Monogamy - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Anthro Final: WVU Sahady with Verified Solutions historic archaeology archaeology with written documents prehistoric archaeology archaeology before written documents overall goal of archaeology to understand and reconstruct history and past cultures culture Tool that helps us know how to behave appropriately in varying situations & helps us to interpret meaning cultural relavitism is the idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that p...

Which of the following features are associated with bipedalism as seen in humans? - Correct Answer - length of the leg - valgus knee - nonopposable big toe Which of the following statements is true about nonhoning chewing and bipedalism? - Correct Answer They preceded speech and the use of stone tools by several million years. The provisioning hypothesis proposed by Lovejoy focuses on the advantage of monogamy for the survival of the mother and offspring. - Correct Answer True You are...

Societies in which men have more than one wife, or women have more than one husband, are societies in which __________ is practiced.  homogamy  endogamy  polygamy  monogamy 2 Sociologist Richard Gelles made which of the following arguments about the family?  The family is the bedrock of society.  The family is the fundamental source of inequality in society.  Divorce occurs at a higher rate, and is more troubling, in the United States than in any other co...

historic archaeology : archaeology with written documents prehistoric archaeology : archaeology before written documents overall goal of archaeology : to understand and reconstruct history and past cultures culture : Tool that helps us know how to behave appropriately in varying situations & helps us to interpret meaning cultural relavitism : is the idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture, rather than be judged ag...

SOC 200 Final Exam Questions With Verified Answers Is the family, as a social institution found in every society? Yes, the family is found in all societies and unites people in cooperative groups to care for one another including children How does the US Census Bureau define family? The US Census Bureau says that families are "Only people living together who are linked by birth, marriage, or adoption" What are the traits of marriage? -Economic cooperation -Sexual activity -Chil...

An analysis of 565 societies in the mid-1900s found that - over 80% of them preferred polygamy to monogamy. Donna, a 33-year-old divorcee with two sons, and Mark, a 50-year-old divorcee with two daughters, become engaged and live together. Although they are strongly committed to one another, they eventually decide not to get married. This is an example of - COHABITATION Feminists have argued that laws in the U.S. traditionally viewed wives and children as the property of the husband. This ...

SOC 200 Final Exam Questions With Verified Answers Is the family, as a social institution found in every society? Yes, the family is found in all societies and unites people in cooperative groups to care for one another including children How does the US Census Bureau define family? The US Census Bureau says that families are "Only people living together who are linked by birth, marriage, or adoption" What are the traits of marriage? -Economic cooperation -Sexual activity -Chil...

Family - intimate environment in which 2 or more people live together in a committed relationship and share close emotional ties and functions Family functions - sexual regulation, reproduction and socialization, economic security, social placement, emotional support Marriage - a socially approved mating relationship that people expect to be stable and enduring Endogamy - require people to marry within a certain group Exogamy - require marriage outside the group Nuclear family - family ma...

Define behavior - ANSWER-any internally coordinated response of whole living organisms to internal and/or external stimuli, excluding responses more easily understood as developmental changes such as arthritis proximate causes of behavior - ANSWER-HOW genetic, cellular, physiological, and anatomical mechanisms underlie an animal's ability to detect and respond to stimuli. ultimate causes of behavior - ANSWER-evolutionary adaptations and selection pressures. WHY did the behavior evolve. Na...

Dating correct answers Any occasion during which 2 people share their time Romantic Attraction correct answers Characterized by a high level of emotional arousal, reciprocal liking and mutual sexual desires Process of Romantic Attraction correct answers In-love stage: people think about their significant other about 30% of the time 2nd wave of passion: nearly obsessed with their significant other, thinking about them almost 100% of the time (can take away productivity at work, or school, ...