Cultural Background Paper SOC/100: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY Cultural Background Paper January 12, 2011 Margaret Wander CULTURAL BACKGROUND The term sociology first derived from the Greek word for the study of knowledge. Sociology is a social science view of society. Sociology emerged from enlightenment thought, shortly after the French Revolution, as a positivist science of society. Its origin owed to various key movements in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of
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(Ethnocentrism vs. Cultural Relativism) As a Sociologist, should we practice Cultural Ethnocentrism or Cultural Relativism? We must first understand the two distinct theories regarding perception of outside cultures: Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism. Ethnocentrism is judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture.[1] The ethnocentric individual will judge other groups relative to his or her own particular ethnic group or culture, especially with concern
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The San (“Bushmen”) People Luis M. Cruz ANT 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Megan Douglass April 1, 2013 The Photograph Below is of the San ("Bushmen") People, they reside in the Kalahari Desert of Southwest Africa and are known as one of the best hunting and gathering communities in the modern world, (Marshall, J, 2011). [pic] Source: by John Marshall copyright 2011 Documentary Educational Resources The
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Anthropology and Your Future Consider issues that are current in our own society today. Where will the application of an anthropological perspective be most effective? Consider and describe how the study of anthropology and its unique perspectives on human cultural behavior will most benefit you in your life and future career. Please use concepts and terminology from the text. Your initial response should be 150-200 words in length. Please support your claims with examples from the text
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My Cultural Upbringing Culture for me goes back to the beginning of my life, where I learned that boys don’t play with dolls or makeup. Fighting was the only way to solve a problem and to respect your elders no matter what. Homosexuality for males would get you out cast from the family and upon entering any home you had to remove your foot wear. “Societies exert a great deal of pressure on people to conform to the way things are done in that culture” (Sole, 2011, section 6.2). That type of pressure
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------------------------------------------------- Multicultural Competency Paper Dr. Rawls, Andre Multicultural Psychology / 535 May 07, 2014 Multicultural Diversity The information in the following paper will include answers to the following questions: what biases, perceptions, attitudes and beliefs might I hold about culturally different groups? How might these attitudes or perceptions influence my interaction with individuals who are culturally different from myself? How knowledgeable
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A religion is an organized collection of beliefs, cultural systems, and world views that relate humanity to an order of existence.[note 1] Many religions have narratives, symbols, and sacred histories that aim to explain the meaning of life and/or to explain the origin of life or the Universe. From their beliefs about the cosmos and human nature, people may derive morality, ethics, religious laws or a preferred lifestyle. According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions in the world
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Choose one of the frameworks for categorizing and comparing cultures from your reading. Summarize the framework and its main components for categorizing culture. Explain how you may implement this framework in a current or future professional setting. Explain the potential strengths and pitfalls of using this framework within your professional setting. The Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck framework identifies six dimensions of culture, problems that all societies face. The framework then offers three
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Bronislaw Malinowski and Anthropology In 1910 Bronislaw Malinowski came to London, England. Almost instantly he fell in love with the city and its social structure. He was fascinated by the aristocracy and wanted to be a part of this elite class but he lacked financial capability so he provided the only thing he can offer, his great intellect. He attended the London School of Economics and immersed himself into the field of Anthropology. It was during this time that Anthropology was considered to be
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Cultural Relativism Cultural relativism, or CR, is the view that good and bad are determined by the beliefs of a society, or in other words, moral principles are based upon the culture’s collective norms of what is good and bad. Normality is culturally defined. This implies that morality is a social construct and therefore the moral codes you hold, are a direct reflection of the societies codes in which you live. Further, the morals held by your society are not objective facts, but rather, varied
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