Prestige in the United States is associated with occupations, but it changes over time. The Harris Poll indicates that ___________ rank among the highest prestige professions
a. stock traders
b. bankers
c. real estate brokers
d. scientists
e. home builders
ANSWER:
d
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a. within-culture variation b. the biological constraints of human behavior c. cross-cultural universals d. cognitive universals
Which of the following describes dominance relationships among nonhuman primate males?
a. a rigid pecking order b. flexible and multifaceted c. neatly linear d. there aren't dominance relationships among nonhuman primate species
Which of the following statements is not true? a. Foragers are less likely to experience famine than agriculturalists
b. Foraging represents a rational and adaptive mode of subsistence. c. Contemporary foragers are all part of larger socioeconomic systems. d. Foragers have very little leisure time for family and spiritual development.
Among the Trobrianders, a "baloma" is a:
A) ?vengeful ancestor spirit that punishes social transgressors. B) ?spirit that brings good luck to hunters. C) ?spirit that represents the dead who did not receive a proper burial. D) ?spirit child which will eventually enter the womb of a woman of the samematrilineage as itself.