Consider these two contemporary American parenting styles. In more traditional parenting, baby is put to sleep alone in her own room, encouraged to self-soothe, and fed on a schedule
In the attachment parenting style, baby is fed on demand, sleeps in the parents' bed, and her cries are attended to quickly. Based on your understanding of the anthropology of childhood, what behaviors or values do you believe these two groups of parents wish to instill in their children? Explain your answer.
The ideal answer should include:
1, A brief discussion of ethnohistories and parents' belief systems
2, Traditional parenting focus on independence and self-reliance
3, Attachment parenting approach on security and self-assurance
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Since band societies are egalitarian, the leaders of bands must do which of the following?
A. lead by personal influence and persuasion rather than coercion B. lead by strictly obeying the rules and laws set down by the band council C. use force and physical threats to achieve political power D. employ and maintain a military or police force that enforces the customs and laws
The term evolution refers to:
a. ? patterns of inheritance from parent to offspring. b. ? the process of biological specialization. c. ? changes in the genetic make-up of a population from one generation to the next. d. ? genetic changes within populations, but not the appearance of new species. e. ? a response of organisms or populations to the environment.
All of the following are characteristics of the "robust" australopithecines except:
a. large chewing apparatus. b. existence of a marked sagittal crest. c. powerful jaws. d. large cheek teeth. e. balanced front and back teeth.
During the second and third millennia B.C., the inhabitants of Mesopotamia were
A. dominated by a single empire centered at Uruk. B. dependent on a diet of millet and pig. C. practitioners of scapulimancy. D. subdivided politically into a series of city-states.