The most frequent motive for direct infanticide reported cross-culturally is that the infant is __________
A) a girl
B) deformed or very ill
C) an economic burden
D) born outside of marriage
Answer: B
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1) Economists have defined the price elasticity of demand using percentages because percentages do not depend on the unit of measurement. 2) A linear demand curve is a constant elasticity of demand cur 3) For a linear demand curve, the point elasticity of demand will be greater at higher prices relative to lower prices. 4) If a 10 percent increase in the price of a good leads to a 5 percent decrease in the quantity demanded of the good, the price elasticity of demand is elastic. 5) The demand for a generic box of 50 paper clips is likely to be inelastic.
Today's ecological anthropology, also known as environmental anthropology, attempts not only to understand environmental problems but also to
A. find solutions, acknowledging that ecosystems management involves multiple levels. B. prescribe top-down solutions to ecological problems. C. work closely with state agencies, among whom they do most of their ethnography, to promote institutional change. D. contribute to development projects that sometimes, out of necessity, replace indigenous institutions with culturally alien concepts. E. promote the concepts of environmental rights, even at the expense of cultural rights.
A study of childrearing among the Ju/’hoansi of Africa indicates that:
a. boys and girls are raised in a very similar manner and are both mild-mannered and self-reliant. b. because girls are out gathering most of the time, they are expected to be more aggressive and self-reliant than boys are. c. mothers spend the least amount of time with their children, and thus the children identify strongly with their fathers. d. boys do more work than girls. e. boys have less responsibility than girls and get to play more of the time.
What makes us human?
a. physiology, culture, and planning b. biology, culture, and religion c. physiology, behavior, and religion d. biology, culture, and behavior