What is chronemics?

What will be an ideal response?


It is the study of the different ways that cultures understand time and use it to communicate.

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A factor in high rates of wife abuse in rural Kentucky is __________

A) men's heavy use of marijuana B) geographical isolation C) lack of police staffing D) the relatively high education level among the women

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Name the “skills for the 21st Century” that are agreed upon by most educators

What will be an ideal response?

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Among the Chukchee, the custom of levirate is __________

A) seen as more of an obligation than a right B) considered a privilege offered only to highly esteemed men C) the most common form of marriage D) a dying tradition, with only a few such marriages each year

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All of the following are arguments commonly used to explain the existence of a gender hierarchy except:

a. Women's lowered status is due to the private/public dichotomy. b. Women's status is higher in societies where they do not have any domestic duties and work, instead, outside of the home. c. Women and men have differential status based on their distribution and exchange of resources. d. The expansion of capitalism and colonialism has had enormous impact on non-Western gender hierarchies. e. Male dominance correlates with the existence of ecological stress and warfare.

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