others around them. Diversitiy is valued so we can learn from different cultures such as cooking‚ games‚ religious practices‚ medications‚ health care‚ and education if everyone was the same it would be a boring world What is ethnocentrism In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society Someone cant judge other cultures based on their own culture lifestyle because other cultures have their own rules and their own norms. Whats normal for one society is not normal for all societies.
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Chapter 10 Social Significance of Race and Ethnicity - Race: people who share physical characteristics‚ such as skin color and facial features that are passed on through reproduction - social construction: a societal invention that labels people based on physical appearance. - Skin color‚ hair texture‚ and eye shape are examples of unequal treatment - Ethnic Group: a group of people who identify with a common national origin or cultural heritage that includes language‚ geographic roots‚ food
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other ants in the production. He uses his brain as opposed to learned behavior in order to try and assist the colony. His numerous inventions are advanced‚ yet still unrefined enough to go wrong. The other ants frown upon his differences showing ethnocentrism at it’s finest. Within their own culture‚ Flik is looked down upon. One could view Flik’s intelligence as a mutation of the ant colony‚ but an even better example is that of the grasshopper’s psychotic mutation known as Thumper. Thumper is used
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Peace Corps Memo: Successful Intercultural Communication As a Peace Corps Volunteer it is essential to learn the Intercultural Communicative Competence‚ a composite of abilities fundamental to perform and interact effectively with other cultures (Fantini‚ 2005). When we asked our previous Peace Corps volunteers on how they first felt about interacting with others from different cultures‚ they replied that they have fears of miscommunication and judgment (Dupraw & Axner‚ 1997). In order to communicate
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Daughter from DaNang Holly E. Brown Grand Valley State University Micro Assessment The majority of developmental theories say that children must develop a secure primary attachment in order to develop in a healthy manner. A secure and strong attachment is clearly essential for healthy future relationships. John Bowlby’s studies in childhood development led him to the conclusion that a strong attachment to a caregiver provides a necessary sense of security and foundation. Without such a relationship
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Revolution 6. Where does the archaeological evidence gathered by Lois and Mary Leakey suggest the earliest humans developed? (1) Great Rift Valley (3) Amazon rain forest (2) Himalaya Mountains (4) Philippine archipelago 7. Ethnocentrism is best defined as (1) the belief that one’s culture is superior to all others (2) military preparation for a civil war (3) love and devotion to one’s country (4) a belief in one god 8. Which pair of belief systems share a belief
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are also consider cultural minorities instead of religious minorities. (pp 251-253) ▪ Prejudice and Discrimination Prejudice- an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge‚ thought‚ or reason. ~Ethnocentrism- the tendency to assume that one’s own culture and way of life represent norm or are superior to all others. Discrimination- unfair treatment of a person‚ racial group‚ minority‚ etc; action based on prejudice or other arbitrary reason.
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Situated Knowledge and Power Essay #3 Michele Foucault said “modern forms of power are discursive and discreet.” He believed that power is crafted through language and the practices in which language is entrenched. Donna Haraway‚ like Foucault‚ thinks about power in a post-structuralist way‚ believing that it exist everywhere and shapes our reality. Both Foucault and Haraway see knowledge as a form of power‚ through knowledge institutions are able to control and define what truth is. Haraway
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In Kathleen M. Higgins work The Music of Our Lives she discusses her theory on how music positively benefits us‚ not only as a culture‚ but an individuals. She opens her writing by elaborating two very profound quotes on the importance of music‚ one by Plato and the other Confucius. Both quotes‚ alone with Higgins words‚ come to the conclusion that music is a central tool in promoting harmony in the soul and connecting our cross cultural society. Kathleen M. Higgins than goes on to compare the
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intangible and tangible accumulation of symbolic elements and actions‚ whilst habitus is the embodiment of the symbolic elements and actions which explain the development of the individual. With these theories Bourdieu attempts to move away from ethnocentrism by providing theoritical bases to follow that will help the anthropologist remain focused on the culture at hand. Bourdieu’s theories delve into the intricate details and foundations that make up a society not just the surface level behaviours
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