Modern Foragers Are Not Stone Age Relics, Living Fossils, Lost

question 53

Multiple Choice

Modern foragers are not Stone Age relics, living fossils, lost tribes, or noble savages. Still, to the extent that foraging has been the basis of their subsistence, contemporary and recent hunter-gatherers

• A) are the closest we can come to studying true human nature.
• B) illustrate links between a foraging economy and the emergence of social stratification.
• C) suggest that the most basic motive driving human survival is the need for power.
• D) can illustrate links between a foraging economy and other aspects of society and culture, such as their sociopolitical organization.
• E) illustrate the social precursors to hegemony.

Describe how conflict management styles like avoidance, accommodation, and collaboration influence conflict outcomes.

Explain the importance of resolving conflicts to prevent their recurrence and the potential strategies for effective conflict resolution.

Understand the concept of proxemetrics and how interpersonal distance communicates intentions.

Recognize the role of policies, procedures, and reward systems in directing behavior and resolving conflicts.

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Definitions:

Generating Ideas

The process of brainstorming and coming up with new and creative concepts or solutions.

Nominal Group

A technique in group decision making in which individual members meet face-to-face to pool their judgments in a systematic but independent fashion.

Round Robin

A method often used in meetings for collecting ideas or making decisions, where participants contribute one at a time in a circulation order.

PDCA Cycle

An iterative four-step management method used in business for the control and continuous improvement of processes and products, standing for Plan-Do-Check-Act.