This chapter describes how sports and the media reflect culture and offers among its illustrations a cross-cultural comparison that explores why some countries but not others enjoy international success in sports. Describe the two contrasting cases. Are any of the conclusions surprising? Why or why not?
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A) the Aka B) middle-class Euro-Americans C) the Yanomami D) middle and upper class people of Japan
Mahatma Gandhi referred to individuals as drops in the ocean that cannot survive without the ocean. This perspective is considered:
A) ?individualistic. B) ?holistic. C) ?sociocentric. D) ?egocentric.
The difference between inductive and deductive reasoning is:
a. Deductive reasoning involves working from specific observations to more general hypotheses, while inductive reasoning involves reasoning from theory to account for specific observational or experimental results. b. Deductive reasoning involves reasoning from theory to predict specific observational or experimental results, while inductive reasoning involves working from specific observations to more general hypotheses. c. Deductive reasoning is scientific and logical, while inductive reasoning is based on faith. d. There is no difference between the two; they are alternate names for the same kind of reasoning. e. The difference depends upon the hypothesis formulated to be tested.
Anthropology has how many subfields?
a. One b. Three c. Four d. Six