ANTH 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Epistle To The Philippians, Depth Perception, Reinforcement
15 Nov 2016
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When we categorize colors, they come from western european culture: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet. Other cultures however view it differently: shona: cipsuka (red, orange, violet), cicena (yellow, green), citema (blue, bassa: ziza (red, orange, yellow), hui (green, blue, violet) smallest amount of color categories in other cultures. We fou(cid:374)d out a(cid:271)out this fro(cid:373) physi(cid:272)ia(cid:374)s i(cid:374) other (cid:272)ou(cid:374)tries a(cid:374)d they (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t pass (cid:272)olor blindness tests. A culture known as the hanunoo see green as 40 colors. They live in the philippians and generations ago their ancestors lived in a rainforest and so they could separate greens very well. In other cultures, color is more than just a phenomenon, but it could describe characteristics of things. Definition of culture is learned knowledge and behavior. All the information we learned as we grow up and how we are supposed to act with others. Cultures vary among different peoples, they all have their own unique set of behaviors and knowledge.
