Ethnographic Analogy Is a Method of Study Based on Reasoning

question 42

Multiple Choice

Ethnographic analogy is a method of study based on reasoning. An example would be

• A) using eyewitness accounts of tool usage from thousands of years ago to determine how tools were used in the past.
• B) observing the usage of tools by contemporary societies to determine how they might have been used thousands of years ago.
• C) comparing two contemporary cultures use of tools.
• D) using the remains of digs to piece together as ancient culture's customs.

Understand the factors contributing to gender stereotyping in children.

Explore strategies to promote less gender rigid behaviors in children.

Discuss the impact of gender stereotyping on children's development.

Understand the diversity of family structures and relationships in contemporary society.

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Definitions:

Recessive Gene

A gene that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical, otherwise being masked by the effects of a dominant gene.

Temperament

An individual's innate disposition or behavioral style and characteristic emotional response.

Chess and Thomas

Researchers known for their work on temperament, particularly identifying three basic types of temperament in infants: easy, difficult, and slow-to-warm-up.

Wear-and-tear Theory

A theory of aging that suggests that the body, like any machine, gradually wears out due to use over time.