In a cross-cultural study of 139 societies, George P. Murdock found __________ societies that did not have the belief that gods or spirits could cause illness.
A) ten
B) seven
C) two
D) twenty
C) two
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Max Weber argued that people's behavior could best be explained:
A) in economic terms. B) in class terms. C) in terms of prestige. D) in terms of power. E) in economic terms and in terms of prestige.
A minimal unit of sound that differentiates meaning in a particular language is a __________
a. phoneme b. syllable c. vowel d. morpheme
The three main principles of evolutionary psychology include the idea that
a. human behavior is produced by a mind that is a flexible, general purpose device b. behaviors cannot be understood as adaptations c. culture is more important than biology when trying to understand human behavior d. human behavior evolved in the context of relatively small groups
The __________ in anthropology uses data about the beliefs and behaviors in many societies to document both cultural universals and cultural diversity
a. comparative perspective b. holistic perspective c. ethnographic approach d. culture concept