Anthropology

6 years ago

With unilineal descent, sex with cross cousins is proper, but sex with parallel cousins is ...

With unilineal descent, sex with cross cousins is proper, but sex with parallel cousins is considered incestuous. Why?

A. Cross cousins are actually parallel cousins.
B. Societies with unilineal descent share a ge

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Goodman854

6 years ago

In a society with two exogamous lineages or moieties, who is the preferred cross-cousin bride for a ...

In a society with two exogamous lineages or moieties, who is the preferred cross-cousin bride for a male ego?

A. MBD (mother's brother's daughter)
B. MZD (mother's sister's daughter)
C. FBD (father's b

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6 years ago

Which of the following is ego's cross cousin?

Which of the following is ego's cross cousin?

A. MBS (mother's brother's son)
B. FBS (father's brother's son)
C. MZD (mother's sister's daughter)
D. FBD (father's brother's daughter)
&

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6 years ago

Although the incest taboo is a cultural universal, cultures define incest differently. For example, ...

Although the incest taboo is a cultural universal, cultures define incest differently. For example, in many cultures it is incestuous to marry parallel cousins but not cross cousins. What is the difference?

A. The children of

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6 years ago

Why does exogamy, the practice of seeking a husband or wife outside one's own kin group, have ...

Why does exogamy, the practice of seeking a husband or wife outside one's own kin group, have adaptive value outside of biological concerns?

A. It increases the likelihood that disadvantageous alleles will find phenotypic exp

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6 years ago

All cultures have taboos against ________, sexual relations with someone considered to be a close ...

All cultures have taboos against ________, sexual relations with someone considered to be a close relative, although precisely what constitutes a close relative varies across cultures.

A. levirate
B. sororate

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6 years ago

What is the term that anthropologists use to refer to the biological father of a child?

What is the term that anthropologists use to refer to the biological father of a child?

A. pater
B. creator
C. moiety
D. genitor
E. provider

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6 years ago

What is the term that anthropologists use to identify ego's socially recognized father?

What is the term that anthropologists use to identify ego's socially recognized father?

A. pater
B. genitor
C. creator
D. father
E. mater

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le_ikari

6 years ago

With patrilineal descent, someone takes his or her father's last name but recognizes descent ...

With patrilineal descent, someone takes his or her father's last name but recognizes descent through both parents.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Mediademics 61 1 Reply

6 years ago

A descent group consists only of a married couple and their children. (True or false?)

A descent group consists only of a married couple and their children.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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6 years ago

Between 1970 and 2015 the number of divorced Americans increased sixfold. (True or false?)

Between 1970 and 2015 the number of divorced Americans increased sixfold.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

kimchi69 27 1 Reply

6 years ago

Members of a clan do not try to demonstrate specific genealogical links; rather, they just stipulate ...

Members of a clan do not try to demonstrate specific genealogical links; rather, they just stipulate their common ancestry and descent.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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6 years ago

A bifurcate merging kinship terminology distinguishes between collateral and lineal relatives. ...

A bifurcate merging kinship terminology distinguishes between collateral and lineal relatives.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Goodman854

6 years ago

With unilineal descent, one's lineage affiliation is ascribed at birth, but with ambilineal ...

With unilineal descent, one's lineage affiliation is ascribed at birth, but with ambilineal descent, lineage affiliation is more fluid, because each member chooses his or her own descent group.

Indicate whether the statement

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6 years ago

The most common postmarital residence rule is matrilocality, in which the married couple moves in ...

The most common postmarital residence rule is matrilocality, in which the married couple moves in with the husband's family.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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6 years ago

Outside North America, Western Europe, and the European-derived cultures of Latin America, neolocal ...

Outside North America, Western Europe, and the European-derived cultures of Latin America, neolocal residence isn't all that common.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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lovearat

6 years ago

A nuclear family includes ego, ego's parents, and ego's grandparents. (True or false?)

A nuclear family includes ego, ego's parents, and ego's grandparents.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Mediademics 52 1 Reply

6 years ago

U.S. kinship calculation is bilateral, traced equally through males and females; for example, father ...

U.S. kinship calculation is bilateral, traced equally through males and females; for example, father and mother.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

paulorear 55 1 Reply

6 years ago

Neolocal postmarital residence rules require newly married couples to establish their own residence. ...

Neolocal postmarital residence rules require newly married couples to establish their own residence.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

uYuSs 80 1 Reply

6 years ago

In unilineal descent, one's ancestry is traced through only one line of descent. (True or false?)

In unilineal descent, one's ancestry is traced through only one line of descent.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

uYuSs 63 1 Reply

6 years ago

Members of a clan say they are descended from a common apical ancestor. (True or false?)

Members of a clan say they are descended from a common apical ancestor.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

uYuSs 59 1 Reply

6 years ago

Industrialization increases mobility, which plays a major role in the disappearance of extended ...

Industrialization increases mobility, which plays a major role in the disappearance of extended families in the United States.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

kimchi69 28 1 Reply

6 years ago

Comparing notions of family between the United States and Brazil, the extended family still plays a ...

Comparing notions of family between the United States and Brazil, the extended family still plays a central role for most Brazilians.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Doc.Blade 44 1 Reply

6 years ago

Recent census data reveal that more U.S. women are now living without a husband than with one. ...

Recent census data reveal that more U.S. women are now living without a husband than with one.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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6 years ago

What is the name of the postmarital residence pattern in which the married couple is expected to ...

What is the name of the postmarital residence pattern in which the married couple is expected to establish their own home?

A. neolocality
B. patrilocality
C. matrilocality
D. ambilocality

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6 years ago

After reaching an all-time low for the 20th century in the 1970s, the nuclear family is now making a ...

After reaching an all-time low for the 20th century in the 1970s, the nuclear family is now making a rebound, accounting for a greater number of U.S. households each year.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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le_ikari

6 years ago

The higher proportion of expanded family households among poorer Americans has been explained as an ...

The higher proportion of expanded family households among poorer Americans has been explained as an adaptation to poverty.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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6 years ago

Although nuclear families are found in many societies around the world, this phenomenon is not a ...

Although nuclear families are found in many societies around the world, this phenomenon is not a cultural universal.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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le_ikari

6 years ago

Like race, kinship is a cultural construction, in that it exhibits considerable cultural diversity. ...

Like race, kinship is a cultural construction, in that it exhibits considerable cultural diversity.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

uYuSs 56 1 Reply

6 years ago

Your family of procreation is the one into which you were born. (True or false?)

Your family of procreation is the one into which you were born.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Doc.Blade 32 1 Reply

6 years ago

According to genealogical kin types used by anthropologists to study kinship relations, what kind of ...

According to genealogical kin types used by anthropologists to study kinship relations, what kind of relative is ego's mother's brother?

A. lineal relative
B. affinal relative
C. collateral relative

uYuSs 37 1 Reply

6 years ago

Like bifurcate merging kinship terminology, generational kinship terminology

Like bifurcate merging kinship terminology, generational kinship terminology

A. is common in North America.
B. makes sense only from the perspective of ego.
C. illustrates the complicated ways in which

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6 years ago

In a bifurcate merging kinship system, which of the following would be referred to by the same term? ...

In a bifurcate merging kinship system, which of the following would be referred to by the same term?

A. F and MB
B. M and MZ
C. MB and FB
D. FZ and MZ
E. JR and BJ

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6 years ago

Which of the following statements about bifurcate merging kinship terminologies is NOT true?

Which of the following statements about bifurcate merging kinship terminologies is NOT true?

A. They generally are found in societies with unilineal descent.
B. They use the same term to describe F and FB and the

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Goodman854

6 years ago

In a bifurcate merging kinship terminology, what is merged?

In a bifurcate merging kinship terminology, what is merged?

A. same-sex siblings of each parent
B. members of the family of orientation and those of the family of procreation
C. affinal relatives and c

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lovearat

6 years ago

A lineal kinship terminology (Multiple Choice)

A lineal kinship terminology

A. is generally found in societies with patrilineal descent rules.
B. uses two terms to identify ego's parents' siblings: one term for both FZ and MZ and another term for both FB and M

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lovearat

6 years ago

Which of the following does NOT belong to ego's matrilineage?

Which of the following does NOT belong to ego's matrilineage?

A. FM
B. B
C. ZS
D. MB
E. M

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6 years ago

In a lineal system of kinship terminology, which of the following pairs would be referred to by the ...

In a lineal system of kinship terminology, which of the following pairs would be referred to by the same term?

A. M and FZ
B. M and MZ
C. FB and MB
D. FB and FZ
E. F and FB

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6 years ago

Which of the following kin types is NOT ego's lineal relative?

Which of the following kin types is NOT ego's lineal relative?

A. M
B. B
C. MM
D. F
E. FF

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