Culture Can Be Adaptive or Maladaptive

question 51

Multiple Choice

Culture can be adaptive or maladaptive.It is maladaptive when

• A) it exhibits cultural traits that are not shared with the majority of the group.
• B) it threatens the core values of a culture that guarantee its integration.
• C) cultural traits diminish the survival of particular individuals but not others.
• D) cultural traits, patterns, and inventions disrupt the world economy, causing international discontent.
• E) cultural traits, patterns, and inventions threaten the group's continued survival and reproduction and thus its very existence.

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Definitions:

Lecithin

A fatty substance found in plant and animal tissues, composed of phospholipids, and is used as an emulsifier in food and pharmaceutical products.

Diterpene

A type of terpene consisting of four isoprene units, making up 20 carbon atoms, often found in essential oils and used in medicines and perfumes.

Prostaglandin

A collection of lipid compounds that are physiologically active and exhibit various hormone-like actions in animals.

Carboxyl Group

A functional group consisting of a carbon atom double-bonded to an oxygen atom and single-bonded to a hydroxyl group, denoted as -COOH in organic compounds.