Identities are not fixed; they are fluid and multiple. People seize on particular, sometimes competing, self-labels and identities, depending on context.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

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When an ethnographer uses an interview schedule to gather information from the field, the researcher's capacity to ask and answer truly relevant questions is inevitably limited

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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In Western countries, a psychological disorder known as _____ occurs most frequently among young women in which a preoccupation with thinness produces a refusal to eat. This is an example of a culture-bound syndrome

a. pibloktoq b. amok c. anorexia nervosa d. bulimia e. windigo

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What helps define an individual’s social identity?

a) Him- or herself b) People s/he interacts with in everyday life c) Normative categories s/he is placed within d) The behavioral rules he or she follows

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How are small-scale community members so knowledgable about their environments?

What will be an ideal response?

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