Which important tenet of anthropology was first championed by Franz Boas to challenge the attitude that Western culture was inherently superior to others?
A) evolutionism
B) participant-observation
C) ethnocentrism
D) cultural relativism
D) cultural relativism
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The idea that languages are arbitrary systems, and that knowing one language does not allow you to predict how another language will categorize and name the world, is referred to as
a. linguistic relativity. b. cultural emphasis. c. semiotic prognostication. d. componential analysis.
Culture has become an unintentional transformer of the environment
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following statements is true regarding implementing planned change in a community?
A) The benefits of programs are often obvious, but figuring out how to bring about the change is more difficult. B) It is often obvious how to bring about change, but determining what type of change is needed is more difficult. C) The local people are generally far more involved in implementing change than anthropologists or other interest groups. D) Anthropologists and other interest groups are generally far more involved in implementing change than the local people.
The protein molecule that occurs in red blood cells and binds to oxygen molecules is called
a. valine. b. hemoglobin. c. proline. d. the cell membrane. e. the ribosomes.