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Wednesday 28 January 2009

Week 02 Day 03

 

 

Announcements

Hello, all.

Monday, February 2, is the end of the 2nd week of the semester. That day has implications for students. I would be grateful if you could take a minute out of your courses to remind students of the following. All take effect on Feb 2.

Thank you,

Jerry

1. Last day to add courses.
2. Last day to use permission numbers.
3. Last day to withdraw from a course with a W appearing on the transcript.
4. Last day to change a grading option.
5. Last day to apply for a degree.

These and other reminders are explained on the CLA SAAC web page at:
http://www.d.umn.edu/~clasa/main/index.php
Finally, as you are thinking about the end of the second week, please be reminded that under no circumstances should you allow a non-registered student to remain in your class. Each semester we receive petitions from students to add classes long after the end of the second week, in some cases as late as the 14th week. Please know that in almost every case I deny these petitions.

 

Features of the Day

about
Personality: All About Me
(60 min., 2003, DVD 206)

  • Questions on video, Personality: All About Me?
    (60 min., 2003, DVD 206)

    • Question: What do you think the difference(s) in results might be, if any, between the twins in the BBC video [Personality: All About Me] taking the BBC personality test in the a.m. and in the p.m. of the day of the experiment?


What's your personality type?

Find out with the "What Am I Like?" personality test
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/whatamilike/index.shtml>
BBC

Other Personality Tests
[for fun]

Great Pyrenean Mountain Dog
Great Pyrenean Mountain Dog

What Breed of Dog Are You?

 

  • Possible results include:

    • Big Thinker (Spontaneous + Ideas + Heads + Extrovert)
    • Counsellor (Planner + Ideas + Hearts + Introvert)
    • Go-getter (Spontaneous + Facts + Heads + Extrovert)
    • Idealist (Spontaneous + Ideas + Hearts + Introvert)
    • Innovator (Spontaneous + Ideas + Hearts + Extrovert)
    • Leader (Planner + Ideas + Heads + Extrovert)
    • Mastermind (Planner + Ideas + Heads + Introvert)
    • Mentor (Planner + Ideas + Hearts + Extrovert)
    • Nurturer (Planner + Facts + Hearts + Introvert)
    • Peacemaker (Spontaneous + Facts + Hearts + Introvert)
    • Performer (Spontaneous + Facts + Hearts + Extrovert)
    • Provider (Planner + Facts + Hearts + Extrovert)
    • Realist (Planner + Facts + Heads + Introvert)
    • Resolver (Spontaneous + Facts + Heads + Introvert)
    • Strategist (Spontaneous + Ideas + Heads + Introvert)
    • Supervisor (Planner + Facts + Heads + Extrovert)

 

Orientation to the course
(slides)

Requirements
(Summary Page)

Major Characteristics of Anthropology
(slides)

    1. culture: as a primary concept
      • learned
      • shared
      • transmitted from generation to generation
      • symbolic
      • integrated

    2. comparative methods: as major approaches to the study of human behavior development and structure

    3. holism: or the study of "humankind" as a whole, as a primary goal of anthropology

      • The approach used in this class emphasizes the "holistic" anthropological view which combines observations of "culture" and behavior with considerations of the physical and developmental aspects of humans.


Recommendations on studying for this course

The Midsemester Exam will be on Monday, 1 March 2010

  • Discussion of the term paper will be discussed next week, Day 05. In the meantime, have a look at the webpages below to get one or more ideas for your term paper.

for your research papers try the
UMD Library > Research Tools and Resources > Assignment Calculator
<http://www.d.umn.edu/lib/assign/>

Assignment Calculator available online from the UMD Library.

Term Paper is due by Friday, 30 April 2010, 11:59 p.m.,
( from today)

Paper is due to WebDrop
at
<https://webdrop.d.umn.edu>

UMD Library Assignment Calclulator.

 

Old Business

  • Next time
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Assignments

  • Ch. 2, "Cross-Cultural Research: Scope and Methods," pp. 25-37
 

Notes

  • Monday 26 January 2009: Viewed Personality: All About Me (60 min., 2003, DVD 206)
  • Wednesday 28 January 2009: Finished Orientation to the course (slides) and Major Characteristics of Anthropology (slides) up through "Critical Cultural Relativism" ca. #92

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Monday 2 February 2009

Week 02 Day 04
nlt 02:42 Video: "Psychological Anthropology"
Faces of Culture Series, Part 5
(30 min., 1994, VC 2466, pt. 5)

 

Announcements

  • PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -- America's most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, declared that the country will have six more weeks of winter.


  • The Super Bowl and Culture and Personality:

It's SuperBowl Time ...

Martin J. Gannon's Metaphorical Analsis of The United States:

1999 U.S. Commemorative Stamp featuring the 1960 Green Bay Packers.




Brain scan during SuperBowl ad.

Watching a woman playing American football with her friends in a Michelob beer ad
triggered the brain's empathy centre (shown by arrow) to fire in women only
(Image: Jonas Kaplan)
NewScientist
(07 February 2006)

Features of the Day

Last time, with Personality: All About Me
(60 min., 2003, DVD 206), we had a look at one of the major concepts/subjects, personality. Today we're going to have a look at a thumbnail history of culture and personality studies within anthropology ...

nlt 02:42 video:
"Psychological Anthropology"
Faces of Culture Series
, Part 5

[fka "Culture and Personality"]
(30 min., 1994, VC 2466, pt. 5)

Review of viewing guide for video: "Psychological Anthropology"

Other Culture and Personality presentations from the Faces of Culture Series include "Alejandro Mamani: A Case study in Culture and Personality," from the Faces of Culture I series, Part 6 (30 min., 1994)

   

Old Business

  • Major Characteristics of Anthropology (slides) "People Live in Mutiple Worlds" ca., #93
return to scheduled features of the day

Assignments

  • Ch. 2, "Cross-Cultural Research: Scope and Methods," pp. 37-52
 

Notes

  • Wednesday 28 January 2009: Finished Orientation to the course (slides) and Major Characteristics of Anthropology (slides) up through "Critical Cultural Relativism" ca. #92
  • Monday 2 February 2009: Covered Major Characteristics of Anthropology (slides) up through end of metaphorical analysis; do three main debates next time. Reviewed concepts/terms from "Psychological Anthropology" Faces of Culture Series, Part 5 [fka "Culture and Personality"] (30 min., 1994, VC 2466, pt. 5), through "enculturation"; finish terms next time.
 
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