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The Tapestry of Culture, 8/e
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Learning Language and Culture

Learning Objectives

After finishing this chapter, students should be able to understand:
  • Understand the various stages of speech perception of infants and young children.
  • Understand the relationship between learning one's language and learning one's culture, including gender roles and appropriate behaviors.
  • Understand the uses and limitations of cross-cultural study of personality types.
  • Explore cross-culturally processes of enculturation and the connection between child-rearing and personality.
  • Understand how anthropologists study mental illness using a cross-cultural perspective.