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Yi-Chen

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on: Jul 10, 2018
What do anthropologists mean by the term cultural relativism?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Describe the comparative perspective.
 
  What will be an ideal response?


Carliemb17

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

This is the notion that one should not judge the behavior or beliefs of other peoples using the standards of one's own culture.

Answer to Question 2

This is the insistence by anthropologists that valid hypotheses and theories about humanity be tested with data from a wide range of cultures


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