Challenge: Can you solve this word puzzle even if you do not have the book by Kottak?
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| 2 | Human beings have a uniquely developed capacity to use these signs that have no necessary or natural connections to the things they stand for or signify; anthropologist Leslie White said culture was dependent on being able to use such signs | |
| 3 | The transmission of information about ourselves to others through expressions, stances, gestures, and movements | |
| 4 | The whole set of feelings about being in an alien setting and the ensuing reactions; at the roots of these feelings and reactions is the fact that in an unfamiliar cultural setting, one is without the ordinary, trivial (and therefore basic) cues of one's culture of origin | |
| 5 | The arrangement and order of words in phrases and sentences | |
| 6 | The stimulus-dependent, species-specific way in which non-human primates communicate | |
| 8 | The tendency to view one's own culture as the superior one and to apply one's own cultural values in judging the behavior and beliefs of people raised in other cultures | |
| 9 | A method of anthropological research that includes taking part in the events one is observing, describing, and analyzing | |
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| 1 | Long-term study of a community, region, society, culture, or other unit, usually based on repeated visits | |
| 7 | Something which all humans have and which is uniquely elaborated among humans and is passed on through enculturation; its internalized rules for conduct lead human beings to think and act in characteristic ways | |
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-- Howard Culbertson,
Phillip Kottak is a prominent anthropologist. He has authored several textbooks on cultural anthropology. Kottak's work has focused on cultural variation, globalization, and the interplay between culture and social institutions. He is known for his accessible writing style that makes complex anthropological concepts understandable to students and general readers alike.
Kottak has conducted research in various parts of the world, including Madagascar and Brazil. His work has helped shape how anthropology is taught and understood in academic settings.