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evolution of humans from millions of years ago. To take an anthropological approach anthropologist should not study participants using their values or a bias approach. The anthropological perspective includes cultural relativism, holism, and the etic and emic perspective which are all important when studying culture. When it comes to understanding diversity, the anthropological view can help understand the diversity amongst cultural groups. Anthropology incorporates the holistic approach to study

what is normal. For instance, a person that physically looks different or psychologically displays erratic behavior. These certainly are a few examples, of what can strike as different and apparent to most people. Another aspect to consider is emic vs. etic perspective which takes a look at inside perspective vs. outside perspective (Kahn, 2015). Others that perhaps may have been raised in an environment, where they were exposed to such differences, may view the before mentioned as the norm. Therefore

Among the many issues that face the counseling profession, counseling culturally diverse clients is one of the most challenging. Becoming culturally competent is a road that all counselors must travel in order to be truly effective. In order to successfully travel that road, counselors must have multicultural training with the intended destination being culturally competency. Cultural competence requires trainees to become aware of their own world views, their assumptions of human behavior, their

puts higher demands on students of an ethnic race, and incorporating culturally diverse learning styles can benefit all of the nursing students A3. As an example, incorporating into the nursing curriculum as well as into healthcare practice the emic and etic viewpoints of patients of the minority can be used as a way to see through a more culturally diverse lens

Qualitative research critique Donna Severin Prof. Cypress Nursing 302, Ways of Knowing: Nursing Research November 17, 2014   The article “Dance of the call bells, using ethnography to evaluate patient satisfaction with quality of care” suggest the Key phenomenon

experienced and viewed life in the past. One of the tenets of post-processualism is that they use the emic approach which means that an archaeologist approaches archaeological data with the purpose of understanding past peoples’ motivations and their conception of the world (Johnson 2010:83). My primary reason for choosing post-processualism over processualism is that it uses the emic rather than the etic approach which views the archaeological record from an outsider’s perspective. In truth, I find

Ruth Benedict once wrote, “The adequate study of culture, our own and those on the opposite side of the globe, can press on to fulfillment only as we learn today from the humanities as well as from the scientists.” (Benedict 2011). Anthropology, as a discipline, is concerned with what it means to be human and seeks to address this study by understanding past and modern cultures across the globe, as well as language, human biology, and our evolutionary history. Considering the rather holistic approach

Mikal Fikremariam Cultural Psychology Prof. Buckner The Complete Persepolis War. That is a word many adults and children in America have a picture of but have not lived through. America has been in a great deal of wars especially in the last hundred years but none of those wars were on American soil, with exception to pearl harbor. Marjane Satrapi has has grown up and lived through revolutionary Iran. The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a memoir discussing Marjane’s life during the Islamic

A journey usually takes you to a predetermined location, but a journey in any NYC subway line will take you for a spin around the world. Everyday, people from many different backgrounds make use of NYC transit Despite serving as a multicultural hub of possible human interaction, subway dwellers seldom engage in meaningful conversations with one another. Nonetheless, a form of silent interaction does prevail among travelers in the subway system everyday. Some themes I planned on observing at the start

Introduction As a young girl I have always enjoyed being around people in their time of needs as well as internal satisfaction by serving those that need my help. In my day to day nursing career, I have encountered several patients from different cultures and traditions. During my short time caring for people with diverse cultural background. I have learned that this population involves a lot of complex care; My nursing interventions focus not only on the patients ' physical needs, but also their