Question

8. Paradigm shift from Environmentalism to Possibilism was due to....
a) Change in environment b) Global warming c) Technological Dev.
d) Globalisation​

Answer 1

Answer:

c) technological dev is your answer

Answer 2

a) Change in environment

Explanation:

• Environmental determinism is the theory that human perceptions, attitudes and behavior are influenced by the climate, physical environment, and the geographical conditions. Possibilism refers to the idea that the environment imposes certain limits or restrictions, but otherwise culture is defined by individual behavior.
• In place of environmental determinism Forde (1934) expounded a new philosophy called environmental possibilism. The adherents of this school believed that the environment did not specifically affect certain cultural changes but rather by requiring or preventing their existence, the presence or absence of particular environmental factors put restrictions on these innovations.
• The most famous example of possibilistic explanation is that given for the geographical distribution of maize cultivation by Kroeber(1939). Kroeber provided data showing that the distribution of maize farming in aboriginal North America was restricted to environments with a growing season of at least four months, during which rainfall was adequate and no frost killing occurred.