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Despite the differences among theoretical paradigms of practitioners as varied as Harris (cultural materialism), White (general evolution), Steward (cultural ecology), and Mead (configurationalism), all of them have what in common?
 
  A. a strong sense of determinism, leaving very little (if any) room for the exercise of individual human agency
  B. a well-founded suspicion of the claims of science
  C. an embrace of reflexive anthropology
  D. a sense of moral duty to help the people they studied to accelerate their path to civilization
  E. a strong concern for the future of anthropological education

Question 2

Traditionally, ethnographers have tried to understand the whole of a particular culture.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


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Reply #1 on: Aug 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: True


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Reply #2 on: Aug 11, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Aug 11, 2018
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