Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1.Functionalism assumes that there are certain minimum biological needs, as well as social and psychological needs, that must be satisfied if individuals and society are to survive.
2.Anthropologists using the materialistic perspective focus on how people spend their money in their specific environmental setting.
3.Cultural relativity—suspending judgment of other societies’ customs, practices, and institutions—enables anthropologists to examine aspects of culture and determine their function within that society.


1.true
2.false
3.true

Sociology

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a. double-consciousness b. the dual-labor market c. the double bind d. functional conflict

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a. Latin America b. Africa c. Europe d. Asia

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