A non-Navajo who vomits after inadvertently eating rattle snake best illustrates which of the following cultural principles?
a. Culture is learned.
b. Cultures are always changing.
c. Culture influences biological processes.
d. The parts of a culture are interrelated.
e. Culture is adaptive.
ANSWER:
c
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