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sdfghj · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Some sociocultural theorists argue that to understand human behavior, all we need to do is understand the way culture shapes behavior. According to your book, what is wrong with this assessment?

A) Culture is shaped by evolutionary factors, so to understand culture you need to include evolution.
B) Culture really doesn't influence human social behavior.
C) There is a one-way relationship such that cultural factors influence evolution.
D) Culture is only a proximate cause of behavior.

Question 2

One difference between the evolutionary and sociocultural perspectives is

A) that the former focuses on similarities across cultures and the latter on differences across cultures.
B) that the former focuses on mating and the latter focuses on childrearing.
C) that the former emphasizes proximate influences and the latter ultimate influences.
D) none of the above