alleryStart learning →Which anthropologist first recognized cultural universals while studying kinship systems?
AKalervo Oberg
BHarold Garfinkel
CWilliam Ogburn
DGeorge Murdock
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. George Murdock
1. The idea came out of comparing kinship systems across many societies.
2. George Murdock did that work and found the universals in it.
3. He added language, personal names and jokes to the list.
4. Oberg is credited with coining culture shock, a separate contribution.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Sociology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 "Culture", Ch 4 "Society and Social Interaction" and Ch 5 "Socialization", section 3.1 What Is Culture?_
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