Who is most likely to exert authority over a child among the Trobriand Islanders?
a. Child’s father
b. Child’s mother
c. Child’s maternal uncle
d. Child’s maternal aunt
Answer: a
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Boas encouraged early anthropologists to study African Americans as a way of understanding race
a. True b. False
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a. It takes an objective/scientific approach to the study of society. b. It posits that gender should not be considered as a major variable influencing cultural behavior. c. It strongly embraces a value-free orientation. d. It seeks to describe and explain the female perspective in cultural life. e. It is a theory that argues that women and men are equal in all societies and cultures.
Words borrowed from one language to another
a. cognates b. language families c. loanwords d. lingua francas