Describe Marvin Harris' analysis of Hindu cows in India using an ecological functionalist approach
What will be an ideal response?
Cows serve a greater material value by being kept alive and not eaten because they provide dung for fertilizer and fuel, draft labor, and also work to reproduce more cows.
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The term ________ refers to the minimal sound contrasts that distinguish meaning in a language
A. morphemes B. phonemes C. syntax D. grammar E. diglossia
The fieldwork technique that involves gathering cultural data by observing people's behavior and participating in their lives is called:
a. Cross-cultural survey. b. Participant observation. c. Laboratory experimentation. d. Structured interview. e. Stratified random sampling.
In a global world, space is constantly being re-allocated
a. True b. False
Psychologists tend to study only people living in the non-Western world, so anthropology has very little to offer to this field.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)