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    continually negotiated in the workplace. Institutions bestow authority‚ but can just as easily be taken away by the institution or its members. Newcomers to a community normally have a ‘grace period’ for adopting community practices‚ also known as enculturation. However‚ the newcomer may lose the authority bestowed upon them‚ if they do not quickly learn how to ‘talk the talk‚ or walk the walk.’ Finally‚ Wardle provides her readers a study regarding Alan’s experiences with learning to write in a new

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    plan to resist the negative trend. This essay argues that students plagiarize mainly because they lack skills to paraphrase and quote well‚ and they don’t have a unanimous understanding of what constitutes plagiarism. It is further argued that enculturation is the best way to avoid plagiarism. Basically‚ the vast majority of students are aware that they should act as good students. Early from primary school‚ teachers had taught them to do homework independently‚ and copy others’ homework would

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    Mastery 100% Questions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. What is one of the reasons that enculturation is considered as a barrier to critical thinking? A. Because people vary in degree to which they use their attributes. B. Because our psychological world is shaped by our exposure to cultural and genetic forces. C. Because our upbringing shapes our emotions which can distort our thinking. D. Because enculturation is a continuous process. Correct: The Correct Answer is: C. 2. If you accept only

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    CHAP 1 – What is Anthropology 1. Which of the following is not true about Franz Boas? A. He is considered the Founding Father of American Anthropology B. He collected anthropological data on the Inuit (Eskimos) C. He opened the first anthropology department in the U.S. at Columbia University. D. He was a German-born‚ Jewish person until the Hitler regime E. Based on his anthropological data‚ Boas determined that there was no such thing as “race” and therefore no basis for concepts

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    suit us rather than biologically adapting to them Culture converts biological needs into practices‚ beliefs and customs Defining cultures single biggest debate in anthropology Characteristics of Culture Culture is learned - via enculturation Enculturation - The process by which you learn your culture Culture is shared - makes culture predictable Culture is integrated - all components come together to function as a whole AIM - American Indian Movement * Culture is Abstract/Symbolic Culture

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    humanities and science • Anthropologists do agree on characteristics of culture Characteristics All Cultures Share • Made up of learned behaviors • Learning culture is continuous process • Cultures are learned through the process of enculturation • They all involve the use of language and symbols—things that stand for something else Characteristics of Culture • Elements of culture have some logical relationship to one another • In some ways‚ members of a culture share values

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    Thinking Identify three barriers that influence your thinking and write at least 100 words for each‚ describing how you can overcome them Three barriers that influence my thinking would have to be enculturation‚ Self-serving Bias‚ and emotional influences. I can try to overcome enculturation by thinking about how everyone is different and accepting it. Everyone is raised differently with different values instilled upon them. Just because my family raised me one way to believe in certain

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    sound‚ responsible decisions in life. The three Barriers that effect myself the most would have to be Enculturation‚ Stress‚ and Ego defenses. These are barriers that can effect anyone given the situation. There can be both positive and negative influences lurking everywhere‚ and we must “Watch out for the puppeteer” as we have learned this week. We must recognize the extent of which enculturation effects our lives‚ and the way that we think. We need to not automatically assume that something is

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    Barriers to Critical Thinking Shirley Borchardt HUM/114 Enculturation According to Kirby and Goodpaster (2006)‚ enculturation is the values and preferences that an individual is taught from birth by his or her culture. I have realized that I know very little about other cultures. I have also realized that many of my beliefs are built upon my cultural upbringing with very little research put into these beliefs to verify their validity. I identify myself as a Christian but why am I a Christian

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    Culture Paper There is definitely an impact of the mass media on enculturation‚ a process by which one learns about the culture surrounding them and then accepts it as a norm. In other words a person brought up in a certain part of town in which is dominated by a certain culture and in order to fit in whether you deliberately or unintentionally start acting‚ talking‚ dressing and accepting it as normal for you would be enculturation. The mass media influences targeted cultures by television‚ radio

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