Cultural anthropological theory tends to

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong: only when1% picked this

   Patterns of social behavior have meaning only when considered from the point of view

   The author wants anthropologists to use all three approaches. This answer makes it sound like they only respected the third, oft-neglected approach that deals with community. Nothing in this paragraph defines a harsh rule like, "If X isn't true, then patterns of social behavior have no meaning".

   1%
2. B

   Wrong Accusation14% picked this

   Cultural anthropologists too often rely on a conception of human needs that excludes the

   Normally "too often" would sound too sneering or accusatory to be correct on Most Supported, but there is a little bit of scolding happening: "anthropologists should employ both approaches and attend to this neglected dimension". But the paragraph was never talking about anthropologists conception of human needs. The paragraph uses the term "human needs" in a sentence, but not a sentence that is discussing "how anthropologists conceive of human needs". The two sentences about anthropologists are about whether they choose to focus on social behavior as this sort of system or as that sort of system. The author is also never complaining that they've excluded the notion of community. All three approaches are studying the community. The neglected dimension was studying how individuals' actions make up the stuff of everyday life. Community is ... 1. a system developed in response to human needs in a given environment 2. a system of meanings by which thoughts / rituals / mythology are structured 3. a set of individuals whose actions make up the actual stuff of life

   14%
3. C

   Out of Scope: overlook humanity8% picked this

   Cultural anthropological theorists who focus on issues of meaning overlook the humanity of

   The author doesn't get close to saying that theorists have been "overlooking the humanity of subjects". That would be like saying, "Hey, theorists --- you're completely de-humanizing these subjects". No accusation like that was being made. The last sentence is only suggesting that theorists are "overlooking the impact of individuals".

   8%
4. D

   Too Strong: only when2% picked this

   Systems of behavior can be understood only by experiencing the environments to

   The author wants anthropologists to use all three approaches. This answer makes it sound like he only likes the first approach. Nothing in this paragraph defines a harsh rule like, "If X isn't true, then systems of behavior cannot be understood."

   2%
5. E

   Correct75% picked this

   Disagreement among cultural anthropological theorists does not necessarily imply that their

   Why this is right

   This has very lovably weak language: does not necessarily imply. To support that "X does not necessarily imply Y", we only need a case in which X is true and Y doesn't seem to be true. So to support this answer, we would need to establish that "there is disagreement among cultural anthropological theorists" That seems fair. They tend to fall into two camps have not been employing both approaches. It's not a "disagreement" like a quarrel or a spat, but they seem to have differing sense of what theory should focus on, so they disagree about what cultural anthropological theory should be focused on. And then we need to establish that "their approaches are not incompatible" That's well supported by the author saying, "Cultural anthropologists should employ both approaches". The support for this answer doesn't include the final sentence at all, which is fine. The correct answer doesn't need to be supported by all the claims. It just needs to be adequately supported by any claim(s), or to be more supported than any other answer.

   Skill tested: Most Supported · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   75%