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The comparative perspective in anthropology involves:
What is comparing cultural systems to highlight differences and challenge assumptions of what is "natural."
The study of what makes us human
What is anthropology
An unpleasant, even traumatic, feeling people get when the rules and understandings by which they have organized their lives no longer apply
What is culture shock
The holistic perspective in anthropology emphasizes:
What is the understanding of human societies as complex systems with interconnected elements that cannot be studied separately.
Most definitions of culture rely on this idea
What is a socially shred set of common symbols, learned as being a part of that society
Anthropology reminds us that International Studies is truly about
What are people
The empirical perspective relies on:
What is data and direct observation
The process by which members of a community pass on culture to new generations
What is enculturation
Ways that diffusion of ideas occur:
What is direct and indirect contact
Three words used to describe culture
What are symbolic, shared, learned
We aren’t born with culture but we can learn it through
What is informal learning, embodiment, formal learning
Understanding culture is crucial to understanding
What is human behavior
A level of everyday practices, an underlying level of reasons and logical explanations for these practices, underlying assumptions about how the world works
What are the levels of culture
Some groups resist joining the “melting pot” because of this
What is wanting to preserve their culture’s own unique characteristics
The flows of symbols across the global landscape, facilitated by transnational migration, new information technologies, global markets, which can lead to creativity and innovation but also to misunderstanding and conflict describe
What is intercultural relations