A defense mechanism that is so fine-tuned that even an insignificant stimulus might trigger it is called the:
A. early warning system
B. smoke-detector principle
C. excessive reaction principle
D. over-evolved mechanism
B. smoke-detector principle
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a. Illinois b. Ohio c. Pennsylvania d. Montana
Why does Marvin Harris suggest that the Hindu belief in the sacred cow is adaptive?
A) It is economically wiser to use the labor and products of the cows than to eat them. B) The cows carry a dangerous parasite that makes their meat unsafe for consumption. C) Seeing the sacred cows every day serves as a reminder to follow the teachings of their faith. D) Not everyone can afford to eat meat, so it reduces inequality if the cows are forbidden to everyone.
Monotheistic religions generally have beliefs in __________.
A) only one supernatural being B) a dual existence for all living things C) a supreme supernatural being together with lower-ranked supernatural beings D) forces of nature, rather than anthropomorphized gods
A regression analysis estimated using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) does all of the following except which one?
A) estimates the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables B) minimizes the sum of the squared residuals C) fits a perfect straight line that connects each of the scatter points D) includes a random error term