Cultural hybridization is the process by which a cultural custom, item, or concept is modified or hybridized to fit the cultural context of a society that borrows it
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Franz Boas believed that inferior races could progress
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following BEST describes the similarity between anthropology at its beginnings and anthropology today?
Both prioritize long-term ethnographic fieldwork. Neither focuses on comparisons between cultures. Both involve moments of intense globalization. Neither studies how cultures change over time.
To understand royal endogamy, it is useful to distinguish between the manifest and latent functions of customs and behavior. The manifest function of a custom refers to the reasons people in a society give for it. Its latent function is
A. the genetically motivated reason for the custom. B. a subconscious effect the custom has on the society members' identification with that belief. C. the socially constructed perspective of why the custom exists. D. an effect the custom has that the society's members don't mention or recognize. E. the emic effect the custom has on the society, recognized only by anthropologists.
In band societies, ________ determine the amount of respect or status individuals enjoy.
A. possessions and their monetary value B. culturally valued personal attributes C. labor amounts extracted spouses and children D. genealogical relationships to apical ancestors E. ranks ascribed at birth