Which of these is a criticism of the functionalist theory of inequality?
a. No one knows how much inequality is needed to motivate people.
b. There is evidence that inequality does not motivate people.
c. Only extreme inequality is motivating, but inequality is common even when not extreme.
d. A little inequality is motivating, but inequality is more commonly very extreme.
a
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The primary criticism of historical particularism is that it
a. overlooks the ways in which cultures are similar. b. has a tendency to glorify the negative aspects of culture. c. oversimplifies cultural traits and leads to stereotyping. d. focuses too much on trying to explain factors that contribute to cultural similarities.
________ refers to the different symbol-based patterns and traditions associated with particular groups within the same complex society.
A. Diffusion B. Subcultures C. Globalization D. Pidgins E. Hypodescent
Which of the following anthropologists is NOT associated with the school of feminist anthropology which emerged in the 1960s and 1970s?
a. Eleanor Burk Leacock b. Ruth Benedict c. Louise Lamphere d. Sherry Ortner e. Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo
An individual's personality is all of the following except: a. a product of enculturation. b. influenced by an individual's genetic makeup. c. a kind of cognitive map functioning throughout an individual's lifetime. d. an integrated, dynamic system of perceptual assemblages, which includes the self and its behavioralenvironment, that develops over time
e. is never part of the internalized awareness of the person.