Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

Anthropologist Edmund Leach (1955) observed that, depending on the society, several different kinds of rights are allocated by marriage. According to Leach, marriage can, but doesn't always, accomplish each of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  give either or both spouses a monopoly in the sexuality of the other. 
B)  give either or both spouses rights to the labor of the other. 
C)  give either or both spouses rights over the latent and manifest functions of the other. 
D)  give either or both spouses rights over the other's property. 
E)  establish a socially significant "relationship of affinity" between spouses and their relatives. 
A)  give either or both spouses a monopoly in the sexuality of the other. 
B)  give either or both spouses rights to the labor of the other. 
C)  give either or both spouses rights over the latent and manifest functions of the other. 
D)  give either or both spouses rights over the other's property. 
E)  establish a socially significant "relationship of affinity" between spouses and their relatives.

Question 3

Which of the following is ego's cross-cousin?

Accepted Answer

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) 
E)  MZS (mother's sister's son) 
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) 
E)  MZS (mother's sister's son)

Question 4

Incest is a cultural universal that is defined the same way by all cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What term refers to the culturally sanctioned practice of marrying someone within a group to which one belongs?

Accepted Answer

A)  incest 
B)  exogamy 
C)  hypogamy 
D)  endogamy 
E)  endosperm 
A)  incest 
B)  exogamy 
C)  hypogamy 
D)  endogamy 
E)  endosperm

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of a rule of endogamy?

Accepted Answer

A)  a taboo on marrying members of the same totemic group 
B)  the Nazi law forbidding Aryans from marrying anyone but other Aryans 
C)  a taboo against marrying within the same village 
D)  a taboo on mating with members of one's extended family 
E)  the incest taboo 
A)  a taboo on marrying members of the same totemic group 
B)  the Nazi law forbidding Aryans from marrying anyone but other Aryans 
C)  a taboo against marrying within the same village 
D)  a taboo on mating with members of one's extended family 
E)  the incest taboo

Question 7

A cross-cultural study that systematically compared romantic love in many cultures found

Accepted Answer

A)  that while people everywhere know what love is, they experience it differently. 
B)  evolutionary evidence for romantic love in all societies surveyed. 
C)  a rise in love matches over arranged marriages in industrialized societies, but the opposite trend in nonindustrialized societies. 
D)  a scholarly bias throughout the social sciences that viewed romantic love as a luxury in human life, especially in academia. 
E)  evidence that romantic love may be a universal, although romantic love and marriage do not necessarily go together. 
A)  that while people everywhere know what love is, they experience it differently. 
B)  evolutionary evidence for romantic love in all societies surveyed. 
C)  a rise in love matches over arranged marriages in industrialized societies, but the opposite trend in nonindustrialized societies. 
D)  a scholarly bias throughout the social sciences that viewed romantic love as a luxury in human life, especially in academia. 
E)  evidence that romantic love may be a universal, although romantic love and marriage do not necessarily go together.

Question 8

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.

Accepted Answer

A)  levirate 
B)  sororate 
C)  fraternal 
D)  incest 
E)  exogamy 
A)  levirate 
B)  sororate 
C)  fraternal 
D)  incest 
E)  exogamy

Question 9

Which of the following marital customs functions to maintain distinctions between groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  progeny price 
B)  levirate 
C)  sororate 
D)  sororal polygyny 
E)  endogamy 
A)  progeny price 
B)  levirate 
C)  sororate 
D)  sororal polygyny 
E)  endogamy

Question 10

A recent cross-cultural study of 87 societies, all of which had incest taboos, investigated the rate at which such taboos were broken. The results of this study add to the evidence that

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural universals, like the human ability to make fire, always have a genetic basis. 
B)  Freud was right: children everywhere have sexual feelings toward their parents. 
C)  although tabooed, incest does happen. 
D)  many societies need better educational systems. 
E)  many societies need better techniques of social control. 
A)  cultural universals, like the human ability to make fire, always have a genetic basis. 
B)  Freud was right: children everywhere have sexual feelings toward their parents. 
C)  although tabooed, incest does happen. 
D)  many societies need better educational systems. 
E)  many societies need better techniques of social control.

Question 11

Royal endogamy among Hawaiians functioned to limit the number of conflicts about royal succession, this explanation being an example of the latent function of a social custom.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Discuss some of the social functions of levirate and sororate marriage and bridewealth, and identify the sociocultural context of these customs.

Accepted Answer

Levirate and sororate marriage, as well

Question 13

What are some of the differences between endogamy and exogamy, and how absolute is the distinction implied by these terms? Use examples to illustrate your argument.

Accepted Answer

Endogamy and exogamy are both terms used

Question 14

Divorce tends to be more common

Accepted Answer

A)  when the dowry is very small. 
B)  when marriages are political alliances between groups. 
C)  in matrilineal than in patrilineal societies. 
D)  in societies in which marriage residence is patrilocal. 
E)  in all societies when romance fails 
A)  when the dowry is very small. 
B)  when marriages are political alliances between groups. 
C)  in matrilineal than in patrilineal societies. 
D)  in societies in which marriage residence is patrilocal. 
E)  in all societies when romance fails

Question 15

Homogamy is the practice of marrying within a culturally prescribed group to which one does not belong.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In the United States, the rise in female employment, especially in professional careers, when coupled with ________, has dramatically increased household incomes in the upper classes. This pattern has been one factor sharpening the contrast in household income between the richest and poorest populations of Americans.

Accepted Answer

A)  homogamy 
B)  serial monogamy 
C)  endogamy 
D)  sororal polygyny 
E)  exogamy 
A)  homogamy 
B)  serial monogamy 
C)  endogamy 
D)  sororal polygyny 
E)  exogamy

Question 17

Using what you know about cross-cultural comparisons of marital practices, discuss the following statement: Serial monogamy is the result of a cultural emphasis on individualism, whereas polygamy is the result of a cultural emphasis on social responsibility.

Accepted Answer

Cross-cultural comparisons of marital pr

Question 18

Among the Yanomami of Venezuela and Brazil, as in many societies with unilineal descent, which of the following is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Marriage between parallel cousins is preferred, whereas marriage between cross-cousins is considered incest. 
B)  Marriage between cross-cousins is preferred; marriage between parallel cousins is considered incest. 
C)  Marriage between first cousins is preferred, but marriage between second cousins is considered incest. 
D)  Marriage between sororal cousins is preferred, although marriage between levirate cousins is considered incest. 
E)  Marriage between Crow cousins is preferred; marriage between Omaha cousins is considered incest. 
A)  Marriage between parallel cousins is preferred, whereas marriage between cross-cousins is considered incest. 
B)  Marriage between cross-cousins is preferred; marriage between parallel cousins is considered incest. 
C)  Marriage between first cousins is preferred, but marriage between second cousins is considered incest. 
D)  Marriage between sororal cousins is preferred, although marriage between levirate cousins is considered incest. 
E)  Marriage between Crow cousins is preferred; marriage between Omaha cousins is considered incest.

Question 19

If John marries his deceased brother's widow, this arrangement is called a levirate marriage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The children of your father's sister are called your cross-cousins.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 20: Marriage

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

Anthropologist Edmund Leach (1955) observed that, depending on the society, several different kinds of rights are allocated by marriage. According to Leach, marriage can, but doesn't always, accomplish each of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following is ego's cross-cousin?

Incest is a cultural universal that is defined the same way by all cultures.

What term refers to the culturally sanctioned practice of marrying someone within a group to which one belongs?

Which of the following is an example of a rule of endogamy?

A cross-cultural study that systematically compared romantic love in many cultures found

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.

Which of the following marital customs functions to maintain distinctions between groups?

A recent cross-cultural study of 87 societies, all of which had incest taboos, investigated the rate at which such taboos were broken. The results of this study add to the evidence that

Royal endogamy among Hawaiians functioned to limit the number of conflicts about royal succession, this explanation being an example of the latent function of a social custom.

Discuss some of the social functions of levirate and sororate marriage and bridewealth, and identify the sociocultural context of these customs.

What are some of the differences between endogamy and exogamy, and how absolute is the distinction implied by these terms? Use examples to illustrate your argument.

Divorce tends to be more common

Homogamy is the practice of marrying within a culturally prescribed group to which one does not belong.

Using what you know about cross-cultural comparisons of marital practices, discuss the following statement: Serial monogamy is the result of a cultural emphasis on individualism, whereas polygamy is the result of a cultural emphasis on social responsibility.

Among the Yanomami of Venezuela and Brazil, as in many societies with unilineal descent, which of the following is true?

If John marries his deceased brother's widow, this arrangement is called a levirate marriage.

The children of your father's sister are called your cross-cousins.

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