What is Culture? photo of Edward. B. Tylor Edward B. Tylor (1832-1917) The word culture click this icon to hear the preceding term pronounced has many different meanings. For some it refers to an appreciation of good literature‚ music‚ art‚ and food. For a biologist‚ it is likely to be a colony of bacteria or other microorganisms growing in a nutrient medium in a laboratory Petri dish. However‚ for anthropologists and other behavioral scientists‚ culture is the full range of
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4th Pd What is history? That has been a question philosophers and historians have been asking for centuries. But really what is history? Webster dictionary defines history as "acts‚ ideas‚ or events that will or can shape the course of the future." Is that all history is a series of events leading up the present moment and then on to the future. English historian and philosopher‚ R.G. Collingwood said "History is for human self-knowledge. Knowing yourself means knowing‚ first‚ what it is to
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What is Piety During the Periclean age (around 400 B.C.) in Athens Greece there was a man named Socrates. He was considered a very wise man by the Athenians. However there were men in power who did not care for him or his teachings; Claiming that he corrupted the Athenian youth and did not believe in the Greek gods‚ Socrates was put on trail. On his way to his trial Socrates met a man named Euthyphro‚ a professional priest who is respected by the "authorities" (those who want get rid of Socrates)
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To understand how one’s work is related to one’s community‚ it helps to understand what a community is and why they form. There are basically two parts to the definition of community. The first part of the definition states that a community is “A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government.” The second part of the definition describes a community as “A group of people having common interests. To me‚ this means that along with the two definitions‚ there are mainly two
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When our teacher asked to us: “What is language?” I couldn’t give a specific answer‚because the language means many things.So‚my mind was bombarded by lots of things.I said to myself: “Language is our identity‚language is our culture‚language is words‚rules‚interfaces‚signs‚reaction‚action‚verbal‚non-verbal‚discourse...”I was confused by that attack of the opinions and couldn’t choose a specific word that identifies language for the teacher’s question.After the class‚when I came to home on the bus
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What is Asthma Asthma is a chronic disease that causes narrowing of the small airways in your lungs. Typically patients develop wheezing and usually have increased mucous production in the lungs. The causes of asthma is from family history of asthma. Like Me and my brothers inherited it from mom. Another cause is if as an infant you are exposed to any high levels of antigens‚ which is a toxin or other foreign substance that induces an immune response in the body‚ especially the production of antibodies
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Chapter 1 What is psychology? Behavior | Everything we do that can be directly observed. | | | | behavioral approach | A psychological perspective emphasizing the scientific study of observable behavioral responses and their environmental determinants. | | | | biological approach | A psychological perspective that examines behavior and mental processes through a focus on the body‚ especially the brain and nervous system. | | | | cognitive approach | A psychological
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What is hospitality? * «The friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests‚ visitors‚ or strangers * Relating to or denoting the business of entertaining clients‚ conference delegates‚ or other official visitors * “The relationship between the guest and the host‚ or the act or practice of being hospitable. This includes the reception and entertainment of guests‚ visitors‚ or strangers.” Grecan Hospitality “Hospitality was a way of honoring the gods‚ which was so essential
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What is EMI? Equated Monthly Installment – EMI for short – is the amount payable every month to the bank or any other financial institution until the loan amount is fully paid off. It consists of the interest on loan as well as part of the principal amount to be repaid. The sum of principal amount and interest is divided by the tenure‚ i.e.‚ number of months‚ in which the loan has to be repaid. This amount has to be repaid monthly. The interest component of the EMI would be larger in the initial
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“oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever” (3) and whites associated freedom with privilege as history shows that “privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily” (King 7). Furthermore‚ time changed‚ leading to new beliefs in what freedom symbolized. During the period after the Civil War‚ leading up to the 1960s‚ African Americans viewed freedom as integration‚ not segregation‚ but whites still believed freedom to be associated with privilege because their privilege put them
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