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Anthropology Study Set Graded A+ What is the definition of Anthropology? ️The study of all humans, in all places, at all times Define Cultural Relativism ️The idea that a person's beliefs should be understood based on their own culture What is ethnocentrism? ️The belief that one's own cultural beliefs and practices are the only proper ones Like a prison for the mind What is a "well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world"? ️A scientific theory W...

Interpersonal communication final Questions And Answers 2024 A perfectly worded "I" message delivered with total sincerity will ensure that the other person will not get defensive... T/F ? - answerfalse "No" is so clear and short that it is one of the few words that is never misinterpreted in any intercultural exchange ... T/F ? - answerfalse a formal language culture will have different vocabularies for different sexes, different levels of social status, different types of social occ...

Communication 184 Exam Chapters 7, 8, 9, 11embodied knowledge - correct answer routines, habits, tasks and information our bodies "understand" without conscious thought. ex. embodied knowledge - correct answer ex. riding a bike epistemology - correct answer giving attention to what our bodies tell us and observing what other's bodies tell us stigma (in relation to body language) - correct answer a mark of disgrace associated with a particular person (being closed off/crossing your ar...

Chapter 4 CDW Exam with Questions and Answers Verbal Communication ANSWER the use of language Polysemy ANSWER multiple meanings are associated with a given word, rather than just one unambiguous meaning denotative meaning ANSWER the identification of something by pointing it out ("that is a car") Sapir-Whorf hypothesis ANSWER the idea that it is the names and ideas of objects that make verbal distinctions and help you make conceptual distinctions rather than the other way around. ...

Sociology - Answer- Systematic study of society Sociological Perspective - Answer- A way of looking at the world through a sociological lens. Helps us to see the strange in the familiar. Seeing personal choice in social context. Auguste Comte - Answer- Thought the major goal of sociology was to understand how society operates. Proposed the idea of positivism- a way of understanding based on science. Emile Durkheim - Answer- Interested in the social factors that bond and hold people toge...

Counterculture refers to ________ - Answer- cultural patterns that oppose those that are widely held Cars, computers, and iPhones are all examples of which of the following? - Answer- material culture Subculture refers to ________ - Answer- cultural patterns that set off a part of a society's population As a part of human culture, religion is an example of ________ - Answer- nonmaterial culture The Sapir-Whorf thesis states that ________ - Answer- people see the world through the cu...

Sociology 205 Exam 1 With 100% Correct Answers 2023 High-income countries - Correct Answer-aka industrial countries; nations wit highly industrialized economies; technologically advanced industrial, administrative, and service occupations; high levels of national and personal income Sociology - Correct Answer-the systematic study of human society and social interaction Social facts - Correct Answer-Emile Durkheim's term for patterned ways of acting, thinking, and feeling that exist outsi...

sociological imagination correct answer: the ability to see how our experiences connect with structural arrangements of our society and the times in which we live Microsociology correct answer: the detailed study of what people say, do, and think moment by moment as they go about their daily lives. Macrosociology correct answer: focuses upon large-scale and long-term social processes of organizations, institutions, and broad social patterns Auguste Comte correct answer: The Founder ...

The word communication comes from the Latin "communicare" which means: a. "to speak with understanding" b. "to make common" c. "to form a community of believers" d. "to care for others" b. "to make common" Which of the following did NOT relate to the term "process?" a. continuous b. ongoing c. dynamic d. static d. static The accumulation of various types of mass communications (radio, television, newspapers, internet, etc.) into one medium is called: a. tec...

Interpersonal communication final Questions And Answers 2024 symbol - answerWord, sound, or visual image that represents something else, such as a thought, concept or object. referent - answerthing that a symbol represents. thought - answermental process of creating an image, sound, concept or experience triggered by a referent or symbol. denotative meaning - answerrestrictive or literal meaning of a word. connotative meaning - answerpersonal and subjective meaning of a word. linguistic...