An anthropologist went looking for shared elements across cultures while studying kinship systems. He was:
ATalcott Parsons
BGeorge Murdock
CEdward Sapir
DBenjamin Whorf
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. George Murdock
1. He worked on kinship around the world.
2. He listed language, personal names and jokes.
3. He was George Murdock.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Sociology 3e, Chapter 3, Culture._
Keep practising Unit 4A: Social Thinking, Attitudes and Conformity
Browse all Unit 4A: Social Thinking, Attitudes and Conformity questions for AP Psychology, or explore more Psychology topics.
Related questions
A hypothetical system where standing rests purely on effort and merit is:A system based on both social factors and individual achievement is a:A caste system determines occupation, housing and choice of:A system where people can do little to change the standing of their birth is a:Estate, slavery and caste systems are all examples of systems that are:Sociologists distinguish how many types of stratification system?In most societies, stratification is an economic system based on income and:The word stratification is borrowed from a science that studies layers in: