All of the following statements about race and intelligence are correct except:
a. they generally involve comparisons among races, a category that is biologically false.
b. problems with defining intelligence cross-culturally exist as intelligence involves several different skills and abilities
c. most instruments (tests) used to measure intelligence are biased toward the dominant culture of the people who created the test.
d. they generally measure genetic disposition and not performance abilities.
e. as a complex set of traits, intelligence cannot be linked simply to discrete evolutionary forces acting in a particular environment.
d
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In "Body Ritual among the Nacirema," Miner points out that the fundamental belief that underlies Nacireman body ritual is
a. that the human body is ugly and subject to disability and disease. b. the concern about the beauty of the body. c. that the health of the body depends on the health of the mind. d. that disease of the body is caused by a person's failure to take care of it properly.
The most important technological development in stone tool production for the Upper Paleolithic period was the ability to make __________
A. sharpened cores B. long, narrow blades C. scraping tools D. hand axes
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Every culture has religion
a. True b. False