It takes many years of practice for people to master the muscular movements needed to produce the precise sounds of any particular language

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false


True

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Identify differences between questionnaires and interview schedules, and discuss why an ethnographer may choose to use an interview schedule instead of a questionnaire.

What will be an ideal response?

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What is the Hindu religious belief about Indian castes?

A) They believe that caste is preordained by God to allow society to progress. B) They believe that individuals must suffer in order to obtain enlightenment. C) They believe that individuals earn their castes based on their actions in a previous life. D) They believe the best people occupy the lowest castes, because individuals must "work their way" to Nirvana. E) The Hindus are opposed to the Indian caste system.

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Unlike Leslie White, Julian Steward thought that technology was an unimportant part of culture

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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This chapter's discussion on recurrent gender patterns stresses that

A. it is the role of industrialized nations to correct patterns that are immoral. B. the United Nations should become more involved in reversing these patterns. C. exceptions to cross-cultural generalizations may involve societies or individuals. D. these patterns are universals rather than generalities. E. these generalities are based on bad data, because the studies did not use randomized sampling.

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