1. Although self-reliance and independence are stressed in modern, industrial nations, paradoxically children remain more reliant on their parents for a longer period of time because __________.
A. they are not taught how to be self-sufficient until 18 years of age.
B. school is optional.
C. they are biologically incapable of supporting themselves until 18 years of age.
D. there are child labor laws.
2. The gathering together and then reallocation of food and resources to ensure everyone's survival is called __________.
A. subsistence.
B. redistribution.
C. reciprocity.
D. a leveling mechanism.
3. What does the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis state?
A. The degree of cultural complexity is associated with the effectiveness of languages as systems of communication.
B. Our culture determines what our language is able to refer to.
C. The language people speak influences the way their culture is structured.
D. Dialect variation is the result of toilet-training practices.
4.In studies of cross-sex conversations, women are more likely to
A. ignore the comments of other speakers.
B. make utterances that encourage responses from those with whom they are speaking.
C. interrupt the speech of men.
D. control the topic of conversation.
5. The idea that indigenous societies are unchanged since early human history is __________.
A. relativistic.
B. ethnocentric.
C. a research hypothesis.
D. ethnographic.