Ethnocentrism

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    Stepping Outside of Your World

    Stepping Outside Your World The objective and goal behind stepping outside a person’s world or environment is to educate and familiarize an individual to other cultures and subcultures that encompass diversity. The essential idea is to investigate how and why various situations exist differently than a person’s own comfort zone and ideals. People will behave differently toward an individual who appears exactly like them versus an individual who may appear differently than they are. The environment

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    Antho Facts

    Metaphor Metaphorical Subject: * Domain of experience from the spiritual realm ( the lord ) that needs to be clarified Metaphorical Predicate: * Familiar domain of experience of everyday life that is used to clarify the subject Key Metaphor: * Can Serve as the foundations of a worldview Societal Metaphor: * World-View metaphor whose model for the world is the social order Organic Metaphor: * Applies the image of the body to social structures and institutions. Comparing

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    Consumer Behavior

    Chapter 1 Consumer behavior; The behavior that consumers display in searching for, purchasing, using evaluating and disposing of products, services and ideas. Personal vs. organizational consumers; Personal; the individual who buys services for his or her own use. Organizational; a business or government agency or other institution that buys goods, services and equipment necessary to function. Marketing concept – incl. embracing and implementation A company must determine the needs

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    Assess the Impact of Cotemporary Ideas of the Present State of Religion in the World.

    community in many cases, and the monotheistic religions have often been among the worst offenders on this score. The strong tendency to display hostility toward different religious positions is connected with a strong tendency toward xenophobia and ethnocentrism. The study of religion in the modern world calls for theories, approaches and methods that engage with the issues and processes that have affected the world within the last two hundred years, such as the impact of colonialism and subsequent postcolonial

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    Healthy Communities-Theory and Practice

    Base on the expert committee report on community health nursing of the World Health Organization “A community is a social group determined by the geographic boundaries and/ or common values and interests. Its members know and interact with one another. It functions within a particular social structure and exhibits and creates norms, values and social institutions” World Health Organization (WHO), 1974, p.7). However, the direct, hands-on clinical nursing care delivered to individuals or families

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    Introduction to Neoliberalism

    Introduction to Neoliberalism/Neoliberal Institutionalism The theory/theoretical framework that is used to examine cooperation between nation-states, which emphasizes the possibility of mutual gains Related terminology 1. Absolute gain: a theoretical option open to political actors based on the belief that decisions will benefit all organisations within a state and/or all member states within an intergovernmental organisation (IGO) Includes all aspects of cooperative behaviour between states;

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    Race & Community

    Introduction In analysis of diversity in my community, the race relations are moderate and tolerable in my neighborhood with exceptions. In recent years diversity has expanded to increase the importance and acceptability in non-controlled environments that allows personal growth in race relations within communities. The fundamentals of exposing oneself to the particulars of race challenges provide an interesting investigation to how current experiences are now different than ten years ago. The

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    Nanda and Warms, Bodley, Lee Study Guide

    differently Culture shock- The feelings of alienation, loneliness, and isolation common to a person who has been placed in a new culture - Overcoming culture shock is a process of learning (language, customs, and social organization). Ethnocentrism- Is the belief that one’s own culture is superior to any other. Cultural relativism- Anthropologists must believe that all cultures are of equal value and need to study them from a neutral point of view in order to understand how cultural practices

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    Freedom Writers

    Freedom Writers Self-concept is the entirety of one's beliefs and attitudes towards their personal existence. Many people, depending on life experience, feel they have superiority or are at a disadvantage because of the group they fall into. This is seen in the movie Freedom Writers, each and every student has their own perspective on their own self-concept. These students end up finding similarities between each other because they have some sort of connection but only find it once they learn and

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    Intro to Sociology

    Chapter 1 1. What is sociology? The study of people in groups. 2. What is the Sociological Imagination? The ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and the larger society. 3. For what is Auguste Comte known? The father of sociology. French philosopher. 4. When did sociology start? Industrial revolution in Europe. 5. What is Symbolic Interaction? Communication through words and gestures. 6. Who are the founders of Symbolic Interaction? European

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