Although all societies have some kind of incest taboo, the relationship which is considered incestuous may vary. Concepts of incest seem to be related to a group's definitions of endogamy and exogamy, thus suggesting that incest taboos may help to promote: correct answers stability of the family.
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Although all societies have some kind of incest taboo, the relationship which is considered
incestuous may vary. Concepts of incest seem to be related to a group's definitions of endogamy
and exogamy, thus suggesting that incest taboos may help to promote: correct answers stability
of the family.
The woman-woman marriage custom found in sub-Saharan Africa is associated with all of the
following except: correct answers enables the women to engage in sexual activity with each
other.
A marriage of a woman to a woman in sub-Saharan Africa is a ceremony that legitimizes a
homosexual relationship. correct answers False
An important source of contacts in trying to arrange an Indian marriage is/are: correct answers
social clubs.
Marriage within a particular group of individuals is called: correct answers endogamy.
What percentage of known societies has rules regulating that sexual involvement only take place
within marriage? correct answers 15
It is estimated that in the U.S. today that some 100,000 people live in polygynous households.
correct answers True
The Western ideal that an individual should be free to marry whomever he or she chooses is not
universally embraced. correct answers True
In Western societies between A.D. 1000 and 1800, divorce was next to impossible, but few
marriages lasted more than about 10 or 20 years, owing to: correct answers high death rates.
The author uses the Nayar of southwest India to illustrate that rules about sexual access can be
highly variable. Nayar women: correct answers go through stages of sexual access.
Polygyny is legal in only two states in the U.S. correct answers False
Among which group do same-sex marriages provide acceptable positions in society for
individuals who might otherwise be marginalized? correct answers Nandi
The period of time that a groom spends in service to the bride's family as a form of economic
exchange for marriage is called: correct answers bride service.
Marriage by proxy, such as that which might occur with a prisoner, a dead partner for inheritance
reasons, or between those separated by deployment, is called: correct answers fictive marriage.
, Families can be consanguine or conjugal. The conjugal family has many forms. One type of
conjugal family is the _____ family, consisting of the husband, wife, and dependent children.
correct answers nuclear
In most societies, divorce is quite simple. correct answers False
All of the following statements about sexual behavior among the Trobrianders is correct except:
correct answers when the couple is ready to be married, they appear outside the woman's
household.
Among Christians in the 17th and 18th centuries in New England, adultery was considered:
correct answers a serious crime.
Polygyny: correct answers is possible only when a man is fairly wealthy.
A family established through marriage is called what type of family? correct answers Conjugal
A positive side effect to restricting sexual behavior is that it may also limit: correct answers the
spread of sexually-transmitted diseases.
First-cousin marriage is prohibited in 40 states in the United States. correct answers F
Under cross-cousin marriage, the sister's son is also the: correct answers brother's daughter's
husband.
When a society proscribes sexual relations among those it considers too closely related, these are
rules of: correct answers exogamy.
In the U.S., approximately what percentage of marriages ends in divorce? correct answers 40
Mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome studies of the Maori indicate that their creation myth
telling of their origins from the ancient place of Hawaiki is consistent with an origin in: correct
answers Polynesia and Southeast Asia region.
Hopi men spend their lives laboring for their wives' lineages, and in return, they are given food
and shelter. correct answers T
A totem is all of the following except: correct answers found in all societies that have lineages.
Totemism is associated with clan organizations. correct answers T
Which of the following is not a Maori cultural concept? correct answers namus
Among the Han, brothers and their sons were part of the same household and paternal uncles
were like second fathers. What type of descent is this? correct answers Patrilineal
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