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    American photographer Stephanie Sinclair‚ writer Cynthia Gorney‚ and even myself as “Too Young to Wed” unfolded. Yet‚ what began as outward ethnocentrism gradually shifted toward a greater sense of cultural relativism as the topic invoked a collective desire to understand the context behind it. Firstly‚ Sinclair and Gorney conveyed a strong level of ethnocentrism: Gorney expressed the belief that “everybody involved…was simply evil‚” and likewise‚ Sinclair explicitly related her opinion to

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    Exploring Personality in the Indian Deodorant category Indian Deodorant category: A personality perspective The Deodorant market in India transformed from being a predominantly grey market to a market with severe competition among popular brands. Most of the deodorant brands have taken advantage of the progressive and cultural shift happening in India by appealing to hedonistic pleasures of using a deodorant with daring advertisements that appeal to the Id component of the personality of the target

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    Journal of International Business Studies (2006) 37‚ 525–543 & 2006 Academy of International Business All rights reserved 0047-2506 $30.00 www.jibs.net Cross-cultural competence in international business: toward a definition and a model James P. Johnson1‚ Tomasz Lenartowicz2 and Salvador Apud3 1 Crummer Graduate School of Business‚ Rollins College‚ Winter Park‚ USA; 2Deparment of Management‚ International Business and Entrepreneurship‚ College of Business‚ Florida Atlantic University

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    According to our textbook‚ communication is the process of sending and receiving messages with attached meanings (339). The key elements in the communication process include a source‚ receiver‚ and a communication channel. The source encodes an intended meaning into a message and the receiver decodes the message into a perceived meaning in which it may or may not give feedback to the source. The communication channel is the pathway through which messages are communicated. But from what I have learned

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    Culture is the medium through which people communicate their beliefs‚ values‚ and morals. Inserting one’s own culture in place of someone’s pre-existing culture is the basis of ethnocentrism. People have repeatedly become victims of deculturalization‚ especially in the United States‚ and by analyzing this ethnocentrism one learns the importance of sustaining different cultures in society. There are many methods of deculturalization‚ such as segregation‚ isolation‚ and forced change of language

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    lecture on the due date. (more instructions will be provided in tutorials) How does it work? You must write a 3-4 page critical summary of 1 (one) of the following required reading articles from weeks 1-6: Miner‚ Horace. “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema” Geertz‚ Clifford. “Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight.” Rylko-Bauer‚ Barbra‚ Merrill Singer and John Van Willigan. “Reclaiming Applied Anthropology: Its Past Present and Future.” Murray‚ David. Bajan Queens‚ Nebulous Scenes: Sexual

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    c. stay the same. d. double. 2. When belief in the inheritance of behavior patterns is coupled with the feeling that certain groups are inherently superior to others it is called a. racism. b. ethnocentrism. c. prejudice. d. racial formation. 3. The hierarchical system for possession of wealth‚ prestige‚ or power is called a. ethnic groups. b. stratification. c. age.

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    commitment to the land where they were born and to represent the needs of all the citizens whenever they hold any position of authority. School activities that encourage ethnic groups to maintain ties with Mother India and Mother Africa and encourage ethnocentrism will prove counterproductive”. Discuss this statement and argue your position. “The foundation of every state is the education of its youth”- Unknown Schools have been used as an avenue to encourage social control from many centuries ago whether

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    factor that impedes the communication of a message is known as interference. | | | | 15 | CORRECT | | ____________ is the belief that one’s own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures. | | | | | A) | Ethnocentrism

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    ANTH 130 STUDY GUIDE EXAM # 1 * Anthropological “levels” of analysis 1. Micro-level analysis: * Individual to individual‚ face to face‚ smallest unit * “Primary relation”‚ intimate‚ ends in itself * Actions‚ relations within larger organization 2. Macro-level analysis: * Large scale‚ impersonal‚ subjects don’t appear * Historical‚ cultural‚ epochal‚ institutional * May be called “structural analysis” * Culture 1. Book Definition: * A system of

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