Which theoretical approach argues that no knowledge is objective and all knowledge is influenced by the observer's own culture, social position, and gender?
a. Native anthropology.
b. Feminist anthropology.
c. Postmodernism.
d. Transcendental ethnography.
e. Collaborative ethnography.
C
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How has General Motors been impacted by its efforts to improve its organizational culture?
A) It has improved substantially over many objective measures since beginning its research. B) The research was ineffective, and organizational culture and business output remain about the same. C) It implemented the changes suggested by anthropologists, but has suffered poor business outcomes ever since. D) It has seen moderate improvements, but there is no way to know if this was related to the change in its organizational culture.
Regarding sexual orientation, all of the following are true EXCEPT that
A. different types of sexual desires and experiences hold different meanings for individuals and groups. B. there is conclusive scientific evidence that sexual orientation is genetically determined. C. within a society, individuals will differ in the nature, range, and intensity of sexual interests and urges. D. culture always plays a role in molding individual sexual urges toward a collective norm, and these norms vary from culture to culture. E. flexibility in sexual expression seems to be an aspect of our primate heritage, since both masturbation and same-sex sexual activity exist among chimpanzees and other primates.
The study of sickle-cell anemia and its relation to malarial environments demonstrates that
A. homozygotes lack the capacity to digest lactose. B. a maladaptive allele may be preserved if it provides an advantage. C. selection removes recessive alleles from the gene pool faster than it does dominant alleles. D. heterozygotes are not as selectively fit as are dominant homozygotes. E. natural selection improves a gene pool by wiping out deleterious alleles.
Chance plays a major role in the discovery of archaeological sites
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false