Anthropometry can be defined as __________
a. prejudice against a person based on his or her racial heritage
b. the study of how cultures classify organisms in the natural world
c. the view that the environment has great powers to directly shape the anatomy of individual organisms
d. the measurement of different aspects of the body, such as stature or skin color
Correct Answer: d
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a. It always involves an anthropologist gathering data firsthand. b. It involves the anthropologist living with and observing the people studied. c. It is a type of research in which the anthropologist and community work together to find solutions. d. It is a kind of advocacy research in which the anthropologist represents the people studied in order to better their lives. e. It is research that is headed by indigenous peoples and not the anthropologist as an outsider.
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A. the same thing as ethnocentrism. B. a cultural particular, based upon the interrelatedness of humans. C. the opposite of participant observation. D. a cultural universal, based upon the human capacity to use symbols. E. the argument that behavior in a particular culture should not be judged by the standards of another culture.
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