According to Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, a community living near the Arctic Circle 500 years ago without any contact with other societies was likely to have ascribed the characteristic of intelligence to someone who
A. was good at negotiating deals with foreigners for goods and services.
B. understood the medicinal value of many herbs and plants.
C. was skilled at catching seals, fish, and small game.
D. could calculate the square root of six-digit numbers in his head.
Answer: C
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a. reliance on empirical evidence. b. multifactorial causation of behavior. c. subjectivity of perception. d. unconscious motivation.
Buffy is a member of a sorority. She considers the stereotypes about her sorority to be gross overgeneralizations, but claims that the stereotypes about other sororities seem to have a kernel of truth. Buffy's thinking best illustrates
a. the out group homogeneity effect. b. realistic conflict. c. reverse discrimination. d. social-role theory.
_____ are the relatively stable internally based characteristics that describe a person.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)
Among the Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan _________
A) ?same-gender sexual activity is forbidden. B) ?a significant percentage of males identify as gay. C) ?men predominantly have sex with prepubertal boys and other adult men. D) ?homosexuality is defined as the use of another male for sexual gratification.