Question 1

Which of the following economic principles is generally dominant in industrial society?

Accepted Answer

A)  generalized exchange 
B)  the market principle 
C)  redistribution 
D)  negative reciprocity 
E)  balanced reciprocity 
A)  generalized exchange 
B)  the market principle 
C)  redistribution 
D)  negative reciprocity 
E)  balanced reciprocity

Question 2

Do people in all societies maximize material benefits? If not, what other things could be maximized to help explain their motives in everyday life? Do anthropologists believe that the profit maximization motive is a universal? What do you think? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

No, people in all societies do not neces

Question 3

Generalized reciprocity

Accepted Answer

A)  is characterized by the immediate return of the object exchanged. 
B)  is the characteristic form of exchange in egalitarian societies. 
C)  usually develops after redistribution but before the market principle. 
D)  disappears with the origin of the state. 
E)  is exemplified by silent trade. 
A)  is characterized by the immediate return of the object exchanged. 
B)  is the characteristic form of exchange in egalitarian societies. 
C)  usually develops after redistribution but before the market principle. 
D)  disappears with the origin of the state. 
E)  is exemplified by silent trade.

Question 4

Who are peasants?

Accepted Answer

A)  people who ignore social norms of behavior 
B)  small farmers who own their own land and sell all their crops to buy necessities 
C)  rural people who produce food for their own subsistence but also sell their surpluses 
D)  anyone who lives in the country 
E)  anyone who falls below the poverty line 
A)  people who ignore social norms of behavior 
B)  small farmers who own their own land and sell all their crops to buy necessities 
C)  rural people who produce food for their own subsistence but also sell their surpluses 
D)  anyone who lives in the country 
E)  anyone who falls below the poverty line

Which of the following economic principles is generally dominant in industrial society?

Do people in all societies maximize material benefits? If not, what other things could be maximized to help explain their motives in everyday life? Do anthropologists believe that the profit maximization motive is a universal? What do you think? Explain your answer.

Generalized reciprocity

Who are peasants?

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Exam 7: Making a Living

Which of the following economic principles is generally dominant in industrial society?

Do people in all societies maximize material benefits? If not, what other things could be maximized to help explain their motives in everyday life? Do anthropologists believe that the profit maximization motive is a universal? What do you think? Explain your answer.

Generalized reciprocity

Who are peasants?

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Applying Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

Political Systems

Gender

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Marriage

Religion

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters