All of the Following Statements About Cultural Change Are Correct

question 19

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements about cultural change are correct except:

• A)all cultures are capable of adapting to changing conditions.
• B)not all change is positive or adaptive.
• C)all cultures are equally well equipped for making adjustments in a timely way.
• D)sometimes the pace of culture change increases dramatically.
• E)elements of a culture may persist for long periods of time.

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Definitions:

Carefully Focus

Carefully focus entails directing one's attention and cognitive resources towards specific details or tasks with a high level of concentration and precision.

Stroop Effect

A phenomenon in cognitive psychology that demonstrates the interference in reaction time between different tasks, such as naming the color of the ink a word is written in when the word itself describes a different color.

Ink Color

A characteristic of ink, referring to its visual appearance or hue, often discussed in contexts such as the Stroop effect in psychology.

Pronounceable Nonsense

A sequence of letters that lacks meaning but can be spoken or read aloud, often used in experiments investigating phonological processing.