An Anthropologist Studying a Social Group Observes That People Shake

question 16

Multiple Choice

An anthropologist studying a social group observes that people shake hands when greeting one another and concludes that handshaking is universal among human beings. This study is faulty because the anthropologist has not been

• A) Holistic.
• B) Evolutionary.
• C) Ethnocentric.
• D) Comparative.

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