Physical Anthropologists Who Study Variation Within and Among Human Populations

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Multiple Choice

Physical anthropologists who study variation within and among human populations would be interested in questions such as:

• A) Why do most Africans have dark skin?
• B) What did the civilizations of Egypt and Greece have in common with one another?
• C) Why are French and Italian similar to one another?
• D) Are there similarities in marriage customs between Muslims and Jews?

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.