Which of the following is NOT true of evolutionism?
a. It is an ethnocentric theory because evolutionists put their own societies at the top of the ladder.
b. It argues that all cultures pass through the same developmental stages in the same order.
c. This theory proposes that evolution is unidirectional (or unilineal) and leads to progressively better levels of culture.
d. The theory argues that changes in society are caused by changes in culture.
e. Evolutionism takes an inductive approach to analyzing other societies.
ANSWER:
e
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