1. Explain the concept of the "founder effect" as explained by Jared Diamond. Illustrate the concept...
1. Explain the concept of the "founder effect" as explained by Jared Diamond. Illustrate the concept with an example from Diamond's article and explain why, for many traits, the impact of the founder effect may be lessened over time.
2. Define what is meant by scientific "theory" versus a fact. Briefly, how do scientific theories differ from religious theories? In what way is evolution a "fact" and in what way is it a theory?
3. Define"adaptation" illustrating your answer with two actual examples. Next, what is a preadaptation and how can they help explain the origin of "organs of extreme perfection"? Again provide a real evolutionary example to make your point.
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Culture and Cross-Cultural Risk
Culture is the values, beliefs, customs, arts, and other
products of human thought and work that characterize the people of
a given society. Cross-cultural risk arises from a situation or
event in which a cultural misunderstanding puts some human value at
stake. Values and attitudes are shared beliefs...
use the information in chapter one to complete it ( in case you do not have...
use
the information in chapter one to complete it ( in case you do not
have the book, i post a picture). write a few sentences in each box
explaining the extent to which the statements in the left column
apply to each of the theories. thank you!
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A critical introduction into the study of religion. Explain why Martin treats religion as a social...
A critical introduction into the study of religion.
Explain why Martin treats religion as a social construct—both the
category ‘religion’ and the stuff it denotes—using Kessler’s
discussion of the Dao and Anselm as examples.
How Society Works: Essentialism Animism and Essentialism According to some of the theories of primitive savages and primitive religion discussed briefly in Chapter 1, religion originated when ancient peoples attempted to understand and explain mysterious forces whose causes were beyond their primitive" understanding. What causes thunder?...
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Evaluate the arical writ the response in which you state your agreement or disagreement with writer...
Evaluate the arical
writ the response in which you state your agreement or disagreement
with writer up un these questions guidelines
1) can empathy lead us astrary? how
2) our heart will always go out to the baby in the well, its a
measure of our humanity. but empathy will have to yield to reason
if humanity is to have a future can empathy yield to reason?
how?
thank you
The Baby in the Well: The Case against Empathy* -Paul...
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applied in this case study?)
Culture and Cross-Cultural Risk
Culture is the values, beliefs, customs, arts, and other
products of human thought and work that characterize the people of
a given society. Cross-cultural risk arises from a situation or
event in which a cultural misunderstanding puts some human value at
stake. Values and attitudes are shared beliefs...
use
the information in chapter one to complete it ( in case you do not
have the book, i post a picture). write a few sentences in each box
explaining the extent to which the statements in the left column
apply to each of the theories. thank you!
Themes and theories Constructivism (Piaget) Social constructivism (Vygotsky) Bioecological systems theory (Bronfenbrenner) nta The environment plays an important role in development Innate factors drive development Development follows a smooth continuous path ning...
A critical introduction into the study of religion.
Explain why Martin treats religion as a social construct—both the
category ‘religion’ and the stuff it denotes—using Kessler’s
discussion of the Dao and Anselm as examples.
How Society Works: Essentialism Animism and Essentialism According to some of the theories of primitive savages and primitive religion discussed briefly in Chapter 1, religion originated when ancient peoples attempted to understand and explain mysterious forces whose causes were beyond their primitive" understanding. What causes thunder?...
Evaluate the arical
writ the response in which you state your agreement or disagreement
with writer up un these questions guidelines
1) can empathy lead us astrary? how
2) our heart will always go out to the baby in the well, its a
measure of our humanity. but empathy will have to yield to reason
if humanity is to have a future can empathy yield to reason?
how?
thank you
The Baby in the Well: The Case against Empathy* -Paul...
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