each other's differing cultural perspectives. ETHNOCENTRISM Problems in business communication conducted across cultures often arise when participants from one culture are unable to understand culturally determined differences in communication practices, traditions, and thought processing. At the most fundamental level, problems may occur when one or more of the people involved clings to an ethnocentric view of how to conduct business. Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's own cultural group is
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Anthropology 201G Fall 2013 Four fields Cultural —ethnographers, ethnologists, (cultural Relativism, ethnocentrism) Physical (biological)—Paleontologists, primatologists, human biologists, Linguistics (Language studies) Archaeology (Past cultures) Evolution: Darwin, Lyell, Linneaus Genotypes, Phenotypes, Dominance, Recessive, Heterozygous, Homozygous, Punnett Squares Tt x Tt Evolutionary Theory—Four Forces --Mutation, Gene Drift, Gene Flow, Natural Selection
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Psychology 305: Psychology of Personality Activity 3. |Key Terms | | |Aggregation and Reliability | | |Cross-Situational Consistency | | |Situationalist Critique
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Martin would not have been heard in their pleas for justice in their sons’ death because of their placement in society and lack of power. The Treyvon Martin case is an example of the role of social comparison. Zimmerman being an example of ethnocentrism where being Hispanic had his own group of values that he based his decision on in reference to Treyvon Martin being a threat to the community. Bibliography Deggans, E. (2012). Why ethics and diversity matter: The case of Trayvon Martin coverage
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communities r Japanese Americans were the top group, in terms of numbers in 1970; what’s happened to their overall ranking now, and why? r Significance of TWLF strike at San Francisco State Week 2: BASIC CONCEPTS r Prejudice r Ethnicity r Ethnocentrism r Acculturation r Assimilation r Pluralism r Separatism/separatist identity r Four types of discrimination Week 3 & 4: IMMIGRATION r Significance and effects of US legislation laws, including but not limited to: o Chinese Exclusion Act of
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2. Cultural Anthropologists must use a variety of methods in order to gain the native point of view while studying culture, especially when it's a culture separate from their own. While "in the field" anthropologists must refrain from analyzing a culture from their own cultures point of view. By doing so, an anthropologist will better understand the culture from which they are learning and not only that, but will have unbiased, more accurate results. If an anthropologist were to observe and study
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|The difference among groups of people and individuals based of race, authenticity, | | |gender, language. religion. | |Ethnocentrism |The tendency to assume that one’s culture and way of life are superior to all others. | |Melting pot |Diverse racial or ethnic groups or both, forming a new creation, a new cultural entity.|
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production to 3rd Party manufactures based largely in Asia. This is important because it makes us question the quality of gear because it is made in countries that are way much poorer than us. This is also bad because some buyers that believe in Ethnocentrism, which rather buy the products made in their own country because they believe they are superior to others. (http://www.waronwant.org/attachments/Adidas%20briefing.pdf) * Adidas does not have as many commercials as their competitor Nike. This
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Case Study 2 1. What factors contributed to EuroDisney’s poor performance during its first year of operation? What factors contributed to Hong Kong Disney’s poor performance during its first year? Visitors to the park were reluctant to spend $280.00 a day to enjoy the park attractions. Its hotel rooms were much more expensive than top hotels in Paris. Airfares were cheaper to Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida compared to Paris. The weather was also much better in sunny Florida. French visitors
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as movie reviews, discussion boards, article research, key words, and the like. Students will include at least five sources from outside of the coursework to supplement the paper. The paper must show how pluralism, diversity, multiculturalism, ethnocentrism, racism, and assimilation are elements of American society. GUIDELINES • Your paper should be 6 to 8 pages (2200 – 2500 words) and should cover the directives already given. • You should follow accepted research approaches and citation format
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