Question 1

A(n)  __________ is a custom whereby a man is obliged to marry his brother's widow.

Accepted Answer

A)   sororate
B)   exogamy
C)   endogamy
D)   levirateE) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

Polygyny is least likely in societies

Accepted Answer

A)   with more women than men.
B)   with a long post-partum sex taboo.
C)   suffering from a high male mortality rate in warfare.
D)   with balanced sex ratios.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Which theory hypothesizes that the taboo for incest is based on sibling association?

Accepted Answer

A)   Freud's psychoanalytic theory
B)   Westermarck's childhood-familiarity theory
C)   Malinowski's family-disruption theory
D)   White and Levi-Strauss's cooperation theoryE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

Marriage includes two major factors. These are

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A)   economic and kinship considerations.
B)   economic and land ownership considerations.
C)   sexual and economic considerations.
D)   sexual and kinship considerations.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 5

Describe the family disruption theory by Malinowski, and Freud's psychoanalytic theory.
What are the flaws in both arguments?

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Question 6

Where polyandry is practiced, it is most often explained by

Accepted Answer

A)   an adaptation to large amounts of resources.
B)   a shortage of women in that society.
C)   it being done only with fraternal brothers.
D)   none of the above.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

Of the following forms of marriage, the rarest is

Accepted Answer

A)   polygyny.
B)   group marriage.
C)   the levirate.
D)   polyandry.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

What percentage of the societies known to anthropologists includes one or more explicit economic transactions that take place before or after a marriage?

Accepted Answer

A)   about 15
B)   about 75
C)   about 45
D)   about 25E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

A nuclear family might include all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)   a father.
B)   a mother.
C)   a married uncle.
D)   an unmarried sister.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 10

In many societies, marriage involves economic considerations. Why is this?

Accepted Answer

A)   it would be the only thing holding the marriage together
B)   it binds families together to distribute wealth
C)   people usually only think of money
D)   because marriage ultimately makes you poorerE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 11

Why do men tend to be more violent than women in situations of jealousy?

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Question 12

Trobriand couples who are going to marry advertise this by doing all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)   sleeping together regularly.
B)   fighting in public displays of aggression.
C)   showing themselves together in public.
D)   remaining with each other for long periods of time.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

Distinguish between sororal polygyny and nonsororal polygyny.

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Question 14

In many societies arranged marriages were the norm, but that's becoming less common. Why is that?

Accepted Answer

A)   customs are changing with the times
B)   arranged marriages are being outlawed
C)   no one follows through on arranged marriages anymore
D)   the people have universally asked that it be stoppedE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

Which of the following is not a stated explanation for marriage?

Accepted Answer

A)   gender division of labor
B)   prolonged infant dependency
C)   guaranteed sexual satisfaction
D)   sexual competitionE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 16

In many Western countries, there has been a dramatic increase recently in the percentage of one-parent families. What percent of these one-parent families is female-headed?

Accepted Answer

A)   about 30%
B)   about 50%
C)   about 70%
D)   about 90%E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 17

The incest taboo which prohibits sexual intercourse or marriage between categories of kin is universal. Why is this?

Accepted Answer

A)   no one really knows shy
B)   despite the research, we only know about societies which in the past allowed it
C)   it is based on the childhood familiarity theory
D)   because our earliest ancestors began the practiceE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 18

The fact that people who are brought up together on the same kibbutzim are uninterested in each other as marriage partners, even when the marriages are favored by their parents, supports which theory of the incest taboo?

Accepted Answer

A)   the "cooperation" theory
B)   the "childhood familiarity" theory
C)   the "family disruption" theory
D)   Freud's Oedipal theoryE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 19

All societies have some way of marking the onset of marriage. Why do these vary from culture to culture?

Accepted Answer

A)   we don't really know why
B)   it may have to do with the lack of a good economic system
C)   almost all societies do not have ceremonies making it hard to study
D)   none of the aboveE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 20

Bride __________ is a gift of money or goods from the groom or his kin to the bride's kin.

Accepted Answer

A)   price
B)   service
C)   exchange
D)   treasureE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following is not a stated explanation for marriage?

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Where polyandry is practiced, it is most often explained by

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In many Western countries, there has been a dramatic increase recently in the percentage of one-parent families. What percent of these one-parent families is female-headed?

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The incest taboo which prohibits sexual intercourse or marriage between categories of kin is universal. Why is this?

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Trobriand couples who are going to marry advertise this by doing all of the following except

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All societies have some way of marking the onset of marriage. Why do these vary from culture to culture?

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Marriage includes two major factors. These are

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A(n) __________ is a custom whereby a man is obliged to marry his brother's widow.

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Distinguish between sororal polygyny and nonsororal polygyny.

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A nuclear family might include all of the following except

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What percentage of the societies known to anthropologists includes one or more explicit economic transactions that take place before or after a marriage?

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Which theory hypothesizes that the taboo for incest is based on sibling association?

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Why do men tend to be more violent than women in situations of jealousy?

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Describe the family disruption theory by Malinowski, and Freud's psychoanalytic theory. What are the flaws in both arguments?

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In many societies, marriage involves economic considerations. Why is this?

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Polygyny is least likely in societies

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In many societies arranged marriages were the norm, but that's becoming less common. Why is that?

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The fact that people who are brought up together on the same kibbutzim are uninterested in each other as marriage partners, even when the marriages are favored by their parents, supports which theory of the incest taboo?

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Bride __________ is a gift of money or goods from the groom or his kin to the bride's kin.

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