In the last decade there has been a reduction in the extent to which Americans alter their appearance because of socialization
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
ANS: F
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a. Recommended daily allowances of vitamins and minerals for decent health b. Educational standards that are considered to be the basic minimum needs of every individual c. Public health standards for large groups of people living under temporary arrangements d. List of anthropological ethical standards for doing health work with refugees e. Maximum numbers of individuals with whom a single anthropologist can work on an applied project
Anthropologist Marvin Harris has suggested that the entire fabric of society in the former Soviet Union was undermined by which of the following?
A. Marxist theories of social organization B. influence from the cultures of the United States and Europe C. widespread racial prejudice and ethnic conflict D. deficiencies in economic infrastructure
Revitalization movements in the Muslim world are called:
a. Islamicist movements. b. mahdist movements. c. millenarian movements. d. nativistic movements. e. coven movements.
Why are informal interviews central to ethnographic fieldwork?
a. They provide a fixed structure that allows the researcher to quantify the data collection. b. They are conversations between friends and allow the anthropologist access to information that is confidential. c. They are part-time ways of gathering data that allow the anthropologist time to do other work while working inthe field. d. They are casual exchanges in which the anthropologists can gain insight into the things that matter most to thecultural group. e. They are pieces of a larger conversation and allow anthropologists to work in a team with each personcontributing to the conversation.