Societies Such as the Kwakiutl and Bella Coola of the Northwest

question 5

True/False

Societies such as the Kwakiutl and Bella Coola of the Northwest Coast of North America are classified as chiefdoms, even though they had hunting and gathering economies and did not practice any horticulture or agriculture.

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Definitions:

Control Theory

A theory in psychology and sociology which suggests that individuals regulate their own behavior through internal processes to achieve goals or maintain a sense of control.

Overload Theory

A psychological concept proposing that individuals have a limit to the amount of information or stimuli they can process, with overload leading to stress or error.

Pathological Theory

An approach that explains behavior or phenomena as the result of individual disease, dysfunction, or disorder.

Secondary Territory

Spaces that do not belong to individuals but to which they have some claim of use or occupation, often public or semi-public.