Define the term "social distance."
What will be an ideal response?
The degree to which cultural norms specify that two individuals or groups should be helpful to, intimate with, or emotionally attached to each other.
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Twentieth-century industrialization did NOT
A. bring new industries and new jobs. B. give rise to a culture of consumption. C. exert beneficial effects on the economies, ecologies, and populations of "developing" nations in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. D. result in dramatically increased production. E. increase production-spurred strategies to sell everything industry could churn out.
Observations reveal that language development __________
a. only occurs in children who are intentional taught to speak b. does not occur in deaf children c. occurs in universal stages d. is a purely cultural development
The introduction of a cash economy has disrupted traditional Ju/'hoansi San patterns of __________
A. egalitarianism and reciprocity B. food storage and redistribution C. centralized decision making D. rapid population growth
Which is an example of a major cultural shift in a U.S. medical practice over time?
A) We used to treat diseases such as polio and measles as viruses, but we now know that they are bacteria. B) Fathers used to be excluded from birth, and mothers were only allowed to hold newborns infrequently. C) Vegetarianism used to be viewed as a healthy option, but is now linked to anemia and fatigue. D) Doctors in the past were trained in sociology and psychology, but today their focus is strictly on the body.