PT128.S2.Q21

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PrepTest 128 - Section 2 - Question 21

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Summary

Cultural anthropologists generally subscribe to only one out of two types of theories. One approach focuses on everyday behavior as a system that develops in response to human needs. The other approach focuses on the systems of meanings by which thoughts, rituals, and mythology in a society are structured. The author thinks that anthropologists should actually use both approaches together, along with a third approach. This third approach views a community as a set of individuals whose actions make up everyday life.

Strongly Supported Conclusions

Even if some anthropologists disagree, their competing approaches to anthropological theory could be employed jointly.

Theories that focus on different aspects of a field of study can sometimes be used together.

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Which one of the following ██████████ ██ ████ ████████ █████████ ██ ███ ███████████ ██████

Patterns of social ████████ ████ ███████ ████ ████ ██████████ ████ ███ █████ ██ ████ ██ ███ ██████████

This is anti-supported. The author isn’t suggesting that only one perspective leads to true understanding. Rather, the author is arguing for anthropologists to consider several different theoretical perspectives.

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This is unsupported. Although the author wants anthropologists to consider a particular view of community that is "often neglected," that doesn't imply that other perspectives exclude the idea of community altogether.

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This is unsupported. The second camp focuses on systems of meanings, but nothing suggests that this focus comes at the cost of overlooking anyone’s humanity. The topic of subjects’ humanity isn’t raised by the author at all.

Systems of behavior ███ ██ ██████████ ████ ██ ████████████ ███ ████████████ ██ █████ ████ ████████

This is anti-supported. Some anthropologists understand systems of behavior as responses to an environment, but the author rejects the idea that any single camp has the "only" correct perspective.

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This is strongly supported. Although anthropologists disagree over their approaches, the author says they should actually employ multiple approaches in combination. This requires that at least these three approaches are all compatible with each other.

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25% 146

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