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Peer reviewedSchopmeyer, Kim D. – Teaching Sociology, 1993
Asserts that central goal of sociology is to provide students with sociological perspective or the ability to reflect on their own society from a distance. Argues that ethnocentricism can be affected by an "insider's bias" and an "outsider's bias." Describes the use of Horace Miner's "Body Ritual of the Nacirema" as a…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Bias, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Differences
