Which of the following is NOT an example of participant observation?
A. engaging in informal chit-chat
B. administering interviews according to an interview schedule over the phone
C. helping out at harvest time
D. buying a shroud for a village ancestor
E. dancing at a ceremony
Answer: B
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Which of the following statements about mass migration is correct?
a. About 20 percent of the people living in France today are foreign-born immigrants. b. Most immigrants to the United States come from Asia and Africa c. About 11 percent of the world's population today lives outside their countries of birth. d. Immigration from the Caribbean to the United States is rapidly increasing.
Language, according to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis:
a. causes all people to perceive the world in the same way. b. causes all humans to construct reality in similar ways. c. establishes in our minds categories that affect our perception. d. determines how well-formed our brain will be. e. is the sole force of cultural innovation.
_______ is an example of biocultural evolution
a. Variations in body mass index b. The relationship between lactase deficiency and cultural practices c. Variations in head shape d. The worldwide distribution of ABO allele frequencies e. Alcoholism
A creative process in which improvisation is more highly valued than originality is characteristic of:
a. African music. b. Western painting. c. Navajo singing. d. Balinese dance. e. Inuit carving.