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    buildings‚ weapons‚ machines‚ hairstyles‚ and clothing. (36) Material culture is looking at the physical things about the culture. When people are judging other cultures it is usually by the physical appearance of the culture and that is called ethnocentrism. (37) Next you notice how the person talks and their gestures. Nonmaterial culture is a group’s way of thinking and doing. (36) Nonmaterial culture is digging deeper into the people’s lives and finding out their beliefs and actions. When looking

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    Midterm Study Guide 1

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    Study Guide It’s a flat world after all Who is Thomas Friedman? Why is the world flattening? Who is benefiting from globalization? How is the world becoming tied together? What is globalization 1.0‚ 2.0‚ 3.0? Falling Flat What are Gonzalez’s critiques of Friedman’s article? Is the gap between rich and poor growing? What does the “liberalization of developing economies” mean? Barndt‚ “Across space the through time: Tomatl meets the corporate tomato” What is a producer-driven commodity

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    a. dominant group. b. subordinate group. c. largest group. d. smallest group. 7. The tendency to assume that one’s culture & way of life are superior to all others is known as a. cultural relativism. b. discrimination. c. exploitation. d. ethnocentrism. 8. Prejudice is a. a negative attitude‚ not behavior. b. aimed at individuals‚ not groups. c. negative behavior‚ not an attitude. d. based on accurate definitions. 9. The process by which

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    You As The Anthropologist Lone Star Community College Leah Cruzen Anthropology enlightens the learner to understand themselves as well as those around them; each culture varies and offers information that is interesting‚ and in some cases‚ helpful to our own understanding of what it means to be human. Our ever-changing world is vast‚ culture-rich place‚ full of methods and beliefs waiting to be uncovered. The problem is‚ some anthropologists do not share their findings with

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    BCOM/275 Sample Final Examination This Sample Examination represents the Final Examination that students complete in Week Five. As in the following Sample Examination‚ the Final Examination includes questions that assess the course objectives. Both the Sample Examination and the Final Examination include five questions per course objective. Refer to the questions in the following Sample Examination to represent the type of questions in the Final Examination. Refer to the weekly readings and

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    QUIZ SOCI 1  Question 1 (Worth 1 points) When sociologists group people into categories based on their age‚ gender‚ educational level‚ job and income‚ they are trying to determine their ________. social network social location This is a correct answer social personality social skills Points earned on this question: 1  Question 2 (Worth 1 points) The notion that language determines our consciousness is the basic premise of which concept? the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis This is a correct answer the Thomas

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    series of chapters focused on recognizing and avoiding breakdowns in intercultural communication. In this chapter‚ you’ll read about ethnographic and cultural approaches and then examine anxiety‚ assuming similarity instead of difference‚ and ethnocentrism as barriers to effective intercultural communication. ETHNOGRAPHIC AND CULTURAL APPROACHES Read the following court transcript (Liberman‚ 1981) and assess how successful you think the communication was: Magistrate: Can you read and write

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    The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea In this ethnographic work of Annette Weiner‚ we discover the social and economical differences of this distinguished group of people. The trobrianders lived their lives in a much different sense. There life is centered on their Martilineage‚ and the philosophy of family is greatly sacred. The traditions of the trobrianders was of such high ordinance that even Malinkwoski had stated‚ there resilience o the trobiranders to cultural change. The social life of the

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    possible 4. Variability within national groups 5. Possible forms of Group Differences: Complete Differences and Partial Differences 6. Characteristics are always changing 7. National characteristics as innate and racial 8. The ethnocentrism of evolution PART – Iii Characteristics or Trait-Adjectives of Pakistanis part

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    Horace Miner Response Horace Miner’s essay "Body Ritual Among The Nacirema" is deeper then a clever critique of the absurdities of the American culture. Other then mocking the science of anthropology‚ Miner shows how an outsider would view America. This sight would not be much different from an American viewing an uncivilized village in the middle of the forest. Miner’s essay extensively proves that the culture of America is not very different then many other civilizations. The perspective

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