Name and describe the three most prevalent residence patterns found worldwide
What will be an ideal response?
They are neolocal, when the couple lives in a new residence alone; matrilocal, when the couple lives in the wife's mother's residence; and patrilocal, when the couple lives in the groom's father's residence.
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Population geneticists use the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium equation to determine
a. whether evolution is occurring at all loci throughout the genome simultaneously. b. whether evolution is occurring at a given locus. c. the mode of inheritance of Mendelian traits. d. whether a particular trait is polygenic. e. whether a particular trait is polygamous
What is a unique feature of pidgin languages?
A easily learned for conversational interaction B unique pronunciation system compared to the native language of the land C can never be written D always a merger of other languages other than the native speakers original language E pidgins are not the first language of any speaker
Adaptation is best described as all of the following except:
a. a series of beneficial adjustments to the environment. b. not an active process but rather the outcome of natural selection. c. the way humans make beneficial adjustments to their environment through culture as well as biology. d. a result of gene flow and genetic drift. e. occurring through natural selection at the genetic level.
Despite the analytical usefulness of learning about anthropologist Elman Service's typology of political organization into bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and states, it is important to remember that
A. it applies only to the reality of societies in the so-called Third World. B. it has no practical value in ethnographic research, only in theoretical anthropology. C. none of these political entities, or polities, can be studied as a self-contained form of political organization, because all exist within nation-states. D. Bronislaw Malinowski first came up with this typology. E. people all over the world vocally reject being classified under such a typology and typically express their anger through hidden transcripts.