CHAP 1 – What is Anthropology 1. Which of the following is not true about Franz Boas? A. He was a German-born‚ Jewish person until the Hitler regime 2. The American Anthropological Association (or AAA) acknowledges the public service role provided by anthropology by recognition of which of the following dimensions of the field? B. cultural anthropology or allied 3. What is the most critical element of cultural traditions? C. Their transmission through learning
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In the mid 1800’s the US was in a state of rapid expansion westward. There was territory that had not been developed in the western United States‚ and as the population grew in the United States‚ people wanted to move to where they could own land. The expansion of the railroads‚ including railroads that spanned the entire United States‚ helped accelerate this movement. However‚ there were also multiple Native American tribes that had territory out west. As the population expanded westward‚ the Native
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Case Analysis # 1 EuroDisney- Disney Land Paris 1. What factors lead to EuroDisney’s poor performance during its first year of operation? EuroDisney had a disastrous first year in Paris‚ France. There were many reasons that contributed to the horrible start. I am going to discuss six reasons why I think EuroDisney had such a hard time adjusting in Europe. 1. It was cheaper for European families to travel to Disney World in Orlando‚ FL. Not only was the trip to Orlando going to be cheaper
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on three Social Concepts which are Culture Shock which means a feeling of surprise and disorientation that people experience when they encounter cultural practices that are different from their own. The Second Concept the film talked about was Ethnocentrism which is the tendency to assume that ones culture and way of life represents the norm or are superior to all others. The third concept Bilingualism which refers to the use of two languages in a particular setting such as a workplace‚ schoolroom
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decisions. Xenophobia is the intense dislike or fear of foreigners which brought me to realize why Americans want immigrants to leave and the close the borders‚ no matter what the cost. But‚ in all reality‚ the wall will symbolize nationalism and ethnocentrism‚ which stems from yet again‚ Xenophobia. Xenophobia is not just
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Religion negatively influences the United States’ government. Throughout the history of the U.S.‚ government has constantly been influenced by Christianity. It started when Europeans came over and tried to colonize the U.S.‚ and it is still continuing today in our government. Many people from all over the world leave their country and come to the United States "The Land of the Free‚" in hope for a new and better life. They leave for many reasons like harsh living conditions or from a
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Question 1 1. Following C. Wright Mills‚ sociologists refer to breaking free from the immediacy of personal circumstances and putting things in a wider social context as the: a. sociological imagination b. psychologization process c. emergence theory d. recognition of self e. accumulation of capital 1 points Question 2 1. According to the text‚ __________ involve constructing abstract interpretations that can be used to explain a wide variety of situations. a
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BA 205 section 002 Spring 2009 Chapter 1 and 2 Quiz B Multiple Choice 1. Making a clearly unethical or illegal choice is termed an: a. ethical lapse b. ethical dilemma c. ethical crime d. ethical misdeed ANSWER: a. An ethical lapse is the term used for a clearly unethical or illegal choice. DIFFICULTY: moderate; PAGE: 7; OBJECTIVE: 5; TYPE: concept 2. Miscommunication between cultures often occurs because a. the senders and receivers are encoding and decoding messages using the
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Question 1: What is Corporate Social Responsibility and how could this influence the organisational behaviour of ‘Breadtalk’? Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is where corporations or organisations are obliged to inter-relate their businesses with behaving in ethical and moral ways. It is where such corporations have notions towards having responsibility to the society that upholds them. Examples of ethical and moral ways varies from giving back to needy groups in terms of monetary funding
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SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF CRASH (2005) Sociology is the systematic study of human society and social interaction. Sociologists study these human societies and their interactions in order to develop theories of how human behavior is shaped by group life and how‚ in turn‚ group life is affected by individuals. Directed by Paul Haggis in 2005‚ crash is a movie full of sociological issues such as race‚ social class‚ and gender. Crash makes us see how group life is affected by individuals and how human
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