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T/ F Anthropology can be applied to practical issues outside the university setting.
- correct answer ✔✔True
Which statement best summarizes the relationship between environment and
human behavior with regard to the anthropological approach? - correct answer
✔✔Human behavior can be understood as a culturally conditioned response to
environmental stimuli
The attempt to evaluate and understand a custom in the context of one's own
culture is called: - correct answer ✔✔ethnocentrism
T/F Forensic anthropology is an applied subfield, which benefits from a
background in physical anthropology. - correct answer ✔✔True
Which of the following is characteristic of the anthropological approach? - correct
answer ✔✔an emphasis on holism
T/F The modern human predisposition to assimilate culture and function within it
has been profoundly influenced by biological factors. - correct answer ✔✔True
Primatology is the study of - correct answer ✔✔living nonhuman primates
,T/F Anthropology began as a specialized discipline in the 19th century within a
theoretical school called evolutionism. - correct answer ✔✔True
T/F The anthropological perspective proposes to broaden our viewpoint though
time and space. - correct answer ✔✔True
Which of the following does not apply to theories - correct answer ✔✔Specific
statements of scientific relationships that have not been verified
According to the principle of independent assortment there is a
__________chance that any tall pea plant will produce either yellow or green
peas. - correct answer ✔✔50 percent - review why though.
According to the text, which of the following best describes Linnaeus? - correct
answer ✔✔He developed a system for classifying plants and animals
"Fitness," in an evolutionary sense, refers to an individual's - correct answer
✔✔reproductive success
Which DNA base does adenine always pair with? - correct answer ✔✔thymine
Which of the following types of traits are governed by more than one genetic
locus? - correct answer ✔✔polygenic
The presence of a high incidence of sickle cell anemia in West Africa because of
malaria resistance among individuals who are heterozygous for the trait is an
example of: - correct answer ✔✔natural selection
, Who proposed that population size increases at a faster rate than do food
supplies? - correct answer ✔✔Thomas Malthus
T/F A manifestation of sickle-cell anemia is the abnormal hemoglobin S reduces
the ability of red blood cells to transport oxygen throughout the body. - correct
answer ✔✔True
A gene is associated on a one to one basis with the production of: - correct answer
✔✔a protein chain
Genetic drift is: - correct answer ✔✔a random change in gene frequencies from
one generation to the next
In the event of dramatic changes in the world environment, - correct answer
✔✔greater genetic diversity might be an evolutionary advantage
T/F The majority of modern anthropologists regard biological determinism as a
valid mode of explaining human racial differences. - correct answer ✔✔False
Allen's rule states that: - correct answer ✔✔people in warm climates tend to have
longer arms and legs
Thanks to modern medicine, many infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and
cholera are no longer a threat to human populations. - correct answer ✔✔False
solutions graded A+ passed
T/ F Anthropology can be applied to practical issues outside the university setting.
- correct answer ✔✔True
Which statement best summarizes the relationship between environment and
human behavior with regard to the anthropological approach? - correct answer
✔✔Human behavior can be understood as a culturally conditioned response to
environmental stimuli
The attempt to evaluate and understand a custom in the context of one's own
culture is called: - correct answer ✔✔ethnocentrism
T/F Forensic anthropology is an applied subfield, which benefits from a
background in physical anthropology. - correct answer ✔✔True
Which of the following is characteristic of the anthropological approach? - correct
answer ✔✔an emphasis on holism
T/F The modern human predisposition to assimilate culture and function within it
has been profoundly influenced by biological factors. - correct answer ✔✔True
Primatology is the study of - correct answer ✔✔living nonhuman primates
,T/F Anthropology began as a specialized discipline in the 19th century within a
theoretical school called evolutionism. - correct answer ✔✔True
T/F The anthropological perspective proposes to broaden our viewpoint though
time and space. - correct answer ✔✔True
Which of the following does not apply to theories - correct answer ✔✔Specific
statements of scientific relationships that have not been verified
According to the principle of independent assortment there is a
__________chance that any tall pea plant will produce either yellow or green
peas. - correct answer ✔✔50 percent - review why though.
According to the text, which of the following best describes Linnaeus? - correct
answer ✔✔He developed a system for classifying plants and animals
"Fitness," in an evolutionary sense, refers to an individual's - correct answer
✔✔reproductive success
Which DNA base does adenine always pair with? - correct answer ✔✔thymine
Which of the following types of traits are governed by more than one genetic
locus? - correct answer ✔✔polygenic
The presence of a high incidence of sickle cell anemia in West Africa because of
malaria resistance among individuals who are heterozygous for the trait is an
example of: - correct answer ✔✔natural selection
, Who proposed that population size increases at a faster rate than do food
supplies? - correct answer ✔✔Thomas Malthus
T/F A manifestation of sickle-cell anemia is the abnormal hemoglobin S reduces
the ability of red blood cells to transport oxygen throughout the body. - correct
answer ✔✔True
A gene is associated on a one to one basis with the production of: - correct answer
✔✔a protein chain
Genetic drift is: - correct answer ✔✔a random change in gene frequencies from
one generation to the next
In the event of dramatic changes in the world environment, - correct answer
✔✔greater genetic diversity might be an evolutionary advantage
T/F The majority of modern anthropologists regard biological determinism as a
valid mode of explaining human racial differences. - correct answer ✔✔False
Allen's rule states that: - correct answer ✔✔people in warm climates tend to have
longer arms and legs
Thanks to modern medicine, many infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and
cholera are no longer a threat to human populations. - correct answer ✔✔False
