Question 1

Anthropologists distinguish between kin terms and genealogical kin types. What is the difference?

Accepted Answer

A)  Kin terms refers to the actual genealogical relationship; genealogical kin types are the words used for different relatives in a particular culture. 
B)  The difference is only a methodological one-in practice, they are the same thing. 
C)  Kin terms are the words used for different relatives in a particular language, but genealogical kin types refers to the actual genealogical relationship. 
D)  Kin terms are the words used for socially constructed relationships, whereas genealogical kin types refers to relatives. 
E)  Kin terms are the terms used for different relatives from the ego's perspective, whereas genealogical kin types refers to objective relatives from no perspective in particular. 
A)  Kin terms refers to the actual genealogical relationship; genealogical kin types are the words used for different relatives in a particular culture. 
B)  The difference is only a methodological one-in practice, they are the same thing. 
C)  Kin terms are the words used for different relatives in a particular language, but genealogical kin types refers to the actual genealogical relationship. 
D)  Kin terms are the words used for socially constructed relationships, whereas genealogical kin types refers to relatives. 
E)  Kin terms are the terms used for different relatives from the ego's perspective, whereas genealogical kin types refers to objective relatives from no perspective in particular. C

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

What is the most common system of kinship classification used in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  bifurcate merging 
B)  lineal 
C)  bifurcate collateral 
D)  generational 
E)  patrilineal 
A)  bifurcate merging 
B)  lineal 
C)  bifurcate collateral 
D)  generational 
E)  patrilineal B

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Cite evidence confirming or denying the universality of the nuclear family. Give examples from different cultures. What other social units might assume the functions associated with nuclear families?

Accepted Answer

The universality of the nuclear family h

Question 7

What does it mean that kinship, like race, is culturally constructed?

Accepted Answer

A)  The educational system is failing to educate people about real, biologically based human relatedness. 
B)  Like race, kinship is a social fiction, with no real social consequence. 
C)  It is a phenomenon separated from other real aspects of society, such as economics and politics. 
D)  Studies of kinship tell us little about people's actual experiences, only about what they think those experiences are like. 
E)  Some genealogical kin are considered to be relatives whereas others are not, and the rules underlying such considerations vary across cultures. 
A)  The educational system is failing to educate people about real, biologically based human relatedness. 
B)  Like race, kinship is a social fiction, with no real social consequence. 
C)  It is a phenomenon separated from other real aspects of society, such as economics and politics. 
D)  Studies of kinship tell us little about people's actual experiences, only about what they think those experiences are like. 
E)  Some genealogical kin are considered to be relatives whereas others are not, and the rules underlying such considerations vary across cultures.

Question 8

The Barí of Venezuela recognize multiple fathers, even though biologically there can be only one actual genitor. This example shows

Accepted Answer

A)  that women have a better understanding of biological processes than do men. 
B)  that like race and gender, kinship is culturally constructed. 
C)  cultures' explanations for biological processes vary because the access and quality of educational systems vary as well. 
D)  how, as in the United States, having more than one father is detrimental to a child's development and adjustment in society. 
E)  that multiple (partible) paternity is a common and beneficial biological fact. 
A)  that women have a better understanding of biological processes than do men. 
B)  that like race and gender, kinship is culturally constructed. 
C)  cultures' explanations for biological processes vary because the access and quality of educational systems vary as well. 
D)  how, as in the United States, having more than one father is detrimental to a child's development and adjustment in society. 
E)  that multiple (partible) paternity is a common and beneficial biological fact.

Question 9

There are rights, duties, and obligations associated with kinship and descent. Many societies have both families and descent groups. Give an illustration of how obligations to one may conflict with obligations to the other. How does your example relate to your experience managing rights, duties, and obligations in your own family?

Accepted Answer

One illustration of how obligations to f

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What makes up ego's nuclear family of orientation?

Accepted Answer

A)  parents and siblings 
B)  spouse and offspring 
C)  extended family 
D)  lineal kin 
E)  collateral kin 
A)  parents and siblings 
B)  spouse and offspring 
C)  extended family 
D)  lineal kin 
E)  collateral kin

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A)  They generally are found in societies with unilineal descent. 
B)  They use the same term to describe F and FB and the same term for M and MZ. 
C)  They generally are found in societies with unilocal residence patterns. 
D)  They often are found in association with the kinship distinction between parallel and cross-cousins. 
E)  They use the same term to describe MB and FB. 
A)  They generally are found in societies with unilineal descent. 
B)  They use the same term to describe F and FB and the same term for M and MZ. 
C)  They generally are found in societies with unilocal residence patterns. 
D)  They often are found in association with the kinship distinction between parallel and cross-cousins. 
E)  They use the same term to describe MB and FB.

Question 14

Traditionally, in some areas of the former Yugoslavia, several nuclear families were embedded in an extended family household called a zadruga. Among the Nayars in southern India, it was typical for people to live in matrilineal extended family compounds called tarawads. Descriptions of these two culturally specific cases highlight that

Accepted Answer

A)  children who grow up in stable kin groups are better off than those who don't. 
B)  the nuclear family is the only stable kin group arrangement. 
C)  nuclear families are extremely rare in terms of living arrangements. 
D)  extended family households are an adaptive strategy to extreme poverty. 
E)  there are many alternatives to the nuclear family. 
A)  children who grow up in stable kin groups are better off than those who don't. 
B)  the nuclear family is the only stable kin group arrangement. 
C)  nuclear families are extremely rare in terms of living arrangements. 
D)  extended family households are an adaptive strategy to extreme poverty. 
E)  there are many alternatives to the nuclear family.

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

What postmarital residence rule is most often found in societies with lineal kinship terminologies?

Accepted Answer

A)  ambilocal 
B)  neolocal 
C)  patrilocal 
D)  matrilocal 
E)  bilocal 
A)  ambilocal 
B)  neolocal 
C)  patrilocal 
D)  matrilocal 
E)  bilocal

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In a bifurcate merging kinship terminology, what is merged?

Accepted Answer

A)  lineal relatives and collateral relatives 
B)  members of the family of orientation and those of the family of procreation 
C)  affinal relatives and collateral relatives 
D)  affinal relatives and lineal relatives 
E)  lineal relatives and offspring 
A)  lineal relatives and collateral relatives 
B)  members of the family of orientation and those of the family of procreation 
C)  affinal relatives and collateral relatives 
D)  affinal relatives and lineal relatives 
E)  lineal relatives and offspring

Question 19

A functional explanation attempts to correlate particular customs (in this case kinship terms) to other features of society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In North America, the relatively high incidence of expanded family households in the lower class is

Accepted Answer

A)  the reason why the families of lower-class urbanites are dysfunctional. 
B)  an important strategy the urban poor use to adapt to poverty. 
C)  maladaptive, since poor families should be smaller in order to cut down on expenses. 
D)  caused by bifurcate merging, a practice brought to the United States by Irish immigrants during the early part of the 20th century. 
E)  the result of enduring cultural ties to Europe. 
A)  the reason why the families of lower-class urbanites are dysfunctional. 
B)  an important strategy the urban poor use to adapt to poverty. 
C)  maladaptive, since poor families should be smaller in order to cut down on expenses. 
D)  caused by bifurcate merging, a practice brought to the United States by Irish immigrants during the early part of the 20th century. 
E)  the result of enduring cultural ties to Europe.

Anthropologists distinguish between kin terms and genealogical kin types. What is the difference?

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

What is the most common system of kinship classification used in the United States?

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

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

Cite evidence confirming or denying the universality of the nuclear family. Give examples from different cultures. What other social units might assume the functions associated with nuclear families?

What does it mean that kinship, like race, is culturally constructed?

The Barí of Venezuela recognize multiple fathers, even though biologically there can be only one actual genitor. This example shows

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

What makes up ego's nuclear family of orientation?

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

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

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

What postmarital residence rule is most often found in societies with lineal kinship terminologies?

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

In a bifurcate merging kinship terminology, what is merged?

A functional explanation attempts to correlate particular customs (in this case kinship terms) to other features of society.

In North America, the relatively high incidence of expanded family households in the lower class is

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Exam 10: Families, Kinship, and Descent

Anthropologists distinguish between kin terms and genealogical kin types. What is the difference?

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

What is the most common system of kinship classification used in the United States?

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

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

Cite evidence confirming or denying the universality of the nuclear family. Give examples from different cultures. What other social units might assume the functions associated with nuclear families?

What does it mean that kinship, like race, is culturally constructed?

The Barí of Venezuela recognize multiple fathers, even though biologically there can be only one actual genitor. This example shows

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

What makes up ego's nuclear family of orientation?

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

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

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

What postmarital residence rule is most often found in societies with lineal kinship terminologies?

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

In a bifurcate merging kinship terminology, what is merged?

A functional explanation attempts to correlate particular customs (in this case kinship terms) to other features of society.

In North America, the relatively high incidence of expanded family households in the lower class is

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Applying Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

Political Systems

Gender

Marriage

Religion

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters