What Feature of Unilineal Descent Groups Enables Them to Act

question 1

Multiple Choice

What feature of unilineal descent groups enables them to act as separate and distinct units?

• A) Individual membership in a group is very clear.
• B) Individuals may be members of multiple groups simultaneously.
• C) The group allows for a very large unit of related individuals.
• D) The group is naturally limited to a small, tightly knit unit.

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Definitions:

Impression Management

The process through which individuals attempt to influence the perceptions of other people about a person, object, or event by regulating and controlling information in social interaction.

Prescriptive Norms

Social rules that dictate what behavior is expected or appropriate within a community or society.

Proscriptive Norms

Social rules that dictate what behaviors are forbidden or discouraged within a society or group.

Ethnomethodology

A sociological approach that studies the way people make sense of their everyday world, emphasizing the methods and practices individuals use to constitute their social realities.