What does it mean to take a "holistic perspective?" - ANSWER To seek interconnections
and relatedness between various parts of human cultures and
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A "culture bond" theory is - ANSWER a theory based on assumptions common to a
particular culture rather than deriving from comparisons of many different cultures
Cross-cultural research that allows anthropologists to explain why differences or
similarities occur between groups is known as - ANSWER ethnology
Cultural anthropology is the study of patterns of human behavior. These standards -
ANSWER focus on humans as culture producing and re-producing creatures
In-depth descriptive studies of specific cultures are called - ANSWER ethnographies
What is the primary purpose of practicing applied anthropology? - ANSWER It allows the
use of anthropological knowledge to solve practical problems
The Garage Project in Tuscon demonstrated that what people say and what they do can
differ dramatically. For instance, investigators found that - ANSWER the amount of beer
consumed, according to empty cans in the trash, was far higher than people claimed.
As part of your job, you may study the frequency of blood types in human populations, or
watch behavior of monkeys and apes, or dig for early hominid bones in East Africa. You
are a/an: - ANSWER physical anthropologist
A position that is a closely examined and critically checked explanation of observed
reality is a(n) - ANSWER theory
What is "transplant tourism?" - ANSWER travel connected with the buying and selling of
human organs
How do scientific accounts and creation stories differ from each other? - ANSWER
Scientific accounts focus on testable ideas, and creation stories do not
The smallest working units in biological classificatory systems that are reproductively
isolated populations or groups of populations capable of interbreeding to produce fertile
offspring are called - ANSWER species
Which scientist proposed that an organisms behavior could bring about changes in its
anatomy? This was called inheritance acquired characteristics. - ANSWER Jean-Baptiste
Lamarck
Gregor Mendel's law of independent assortment argues that - ANSWER different genetic
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