Practice question · Match the pairs
Match each of Sahlins’s reciprocity grades to its example.
- Generalized
- Balanced
- Negative
- Strangers haggle, each trying to win
- Trade partners exchange equivalent gifts
- Parents feed children, no ledger kept
Hints
- The grades track social distance.
- The closer the relationship, the less carefully anyone counts.
Show the answer
- Generalized → Parents feed children, no ledger kept
- Balanced → Trade partners exchange equivalent gifts
- Negative → Strangers haggle, each trying to win
Why
The grades track social distance: the closer the relationship, the less anyone counts; the further, the sharper the arithmetic.
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