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Define Cultural Relativity and Discuss How Ethnocentrism Works at Odds

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Define cultural relativity and discuss how ethnocentrism works at odds with those who support cultural relativity as an approach to understanding cultures other than one's own.


Definitions:

Lobotomies

A surgical procedure that was once used to treat mental illness by severing connections in the brain's prefrontal cortex.

Ventromedial Cortex

A region of the brain's frontal lobe involved in emotional responses, decision-making, and controlling impulsive behaviors.

Amygdala

A part of the brain crucial for emotional processing, especially for fear and pleasure responses.

Neocortex

The part of the brain involved in higher-order brain functions such as sensory perception, cognition, generation of motor commands, spatial reasoning, and language.

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