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Sociologist: Some anthropologists claim that cultures can most effectively respond to the threat of cultural decay by replacing or abandoning many of their traditions so that other traditions may endure. ███ █████ ████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██ █████████ ██ █ █████████ █████████ ████ ████████ ████████
Summary
A sociologist provides the position of anthropologists who claim a culture’s best response to the threat of cultural decay is to replace or abandon many of their traditions so that others can survive. The sociologist responds to this argument by contending that because each of a culture’s traditions is essential to its identity, this strategy… (the correct answer choice will be his conclusion)
Strongly Supported Conclusions
This strategy will destroy a culture’s identity.
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Which one of the following ████ █████████ █████████ ███ █████████████ █████████
a
can save those ████████ ███████ ██ ██████████ ██ █████ ███████ ███ ███████████ ████████████
This is antisupported. The sociologist believes that every tradition in a culture is essential. If any of them are replaced or abandoned, the culture will be destroyed, not saved.
b
will ensure the ███████████ ██ █ ███████ ██████ ████ ███████ ███ █████
The sociologist’s main premise supports this. Because every tradition is essential to a culture's identity, replacing or abandoning a tradition will immediately destroy the culture.
c
can be implemented ██ ███ ███ ████ █████ ████████ ███████ ██ ███████████████
The sociologist does not support this strategy, and there is no link to its success and the presence of an anthropologist.
d
constitutes the most █████████ ████████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ████████ █████
This is antisupported. The sociologist strongly disagrees with this strategy.
e
can succeed if ███████ ██ ████████ █████ ██████████ ████ ████ ███████ ████ ████████
The sociologist strongly disagrees with this strategy, and there is no condition that specifies that it will be successful if its traditions were adopted recently.