GEO 106 Lecture Notes - Koch Snowflake, Proxemics, Business Casual
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Pattison four traditions : the spatial tradition nature of location, space, distance, direction and orientation of human and environment they function in. Explain general patterns of human settlement and behavior: area studies tradition differentiating region or places based on given set of attributes. Describes unique attributes of places: human- land traditions how humans affect environment and vice versa. Interrelationships: earth studies tradition physical processes that constitute the planet (atmosphere, biosphere, lithosphere) Cultural relativity states the truths are relative and based on an individual interpretation of situation facts observations. Compares what we know or expect to be with what we perceive. Cognitive filters any situation we perceive is filtered by each of our preconceived sets of suppositions by our cultural biases and demographic attributes, personality to give diff interpretations of what we see. Ability to learn and integrate new concepts and constructs. Real world personality, geodemographics, ability, socio-economic, culture (filters) you and me us.