Balanced exchange __________

A) is nonexistent in industrial/informatic societies
B) involves only inexpensive, everyday items
C) is usually administered or regulated by a central leader or by the government
D) is a system of transfers in which the goal is either immediate or eventual balance in value


Answer: D

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A) the target community should be included as much as possible in the formulation of policy B) anthropologists should not do research on applied questions unless specifically asked to do so by the people affected C) the first responsibility of the anthropologist in the field is to his sponsors, second to himself or herself, and third to the people being studied D) there is no need to include the target community in planning a study

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Darwin argued that the large physical size of males was a physical specialization to aid in competition between males for females. He called this theory:

a. sexual selection. b. natural selection. c. hybrid selection. d. reproductive selection. e. intra-species competitive selection.

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Social relationships are crucial to nonhuman primates for all of the following reasons except:

a. ?it creates a social basis for predator avoidance. b. ?order can be imposed by allowing individuals to attack each other. c. ?alliances can be used to enhance the status of members. d. ?resources can be better protected. e. ?individuals support each other against outsiders.

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