Ultraviolet radiation can be an important factor in selection for increased melanin production because UV radiation can cause which of the following?
a. rickets
b. albinism
c. skin cancer
d. the rebuilding of folate
e. spina bifida
c
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Robert Bellah (1978) coined the term world-rejecting religion to describe most forms of Christianity, including Protestantism. More generally, world-rejecting religions
A. are shamanistic religions that reject the encroachment of capitalism and modernity. B. reject the material world and focus on the body's internal biological balance. C. are a recent historical phenomenon. D. tend to reject the natural—the mundane, ordinary, material, secular—world and focus instead on a higher realm of reality. E. focus on the effects that heavenly bodies such as the moon, sun, and Mars have on social life.
The effect of tourism on indigenous arts:
a. Is mixed; some traditional arts have prospered while many have deteriorated. b. Always results in the deterioration and simplification of traditional art forms. c. Has been minimal; Western tourists are not interested in the arts of indigenous peoples. d. Has resulted in the training of many indigenous artists in European art schools. e. Has changed the ways in which artists are viewed in the industrialized nations.
A cultural relativist would view contemporary Nacirema culture as __________
A) materialistic, aggressive, and without much worth B) just as interesting and worthy of study as any other C) more ethical than most others D) adaptively superior to any other
Monkeys and apes raised in captivity without contact with their own mothers may be afraid of their own offspring and try to kill it
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false