The Fact That Collectivist Cultures Tend to Spring Up in Places

question 161

Multiple Choice

The fact that collectivist cultures tend to spring up in places with abundant pathogens, but individualist cultures tend to flourish in places with few pathogens best illustrates ____.

• A)culture influencing nature
• B)nature influencing culture
• C)genetic mutation influencing evolution
• D)evolution influencing the development of mutations

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Definitions:

Obedience

The act of following orders or directions from an authority figure without question.

Learner

An individual engaged in acquiring knowledge, skills, attitudes, or competencies from study, instruction, or experience.

Milgram's Obedience Study

A 1960s experiment by Stanley Milgram demonstrating that people are likely to follow orders given by an authority figure, even to the point of causing pain to another person.

Subjects

Individuals or groups participating in research studies, or the various branches of knowledge studied in an educational context.