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“universe of discourse” for its members, a way in which people can interpret
their experience and convey it to one another. Without a common system of
codifying sensations, life would be absurd and all efforts to share meanings
doomed to failure. This universe of discourse — one of the most precious of all
cultural legacies — is transmitted to each generation in part consciously and in
part unconsciously. Parents and teachers give explicit instruction in it by
praising or criticizing certain ways of dressing, of thinking, of gesturing, of
responding to the acts of others. But the most significant aspects of any
cultural code may be conveyed implicitly, not by rule or lesson but through
modeling behavior. A child is surrounded by others who, through the mere
consistency of their actions as males and fema A. creating a universe of discourse. B. imitating the behavior of others, especially those of the previous generation. C. sharing the same experiences with other people. D. taking in the various information we’re given with no discrimination. [单项选择]
Attempts to understand the relationship between social behavior and health have their origin in history. Dubos (1969) suggested that primitive humans were closer to the animals (1) they, too, relied’upon their instincts to stay healthy. Yet some primitive humans (2) a cause and effect relationship between doing certain things and alleviating (3) of a disease or (4) the condition of a wound. (5) there was so much that primitive humans did not (6) the functioning of the body, magic became an integral component ofthe beliefs about the causes and cures of heath (7) Therefore it is not (8) that early humans thought that illness was caused (9) evil spirit. Primitive medicines made from vegetables or animals were invariably used in combination with some form of ritual to (10) harmful spirit from a diseased body. 我来回答: 提交
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