Question 1

There is no simple or universally accepted explanation for the fact that nearly all cultures ban incest.However, the most accepted explanation for the incest taboo is

Accepted Answer

A) a genetically programmed instinctive horror. 
B) a widespread and well-founded fear of biological degeneration. 
C) that following rules of exogamy is adaptively advantageous. 
D) that isolated social groups are better at survival. 
E) a genetically determined attraction for those most different from us. 
A) a genetically programmed instinctive horror. 
B) a widespread and well-founded fear of biological degeneration. 
C) that following rules of exogamy is adaptively advantageous. 
D) that isolated social groups are better at survival. 
E) a genetically determined attraction for those most different from us.

Question 2

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 3

In tribal societies, unlike industrial ones, marriage entails only an agreement between the people getting married; descent groups play only a minor role.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

To understand royal endogamy, it is useful to distinguish between the manifest and latent functions of customs and behavior.The manifest function of a custom refers to the reasons people in a society give for it.Its latent function is

Accepted Answer

A) the genetically motivated reason for the custom. 
B) a subconscious effect the custom has on the society members' identification with that belief. 
C) the socially constructed perspective of why the custom exists. 
D) an effect the custom has that the society's members don't mention or recognize. 
E) the emic effect the custom has on the society, recognized only by anthropologists. 
A) the genetically motivated reason for the custom. 
B) a subconscious effect the custom has on the society members' identification with that belief. 
C) the socially constructed perspective of why the custom exists. 
D) an effect the custom has that the society's members don't mention or recognize. 
E) the emic effect the custom has on the society, recognized only by anthropologists.

There is no simple or universally accepted explanation for the fact that nearly all cultures ban incest.However, the most accepted explanation for the incest taboo is

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

In tribal societies, unlike industrial ones, marriage entails only an agreement between the people getting married; descent groups play only a minor role.

To understand royal endogamy, it is useful to distinguish between the manifest and latent functions of customs and behavior.The manifest function of a custom refers to the reasons people in a society give for it.Its latent function is

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Exam 11: Marriage

There is no simple or universally accepted explanation for the fact that nearly all cultures ban incest.However, the most accepted explanation for the incest taboo is

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

In tribal societies, unlike industrial ones, marriage entails only an agreement between the people getting married; descent groups play only a minor role.

To understand royal endogamy, it is useful to distinguish between the manifest and latent functions of customs and behavior.The manifest function of a custom refers to the reasons people in a society give for it.Its latent function 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

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Religion

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters