“culture-bound” theory is a:
a. prediction that is bound to be fulfilled in a particular culture.
b. theory developed by a cultural anthropologist rather than a physical anthropologist.
c. theory developed by a sociologist rather than a cultural anthropologist.
d. theory based on assumptions common to a particular culture rather than deriving from comparisons of many
different cultures.
e. theory based on comparison of cultures and not tied to a single cultural worldview
ANSWER: d
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