Leveling Mechanism Can Be Described As

question 65

Multiple Choice

Leveling mechanism can be described as:

• A) aims to build social relationships, with an obligation that the object returned will be of proportional value.
• B) a form of exchange in which goods are collected from the members of the group and reallocated in a different pattern.
• C) practices that reallocate resources among a group to maximize collective good.
• D) exchanges that are made through bonds of affection, including among kin, without the expectation that they will be repaid in kind.
• E) a pattern of exchange in which the parties seek to receive more than they give.

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