____ explains cultural features by the benefits they provide for individuals and groups
a. Historical particularism
b. Configurationalism
c. Cultural evolutionism
d. Functionalism
d
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Research on female initiation rites in New Guinea suggests that the principal idea expressed in such rites is:
a. The duty of women to serve their husbands. b. The secret ritual dominance of women over men in these societies. c. The fact that even though they marry, their primary obligations are to their own families, not their husbands'. d. The principle of patrilineality. e. The complementarity of male and female.
In a culture, there is a difference between ideal and real behaviors
a. True b. False
The Inuit of the Arctic region _____
a. hunt reindeer but not seals; they believe the latter are sacred b. seldom have an adequate protein supply c. rely heavily on horticulture d. rely on modern technology to aid in their food-collecting strategies e. hunt both reindeer and seals, but not whales
The Mano “god-spirit” mask, which embodies the spiritual force in Liberia, _____
a. serves as an agent of social control and conflict resolution, as well as an expression of religious belief b. plays only a religious role in the society, although it is used to create social conformity c. serves primarily as a crude reminder of the dead ancestor d. is an important social control mechanism that has little or no religious significance e. is a type of art that is both representational and transformational, but not symbolic