When a person believes that other groups have "natural" cultural characteristics and there are no variations within a specific culture, this person displays which of the following? a. ethnocentrism b. essentialism c. power differentials d. none of the above

Option B.

Explanation:

Essentialism, is the right answer.

Essentialism is the belief that each entity has a collection of characteristics that are essential to its status and function. In early Western philosophy, Plato's principle operates that all items have an "essence"—an "opinion" or "style". In Categories, Aristotle likewise suggested that all articles have an essence that, as George Lakoff placed it, "execute the matter what it is, and externally which it would be not that sort of stuff". The opposite belief—non-essentialism—negates the requirement to place such an "essence'".

according to classical republican political theory, which democratic republics would function best?

a.   small republics, with people who had similar interests

b.   large republics, with people who had competing interests

c.   republics made up entirely of landowners

d.   republics made up entirely of servants