Anthropologists, as Well as Other Social Scientists, Feel That Culture

question 12

Multiple Choice

Anthropologists, as well as other social scientists, feel that culture is __________.

• A) learned and shared
• B) inherited
• C) transmitted only from one group to another
• D) only a small part of how people learn their behaviors

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Definitions:

Heuristics

Heuristics are cognitive shortcuts or rules of thumb that simplify decision making, often used when facing complex problems or incomplete information.

Algorithms

A set of rules or instructions typically used in computer programming and mathematics to perform calculations or problem-solving operations.

Phonemes

The basic distinctive units of sound in a language that distinguish one word from another, for example, the sounds /p/, /b/, /d/, and /t/ in the English words "pad", "bat", "bad", and "tap".

Morphemes

The smallest grammatical units in a language that carry meaning; they can be words or parts of words (like suffixes or prefixes).