What effect do tag questions have on conversational structure?
A They help end the conversation.
B They keep the speaker's turn going.
C They prevent another interlocutor from entering the conversation.
D They bring a topic of conversation to a close.
E They end the speaker's turn and select another speaker.
E
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A. access to males; access to females B. access to resources; access to females C. access to males; access to resources D. access to resources; access to resources
Which of the following is a postmating mechanism of reproductive isolation?
A. hybrid sterility B. zygotic mortality C. hybrid inviability D. all of these
Which of the following is the best plan of action for a light-skinned woman of childbearing age living in the tropics and concerned about giving birth to a child with neural tube defects (NTDs)?
A. using a tanning booth to give her skin accelerated protection against the sun B. taking vitamin D supplements C. drinking plenty of fluids to boost her body's ability to regulate its own temperature D. doing nothing, since a woman's chance of giving birth to a child with NTDs is genetically determined E. taking folic acid/folate supplements and protecting herself against the sun with sunscreen, clothing, and shelter
Many medical anthropologists now argue that the biomedical paradigm itself needs to be understood as part of
a. biocultural synthesis. b. Western attitudes. c. the society. d. the culture.