Anthropology Study Guide 1.) The Nacirema excerpt is written by Horace Miner from the etic or outside perspective describing a ‘backward’ culture with weird beliefs and rituals. The purpose of this essay is to address some critical questions and desire at the heart of anthropology. How do we understand other people who are strange‚ odd‚ and different. Why do people do what they do. How do we know our descriptions are accurate? 2.) Cultural relativism vs ethnocentrism cultural relativism
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By Loubna Flah Morocco World News Casablanca‚ May 6‚ 2013 Language as a human artifact can be approached from manifold vintage points depending on the focal point predetermined. If we are concerned about the communicational aspect‚ then language represents a codified message produced by a sender intercepted by a receiver through a channel. But once language is submerged in an ampler context‚ then the scope of vision should include the miscellany of social factors that impinge on the speaker‘s
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How does linguistic variation cue representations of a speaker’s social identity and‚ presumably‚ stereotypes about relevant social groups? Although studies have indicated that phonetic variation in speech may activate social stereotypes (Purnell‚ Idsardi & Baugh‚ 1999)‚ research on the mechanisms of this process has been scant. The term “stereotype” was introduced into the variations of sociolinguistic literature in Labov’s (1973) taxonomy of language forms charged with broad social meaning‚ reprised
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Emotions in Intercultural Communication 1 Emotion and Intercultural Communication David Matsumoto San Francisco State University Seung Hee Yoo Yale University Jeffery A. LeRoux San Francisco State University To appear in Helga Kotthoff and Helen Spencer-Oatley (eds.)‚ Handbook of Applied Linguistics‚ Volume 7: Intercultural Communication. Mouton – de Gruyter Publishers. Keywords: Emotion‚ emotion regulation‚ openness‚ flexibility‚ critical thinking‚ intercultural communication‚ intercultural
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“We see and understand thing not as they are but as we are.” Discuss this claim in relation to at least two ways of knowing. This quote states that a person’s understanding is not objective‚ as it is affected by several factors. The statement speaks about seeing and understanding seeing and understanding refers to perceiving. Perception is the process where sensory stimulations is translated into organized experience . The quote mentioned above says that it depends on what we know and how we
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Reflect the Lesson Unit 2 & 3: Nonverbal and Verbal Communication “Why do we learn Nonverbal and Verbal Communication?” I usually hear this question among my classmates and sometimes I asking myself this question too. I think that the question is come out by the difficulty of this subject‚ prepared by Mr. Kao Sovansophal‚ Lecturer of Subject Business Communication. Anyway‚ I would like to reflect my feeling towards these lessons of the subject Business Communication though I have just come across
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Երևանի Վ. Բրյուսովի անվան Պետաան Լեզվահասարակագիտական Համալսարան Political neologisms in the American Press (based on the articles on B. Obama ’s presidency) Danielyan Hovhannes CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………2 2. CHAPTER I General Notes on Political Neologisms……………………………………………..4 3. CHAPTER II Neologisms Connected with B. Obama ’s Presidency……………………………...9 4. CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………
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What is Multicultural Psychology? Mo Farrah: Illustration * Black man (Somali) racing for Great Britain; trains in USA * Biracial couple * After the win he prayed: Muslim What is Multicultural Psychology? Psychology- the systematic study of behavior‚ cognition and affect -Multi- many -al: pertaining to Multicultural Psychology: the study of human behavior‚ cognition and affect as it occurs in many different cultures---can be studied through: travel Related Fields: * Ethnic Minority
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Study Guide for GCOM 123 Final Exam Fundamentals of Communication Chapter 1: Competent Communication What are the most common myths about communication? 1. Communication is the cure all2. Communicating is just common sense3. Communication quantity equals quality Explain the differences between the three models of communication: linear‚ interactive‚ and transactional. linear: one way‚ sender sends a message through a channel to a receiver in an atmosphere of noise interactive: back and
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Sociology A scientific study of societies and human behavior Sociology’s basic assumption: “Human action is largely determined by the groups which people belong to (social relationships) and by the societies they live in (social arrangements).” Four Orientations of Sociology 1. Multi-causality 2. Interactive processes of causal factors 3. Sociological imagination 4. Value-free 4 Types of Questions Sociologists Ask 1. Factual Questions 2. Comparative Questions 3. Historical Questions
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