Question

Culture can be adaptive or maladaptive. It is maladaptive when

A. it exhibits cultural traits that are not shared with the majority of the group
B. it threatens the core values of a culture that guarantee its integration.
C. cultural traits diminish the survival of particular individuals but not others.
D. cultural traits, patterns, and inventions disrupt the world economy, causing international discontent.
E. cultural traits, patterns, and inventions threaten the group's continued survival and reproduction and thus its very existence

Answer 1

Answer:

E

Explanation:

Maladaptation is a byproduct of cultural adaptation. Cultural adaptation means to adjust oneself into a surrounding where they live and plays a helpful role in maintaining it. However maladaptation is the opposite of it, it is the adaptation of a poor cultural strategy that is followed by a certain group of people which fails to provide the necessities of survival and ultimately harms the environment.