Acculturation differs from other types of processes of change because it always involves an element of:
a. improvement.
b. progress.
c. coercion.
d. innovation.
e. religious change.
c
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Which of the following statements about social fatherhood is false?
a. Social fatherhood may be the same as biological paternity. b. Social fatherhood is always the same as biological paternity. c. Social fatherhood describes the status of a man who fulfills the responsibilities of parenting. d. Social fatherhood may describe a stepfather’s relationship with his stepchildren.
Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of four-field anthropology?
A. its holistic approach B. both scientific and humanistic dimensions C. an exclusive focus on contemporary cultures D. broad cross-cultural comparisons E. the study of human biology, culture, and language
Among the Han, brothers and their sons were part of the same household and paternal uncles were like second fathers. What type of descent is this?
a. Neolocal b. Kindred c. Patrilineal d. Matrilineal e. Bilateral
Who proposed that population size increases at a faster rate than food supplies?
a. Erasmus Darwin b. Alfred Russel Wallace c. Thomas Malthus d. Charles Lyell e. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck