Sociolinguists have found that societies that maintain social inequalities and hierarchies often have different forms of the same language that are used for addressing higher or lower status individuals, kin versus nonkin, and males versus females
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Answer: T
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A. tribe B. band C. society with segmentary lineage organization D. chiefdom E. state
Tracing the relationship between ecology and primate behavior is difficult because _______
b. all living primates live in the same types of environments and eat the same foods c. a species may not currently occupy the environment in which it evolved d. primates are too reliant on culture
If a perfectly competitive firm is producing 500 units of output and the marginal revenue from producing the 500th unit of output is $4 and the marginal cost is $3.50, which of the following is true?
A) The firm is taking a loss from producing the 500th unit. B) The firm should increase production. C) The firm should decrease production. D) The firm is producing the profit-maximizing output.
A geologist observes glacial moraines and striations in an area that is today not glaciated. The geologist interprets those features as evidence of past glacial activity. He or she is utilizes all of the following except:
a. middle-level theory. b. the principle of uniformitarianism. c. a relational analogy. d. knowledge of contemporary glacial processes e. confidence that the features observed do not represent evidence of past glaciers.