Discuss the pros and cons of learning about other cultures through written works and learning about other cultures by talking to individual members of those cultures.
What will be an ideal response?
Written materials can deal with many aspects of a culture that individuals may not bring up during a discussion, but may also be biased or outdated. On the other hand, individual members of a culture may provide insight and personal experiences that researchers from outside that culture may not have, but they may also have their own biases, may belong to co-cultures that are not representative of other co-cultures within their overall culture, and are unique individuals who do not speak for the whole culture.
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a. demographic
b. physiological
c. effective
d. target
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