Using your own cultural system to interpret what others are doing, with the assumption that your own system is the only one that makes sense, is referred to as:
a. cultural relativity.
b. emic analysis.
c. ethnocentrism.
d. ethnosemantics.
d
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What is the most important difference between Australopithecus afarensis and the modern apes?
A. Au. afarensis had increased cranial capacity. B. Au. afarensis had better color vision than apes. C. Au. afarensis had a narrow chest, whereas living apes have a barrel chest. D. Au. afarensis had lost its prehensile tail. E. Au. afarensis was bipedal.
Linguistic anthropologist Robbins Burling argues that some of the earliest instances of language use might have been:
a. generating calls, rather than comprehending them. b. comprehending calls, rather than generating them. c. closing calls, rather than opening them. d. inventing folktales and tall tales.
What is cultural relativism, and why is it central to the mission of anthropologists?
What will be an ideal response?
The Maasai homeland is in __________
A) West Africa B) East Africa C) South Africa D) North Africa