...The San Kinship System and Its Impact Upon San Culture Terry Barnes ANT 101 Prof. Cecil Hicks November 29, 2011 The San Kinship System and the It’s Impact upon San Culture The San Culture is interesting, and its kinship bbehaviors are varied. In this paper, I will first share information about the hunters and gathers know as the San or Bushman who live in the of the Kalahari Desert in South Africa. Second, I will Identify and describe their kinship system, briefly describe their culture, and identify three specific examples of how the San’s Kinship System impacts the way they behave, think, act, and live. Lastly, I will compare and contrast a specific San Kinship behavior to American society, and give details that describe whether or not this same behavior has an impact on my life. In Cultural Anthropology, by Nowark and Laid (2010), I learned about the unique aspects and structure of the San Kinship System. Kinship involves how people classify each other, the rules that affect people's behavior, and people's actual behavior. In the San kinship system, both family and kinship relationships are recognized and valued through the practice of marriage, sharing, and generalized reciprocity. Kinship also means time for socializing with kin and friends. Meals are prepared with the items from everyone’s hunting and gathering which allows everyone to share equally in what has been made available. Food is distributed until everyone is sufficiently supplied. Generalized...
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...The field of social psychology is greatly interested in the study of feelings, thought and actions of people in social setups. Conversely, it also looks at the effects of other people on those feelings, actions and thoughts. It also deals with the behavior of individuals in groups and group behaviors themselves. Social psychology employs a scientific perspective in terms of how people think about others, how they relate with others and how they influence each other. The perception of our own self in relation to the world surrounding us plays a very vital role in the way we make our choices, how we behave in various contexts and the beliefs we hold dearly to ourselves. On the other hand, the opinions we get from others also have an impact on our behavior and the way we view ourselves. Our study of social psychology will better our understanding of the way groups affect how we behave and how our interactions are based on our own social perceptions . Our social behaviors are directed towards achieving certain goals, may it be short term or long term. Some of these goals include the need to maintain social connections, the feeling of gaining a better understanding of ourselves and others, the need to have protection and the wish of establishing companionship with other people. The acting self is divided into two, though both parts work together to achieve a unified totality. There is the legislative branch which is self-identity and the executive branch that constitutes self-entity...
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...are negative and some that are positive. The environment also affects human behavior. Negative effects of human behavior can be seen in animal extinction, climate change, pollution, noise, and deforestation, just to name some. Protecting the ozone layer, conserving earth’s resources such as; water and power, and protecting endangered animals are some of the ways that human behavior has a positive effect on the environment. When something in the environment triggers important information or causes a reaction it is known as an environmental cue. Environmental cues often affect human behavior. Environmental Impact Humans cannot possibly avoid impact of the environment; just existing creates an impact on the environment. However that impact can be positive. The negative impact that humans have on the environment is the main concern today and causes concern for the future. Humans have changed the environment by making adaptations to make living more comfortable. However humans don’t always consider the consequences for the behaviors they exhibit (Derreby, 2011). Environmental Cues Steg (2013) describes environmental cues as environmental elements that trigger a reaction or send information that is important. Environmental cues signal humans to behave in sync with social norms or to engage in a specific action, however the response depends on the individual responds to the cue. Recycling is a great example of how human behavior is affected by environmental cues. Many towns...
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...(1) He is explaining that music is something very powerful and has the ability to affect us in many ways. I agree with what Socrates is saying; and will be arguing that music is an array of sounds combined in harmony, as an expression of emotion to influence you as a person. Music plays a variety of roles in our everyday lives, it can be background noise, a course you take in school, or something big...
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...A2 Ethics “Freewill is an illusion” Hard determinist John Locke believed “freedom is an illusion” as we appear to have moral choices, but we only think we choose freely because we do not know the causes that lie behind our choices. Free will and the importance of this suggestion are highly negotiated throughout history. Many philosophers hold different views regarding this suggestion “freewill is an illusion” and many are questioned due to this. Locke maintained that all actions have prior causes and humans are not free to act, our acts are determined. Everything we do is caused by something we cannot control. He illustrates his point of view by describing a sleeping man in a locked room, awakening and deciding to remain where he is, not realising the door in the room is locked. The illustration suggests that the man believes that he has a choice but he has no choice at all in reality. Hard determinism can be seen as a pessimistic view as events that have changed history such as the holocaust are seen as predetermined events therefore no one can be held blameworthy as Hitler was determined by prior causes to do as he did. Hitler does not have diminished responsibility, as he didn’t have a mental illness but he may have been in an extreme emotional state, he should be blameworthy for what he did but hard determinists appear to think differently. Does Hitler have diminished responsibility? As it could be suggested...
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...rarely a one time thing. Bullying is not only physical but also verbal and in today’s times it is also cyber. 1.2) CAUSES RACISM * Xenophobia, the fear of people who are different. The element of xenophobia is present in racism. * Fear of sharing power with other groups of people. * Lack of empathy- Empathy is the ability to put oneself in the shoes of another person, and understand and feel what that person is going through. BULLYING * To get power, they think if you push people around and make them do what you want them to do you will be noticed. The * Some people have problems at home and want to take their feelings out on others and so they bully. * Some people just have an aggressive personality, and low self-confidence issues 1.3) IMPACT: ON THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES: RACISM * It separates communities because some people cannot except people of different races living together thus drive a wedge between people in the community. * Racism does not allow for a collective contribution of its citizens, which I believe to be a critical component of a communities development and success. If a class of people is not allowed to be educated, they cannot make important contributions to society in technological and medical arenas. The denial of quality education to certain groups of people only serves to obstruct the economic progress of a...
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...Loneliness affects everyone at one time or another. Loneliness changes the way a person thinks and behaves . Loneliness can occur due to minority of gender, colour or not enough companionship. Steinbeck shows us how Candy, Crooks and Curleys wife experience loneliness. He also demonstrates how George and Lennie do not show loneliness but how they show companionship. Candy, Crooks and Curleys wife are all lonely for different reasons. Candy being disabled and old makes it hard for him to make friends and socialize. Crooks, being “coloured” makes him feeling as a minority. No one talks to him and he gets suspicious to anyone who tries to make friends with him. Curleys Wife is lonely because she is the only female on the ranch. Not only she lonely because there is no women to talk to but also because no men will talk to her because they are scared they will get in trouble. This shows how Steinbeck characterizes loneliness amongst different sorts of characters throughout the novel Loneliness in Candy, due to his age and disability. Candy is an old, physically disabled swamper who has worked in the ranch for the majority of his life. Candy has an incident on the ranch which causes him to loose an arm. This leaves him with a pile of cash and a pile of loneliness. Candy cannot work properly and therefor cannot socialize with the other workers on the ranch. Candy,”at his heels walked a drag footed sheepdog , gray muzzle with pale blind old eyes” Candy's dog is the only company he...
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...existence of different value systems and multiplicity of subcultures in a multicultural or plural society or any other setting. Cultural diversity therefore calls for people to appreciate other people’s culture by respecting their way of life and the way they perform their different rituals, taboos and other cultural practices (Lee, et al, 2011). One of the most important developments in the history of Human service has been the realization that many overall markets are up of significantly different groups Culture may be defined as ‘ The way of life of a people ,including their attitudes , values , beliefs , arts, sciences, modes of perception , and habits of thought and activity .Culture defines how individuals live and behave in an environment and how their perceptions are shaped which affect the mutual relationship between both the individuals who are part of that environment and those who interact with that environment .For organizations , cultural differences are becoming more and more important . With globalization, workforce diversity has increased and cultural impacts are shaping organization‘s performance. These cultural differences have profound impact over Human service practices such as training; staffing, mergers and acquisitions .How culture influences Human services practices Differences in cultures affect many organizational variables. For instance, cultural differences are barriers to effective communication in organizations. Barriers caused by semantics, that is...
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...main points in the chapter how group membership affects an individual, how being social influences how we think about ourselves and others, what attitudes are and how they are acquired, persuasion and cognitive dissonance, social influence and power, mere presence, conformity, compliance, obedience, brainwashing and self assertion. Social thinking and social influence is something that we are all affected by whether we realize it or not and many of the concepts that shed light on this subject are quite interesting. We are all born into an organized society and thus we all belong to some sort of social group. Within that group we all have certain social roles we play. Some of these roles we take on voluntarily and some involuntarily. Role conflicts sometimes take place when our roles conflict with one another, such as a police officer having to arrest an acquaintance. Structure and cohesion are two important dimensions to any group. Every group whether formal or informal has a sort of structure, the group cohesiveness determines the attraction to stay in the group. People mainly identify with their in groups, and cohesiveness is especially strong in these in groups. There are many factors that determine our in groups, such as age, race, religion, income etc… Then there are our out groups, which are groups we do not identify with. The position a person has within these social groups also determines social status. We are also affected by group...
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...page, a reference page a visual aid and a table of contents. In this paper I will discuss how Cultural beliefs influence health-related behavior all the time, and how cultural beliefs are also reflected in a society’s health care system. They also account for most of the life and hope we maintain today as human beings. How western medicine had contributed to the social benefit of mankind, thanks to scientist and researchers of modern medicine Care means that the patient should be treated as a human being, with a life beyond the hospital and a meaning beyond the medical world. I will also discuss what need to be done so as to make it easy and comfortable for diverse patients and their care providers Abstract Western medicine by its nature treats patients as medical objects, a entity. Biomechanical Patients are detached from their own lives and life stories and physically taken from their home settings into the unfamiliar setting of a hospital, to be treated by different specialists. But patients often resist this treatment in a number of ways and the resulting conflicts express themselves as "ethical problems." Given the cultural and economic gaps between health care providers and patients, it is not surprising we often make moral judgments on the behavior of patients. Even if we deny the reality of the situation, as health care providers we must understand that we are ethnocentric. Health care providers adhere rigidly to the western system of health...
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...culture of society, Explain how culture affects all aspects of international management? Culture A set of shared values, understandings, assumptions, and goals that are learned from earlier generations, imposed by present members of a society, and passed on to succeeding generations. A critical skill for managing people and processes in other countries is cultural savvy that is, a working knowledge of the cultural variables affecting management decisions. Managers have often seriously underestimated the significance of cultural factors. According to numerous accounts, many blunders made in international operations can be attributed to a lack of cultural sensitivity. Examples abound. Scott Russell, senior vice president for human resources at Cendant Mobility in Danbury, Connecticut, recounts the following An American company in Japan charged its Japanese HR manager with reducing the workforce. The Japanese manager studied the issue but couldn’t find a solution within cultural Japanese parameters; so when he came back to the Americans, he reduced the workforce by resigning—which was not what they wanted.. Cultural sensitivity, or cultural empathy, is an awareness and an honest caring about another individual’s culture. Such sensitivity requires the ability to understand the perspective of those living in other (and very different) societies and the willingness to put oneself in another’s shoes. International managers can benefit greatly from understanding the nature...
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...between reality and people: “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed, without changing our thinking.”” (Dalcher, 2013, pg. 2). It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us, by First Lady Hillary Clinton, greatly encompasses this ideal of changing our philosophies, regarding children and their development. In the novel, Clinton empowers us with her vision of better developmental resources for children and encourages society to follow suite. The theme, or moral, of Hillary's book is that children are raised...
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...“Disgracing himself” This novel, “Disgrace” by J.M. Coetzee was such an outrageous novel for me. David Lurie was our main character; he was involved throughout the whole entire novel. David Lurie has many superior changes that occur to him in his life. As, we analyzed David Lurie is the main character in the novel, he acknowledges many terrific experiences, some were quite shocking and extremely intense. The author of this novel makes David Lurie’s personality seem very doubtful. There are many significant changes in David Lurie, especially how his personality creates new a character for him. Many major changes occur to David Lurie’s life, these affect him a positive manner. The changes occur and teach him not to make similar mistakes as previously...
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...of mutually interdependent people who have organized in such a way as to share a common culture and feeling of unity”. In other ways society consists of people, and culture consists of products that people create. Culture according to Giddens (2005:45) refers to “the pattern of human activity and the symbols, which give significance to this activity”. Culture is represented through the art, literature, costumes, customs and traditions of a community. Different cultures exist in different parts of the world. The natural environment greatly affects the lifestyle of the people of that region, thus shaping their culture. The diversity in the cultures around the world is also a result of the mindsets of people inhabiting different regions of the world. There are several components of human culture namely; symbols, language, values and beliefs, norms, and technology. Symbols are anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by people who share a culture. The simplest most everyday things are symbols for examples a wave of the hand can be a friendly gesture of hello. However, if not done properly with all the fingers in the upright position it can be a rude gesture and a great sign of disrespecattention to their surroundings. (XXXXXX) Language is a system of symbols that allows people to communicate with each other. Language can be words or sounds that are spoken or words that are written. Values are culturally defined standards by which people assess desirability, goodness...
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...Running head: COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Abstract Counseling has been in existence from the beginning of time. From Jethro to Freud, therapists and philosophers have been seeking insight into the core of human nature and cognitions. Cognitive-Behavioral therapy (CBT) recognizes that faulty cognitions and beliefs affect the behaviors of individuals. One method of cognitive-behavior therapy, reality therapy, incorporates the concepts of free choice and personal responsibility that are taught both in Scripture and Dr. William Glasser’s choice theory. Other aspects of CBT, such as cognitive restructuring and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), also work towards eliminating negativistic attitudes of clients in exchange for more effective and realistic methods for interpreting the situations experienced in daily life. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy It is suggested that an individual’s personality is a complex system of cognition, emotion, will, physiology, and spirituality. Hawkins proposes nine aspects of the human self to be active influences on one’s personality: “body, cognition, feelings, volition, human spirit, Holy Spirit, sin/flesh/SAS, temporal systems, and spiritual systems (Hawkins COUN507_BO1_200920). Each therapist individually determines what factors they believe to make up a person’s being. Larry Crabb views humans as involving both the physical and spiritual aspects of man...
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