Define the concept of holism and provide a cultural example

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. It is related to the idea that cultures are internally integrated.
2. It teaches that a focus on individual elements of culture may be misleading because no one element can be properly understood without understanding its context in the greater whole.
3. The example given, of warfare in highland Papua New Guinea, describes the links between warfare, wives, and political power.

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The purpose of the ethnographic method is to provide objective, value-free information about a different culture

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Paleontologists use the form of teeth and _________ to decide to which group a fossil belongs

a. hair b. bones c. fatty tissue d. none of these

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There is a one-to-one correlation between species and technology

a. True b. False

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