than concrete unchanging entities

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Anthropology & Archaeology

The usual settlement for a dispute mediated by a leopard-skin chief involved __________

a. changes of land ownership b. admissions of guilt and apologies by both sides c. the payment of cattle d. the arrangement for a peaceful court hearing

Anthropology & Archaeology