What is the false belief that there is a relationship between physical traits and certain behavioral traits such as intelligence and morality?
a. ?Monogenism
b. Homeostasis
c. Biological determinism
d. Eugenics
e. Polygenism
c
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Radiometric dating techniques available to anthropologists
A. can only be used to date inorganic materials that are more than 1 million years old. B. have caused a reevaluation of the fossil record since their 1991 development. C. establish a probable date for fossils by calculating radioactive decay in the specimen found or the rocks surrounding it. D. work only for nonhuman primates, because genus Homo had culture. E. do not work well for hominin fossils, because such fossils are too young for the effective range of the techniques.
According to Miner in "Body Ritual among the Nacirema," the Nacirema believe that
a. mothers are the only people who can teach their children body rituals. b. fathers tend to put a curse on their children when they try to teach them body rituals. c. holy-mouth-men, unless they are given a large gift, will harm children. d. mothers are likely to put a curse on their children when they teach them body rituals.
The Gini Index is used by the United Nations as a way of calculating income disparity throughout the world
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Anthropology teaches us that the biggest differences among human groups result from:
A) geographical origin. B) biology. C) history. D) culture. E) intelligence.