In extreme patriarchal societies, who usually has the right to divorce?
a. Women
b. Men
c. The bride’s father
d. The groom’s father
Answer: b
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Give at least three supported examples of why we continue to use simplistic racial categories for humanity when we know they are not accurate.
What will be an ideal response?
Egalitarian relationships between genders __________
a. existed in some non-western societies, but were undermined by the effects of colonialism b. have never existed in any known society c. have been most closely realized in European and American traditions d. are unlikely to occur because of biological differences between the sexes
Which one of these statements about psychological anthropology is FALSE?
a. It looks at how culture affects personality, cognition, and emotions. b. Since 1990, it has focused on broad national character studies. c. It is associated with such names as Margaret Mead and Franz Boas. d. It examines the relationship between culture and the psychological makeup of individuals and groups. e. A wide variety of methodology is used to do research in their area.
In Blumenbach's classification of races, light-skinned peoples from Europe and adjacent parts of western Asia and northern Africa were part of which race?
a. European b. Guinean c. Dravidian d. American Indian e. Caucasian