In response to the recognition that cultures or societies are not uniform and that many people cooperate and compete in forming a society, anthropologists have __________

a. begun to resort exclusively to cultural life histories
b. begun to focus on smaller and smaller groups of people
c. begun to shift toward national personality studies
d. have begun to reflexively question whose voices and views appear in their writing and whose do not


Answer: d

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What is the major prerequisite of market exchange?

a. The value of a good is based on supply and demand. b. Exchange is based on currency. c. Exchange occurs within a commercial environment. d. Goods and services are culturally relevant. e. Distribution occurs among a minimum of two parties.

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At birth, an infant can distinguish __________

A) between all the sounds of all the languages in the world B) between all the sounds used in his or her parents' language C) only the difference between male and female vocal registers D) the sounds made only by his or her mother's voice

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Children living at high altitudes develop a larger chest cavity by adulthood than children living at lower altitudes. This is an example of:

a. environmental adaptations that occur at the individual level. b. acclimatization at the individual level. c. developmental adaptations that occur at the level of the individual during critical life stages. d. inheritance of increases in lung volume by high-altitude populations.

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