Question

Anthropologist George Murdock compiled a list of over seventy categories that included appearance (such as bodily adornment and hairstyles), activities (such as sports, dancing, games, joking, and visiting), social institutions (such as family, law, and religion), and customary practices (such as cooking, folklore, gift giving, and hospitality). These are all examples of:

Answer 1

Answer: Cultural universals.

Explanation:

George Murdock, an American anthropologist, uses the term 'cultural universals' for all elements, patterns, customs that are practiced in different human cultures all over the world. Murdock compiled a list of cultural universals, which includes cooking, funeral ceremonies, medicine, etc. It is important to note that Murdock does not suggest that these cultural universals are the same all over the world. Quite the opposite: he argues that each society differs in its way of cooking, celebrating, etc. What those cultures have in common is that they all practice the same rituals (although in a different way).