Carolus Linnaeus
a. developed a binomial system of classification for plants and animals.
b. was a proponent of evolutionary change.
c. opposed all notions of fixity of species.
d. was a supporter of Charles Darwin.
e. developed theories of natural selection.
a
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A) broadly based; narrowly based B) voluntary; nonvoluntary C) broadly based; nonvoluntary D) voluntary; narrowly based
Which of these statements best explains why anthropologists are so interested in the question of whether or not gender hierarchy is universal?
a. The existence of societies with gender equality would prove that anthropologists should be working for greater gender equality in other cultures. b. If many cultures currently have or have had gender equality, this would indicate that modern societies could achieve gender equality. c. The fact that other cultures have gender equality could be used as evidence that societies with a gender hierarchy are backwards or primitive. d. This question is incoherent; anthropologists are not particularly concerned with the question of equality.
On the basis of his experience in the Trobriand Islands during World War I, Bronislaw Malinowski is generally considered to be __________
A) the "father" of participant observation B) the founder of the etic approach C) the first person to realize that no culture is more or less "civilized" than another D) the first person to do fieldwork in his own culture
Why is understanding the cultural construction of reality so important within anthropology?
a. It motivates anthropologists to recognize the objective truth in situations. b. It implies there are universal meanings for all cultural phenomena. c. It suggests that humans do not all perceive and interpret the world in the same ways. d. None of these; this is not a particularly useful concept within anthropology.