While Western Culture Differentiates Some Kin Terms According to Gender

question 43

Multiple Choice

While Western culture differentiates some kin terms according to gender, other cultures differentiate by age or order of birth. This suggests:

• A) culture has a powerful influence over how we understand our familial relationships.
• B) kinship categories are biologically determined.
• C) kinship systems are universally shared by all human populations.
• D) different cultures have the same kin terms around the world.
• E) Western culture is more advanced.

Understand cumulative frequency distributions and their characteristics.

Determine the relationship between the sum of frequencies and the data set size.

Recognize and compute cumulative and relative frequency distributions.

Calculate the relative frequency of a class.

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Definitions:

Income Effect

Variations in income for either a person or the economy as a whole, and how these variations influence the demand for specific goods or services.

Substitution Effect

A shift in consumer preferences resulting from alterations in the comparative costs of different products, causing buyers to switch from one product to another.

Demand Curves

A graph showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of the good that consumers are willing to buy at that price.

Marginal Utility Data

Information that measures the additional satisfaction or benefit that is gained from consuming one more unit of a good or service.