Despite decades of legislation aimed at reducing gender discrimination in the U.S., the majority of men and women work in gender-segregated occupations
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
ANS: T
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Which of the following best describes biological anthropology?
A. the study of biological and cultural approaches to a given problem B. the study of human biological diversity C. the study of language and linguistic diversity D. the study of biology through material remains E. the study of public health
An anthropological understanding of ethnicity and race requires exploring how people and institutions define, negotiate, and even challenge their identities in society. One way anthropologists—and social scientists in general—do this is by studying status, which refers to
A. a mutually exclusive social identity that is set by others and has little to do with an individual's actions. B. any position, no matter what its prestige, that someone occupies in society. C. a biologically determined identity within a hierarchical society. D. a socially negotiated identity that always changes throughout a person's lifetime. E. an identity determined by the state through census practices.
Just as in other areas of anthropology, the study of language involves investigating what is or isn't shared across human populations and why these differences or similarities exist. The linguist Noam Chomsky has argued that the human brain contains a limited set of rules for organizing language, so that all languages have a common structural basis. He calls this set of rules
A. the evolutionary linguistic imprint. B. linguistic structuralism. C. generalities. D. a global mental map. E. the universal grammar.
How do listeners in North America signal that they are listening to a narrative?
A They remain completely silent throughout the narrative to indicate they are listening. B They try to avoid showing facial expressions that might distract the speaker from the story. C They refrain from asking questions during the narrative. D They periodically make small vocalizations to indicate they are listening. E They repeat each sentence of the narrative after the speaker.