Which of the Following Is an Example of Biocultural Approach

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of biocultural approach to understanding human behavior?

• A) studying human behaviors as the result of direct evolutionary pressures
• B) charting the relationship between agricultural practices and the evolution of the sickle cell polymorphism
• C) hypothesizing about the cultural abilities of ancient hominins by comparing them to living non-human primates
• D) focusing on the ecological factors that influence present-day hunter-gatherer societies

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Definitions:

Sensation

The process by which sensory receptors and the nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from the environment.

Stimulus

Anything in the environment that elicits a response from an organism, crucial in behaviorist theories of learning and conditioning.

Axons

Long, slender projections of nerve cells, or neurons, which conduct electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.

Dendrites

Branch-like extensions from the neuron's cell body, which receive electrical messages from other nerve cells.