The Fact That People from Some Cultures Lack an Enzyme

question 26

Multiple Choice

The fact that people from some cultures lack an enzyme to allow them to digest milk reflects that

• A)cultural practices can affect human evolution.
• B)cultural practices are shaped by the local geography.
• C)people from different cultures differ more in terms of their genes than they do in terms of their cultural practices.
• D)this inability is due to a proximal cause.
• E)genetic differences are difficult to overcome.

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Definitions:

Multiple Intelligences

A theory proposed by Howard Gardner, suggesting that individuals have various kinds of intelligences, such as logical, linguistic, musical, and spatial.

Sternberg's Triarchic Theory

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