Authority is:
a. the capacity to compel those of higher social statuses to give up their power.
b. the recognized right of an individual to command another person to act in a particular way.
c. the power an adult has over their children.
d. the ability to convince people that they should act as you suggest.
B
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One of the differences between generalized and balanced reciprocity is that:
a. in balanced reciprocity, there is concern with the timing and return of an object of equivalent value; in generalized reciprocity, there is not. b. generalized reciprocity involves a great many more people than balanced reciprocity. c. in generalized reciprocity, each party is trying to maximize their gain; in balanced reciprocity, this is not the case. d. balanced reciprocity involves money and generalized reciprocity does not.
Age set systems serve as mechanisms of social control because: a. they are associated with a belief that social deviance will cause one to suffer in the afterlife. b. only members of an individual's own age set have any authority over him. c. the members always spend a lot of time drinking together. d. individuals' initiations almost always include an intense period of training in the norms
and values of thesociety. e. individuals are socially considered to be a corporate lineage group because they have been socialized as agroup since birth.
Public interest anthropologists should not participate in making policy decisions.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
In his article, "A Goy in the Ghetto," William Mitchell describes some of the challenges he faced as an anthropologist learning to adjust to:
a. New Jersey accents. b. styles of communication. c. types of teasing. d. different kinds of food.