What is the task of an ethnoscientist?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER:
The task is to describe a culture in terms of how it is perceived, ordered, and categorized by the members of that culture rather than by imposing the categories of the ethnographer
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According to the Cornelius reading (“Ambivalent Reception,” assigned for the Public Opinion class), the MAIN reason the American public has an ambivalent attitude toward immigrants is because they think immigration is really good for the country only when the economy is doing well and think it’s really bad for the country only when the economy is in recession
a. true b. false
Sexual asymmetry can be shown through the use of doublets, which:
a. demonstrate the inequality of women compared to men in America. b. are pairs of words that have the same meaning, but one word is used by men and the other by women. c. are found in Standard American English. d. always vary in terms of loudness and aggressiveness. e. are words that are constructed of at least two other words and have a private meaning between men andwomen.
Which of the following was a negative result of the creation of cash economies in colonies?
a. The social cohesiveness of local communities was disturbed due to migration for work. b. Indigenous peoples resorted to armed conflict in retaliation to a taxation system. c. The roles of women in their communities shifted because there was no need for their services. d. The desire for wealth led to warfare and conflict between indigenous tribes.
Why do some researchers consider the Gran Dolina and Atapuerca hominins to be a different species from Homo erectus? What other species name is also used for these fossils?
What will be an ideal response?