ANTH-110 Lecture 1: Mod 2 Review Questions
4 Aug 2020
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Note: these review questions are not graded but rather are designed to help you pull out the pertinent information in each reading and to reinforce your learning. Review questions: introduction to biology, gender, and human evolution . Brettell, c. b. , & sargent, c. f. (2017). Introduction to biology, gender, and human evolution. (pp. 1 8): define the following concepts: nature versus nurture , cultural determinism, biological determinism, and sociobiology. Cultural determinism giving priority to culture over biology. Biological determinism - biological determinism refers to the idea that all human behavior is innate, determined by genes, brain size, or other biological attributes. This theory stands in contrast to the notion that human behavior is determined by culture or other social forces. Sociobiology - sociobiology is a eld of biology that aims to examine and explain social behavior in terms of evolution. It draws from disciplines including ethology, anthropology, evolution, zoology, archaeology, and population genetics.
