What is the term that anthropologists developed to describe the tendency to see one's own cultural customs as superior?
A. Maladaptive
B. Particularity
C. Ethnocentrism
D. Cultural relativism
Answer: C. Ethnocentrism
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The ________ epoch has been called the "Ice Age."
a. Pleistocene b. Paleocene c. Pliocene d. Miocene e. Eocene
Laura Nader has called on anthropologists to "study up.". What does she mean by this term?
a. Anthropologists should study high-altitude peoples and cultures in order to understand adaptation. b. Anthropologists should people of a higher class than themselves. c. Anthropologists should study the elites of a society and not only the common people. d. Anthropologists should intensify their studies and become more involved in advocacy anthropology. e. Anthropologists should be more committed to urgent anthropology before indigenous peoples are all gone.
While optimal foraging theory can provide a number of insights into foraging groups, what aspect of human society does optimal foraging theory arguably ignore?
a. Population size b. Location c. Genetics d. Culture
According to the Grasmuck and Pessar reading (“Gains in Women’s Status in the Household,” assigned for the Gender and Migration class), Dominican immigrant women are able to demand that the husband do more housework and therefore negotiate a more balanced household division of labor
a. true b. false