When a married couple goes to live in the house of the brother of the husband’s mother, the post-marital residence pattern is referred to as:
a. avunculocal
b. matrilocal
c. patrilocal
d. fratrilocal
Answer: a. avunculocal
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a. had no idea of the true causes. b. agreed with Lamarck that it was caused by an animal's inner needs. c. used research he carried out while at Cambridge. d. argued it was caused by differential use of an animal's body parts. e. used Mendel's theory of heredity.
Phonology is the:
a. modern scientific study of all aspects of language. b. systematic identification and description of distinctive speech sounds in a language. c. study of language sounds. d. study of the patterns and rules by which words are arranged. e. the entire formal structure of a language, including morphology and syntax.
What distinguishes a shaman from a priest?
A) Priests, but not shamans, have the ability to work magic in religious rituals and cause ritual items to change their substance. B) Shamans are part-time practitioners who mediate the worlds of the natural and supernatural. Priests are formally elected or appointed as full-time religious officers. C) Priests have training and undergo an apprenticeship in order to serve a group of people. Shamans are untrained because they are thought to have a natural affinity to the supernatural. D) Shamans are found in state societies and priests are found in foraging and egalitarian societies. E) There are no differences between shamans and priests. Priests are classified as a type of shaman.
Subsistence, in particular the value placed on the __________ of either men or women, plays a role in shaping patterns of kinship
a. accumulated surplus b. cooperative labor c. time away from the group d. hunting territory