Which theory approaches society like a biological organism with many interconnected parts?
a. American historicism
b. neoevolutionism
c. feminist theory
d. functionalism
e. structural functionalism
ANS: D
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a. paleoanthropologists b. primatologists c. archaeologists d. cultural anthropologists e. forensic anthropologists
Show how culture can be adaptive and maladaptive. Identify why it is important to understand that culture can be both adaptive and maladaptive.
What will be an ideal response?
Religion acts as a system of social control through
A) prescribing sanctions against wrongdoers. B) a code of ethics that defines right and wrong ways to behave. C) investing moral standards with supernatural authority. D) all of the above. E) none of the above.
Which of these incorrectly describes the Amish?
a. They originated in Western Europe. b. They have strong pacifist beliefs. c. There are more than one million in the United States today. d. They primarily live in the mid-Atlantic and Midwest of the United States. e. They prohibit marrying outside the group.