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CBme

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A relativist position assumes that a specific belief or behavior can best be understood:
 
  a) in relation to other cultures with similar beliefs and behaviors.
  b) by finding a similar belief or behavior in your own culture.
  c) by dissecting and analyzing its structure and meaning.
   d) in relation to the cultural systems of meaning in which it is embedded.

Question 2

In order to deal with the grief they feel at the death of kin, the Ilongot people of the Philippines:
 
  a) require a close female relative to cut off part of a finger.
   b) require widows to shave their heads.
   c) are expected to kill an enemy and dispose of the head.
   d) cremate widows at their husband's funeral.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: D

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C



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