LANGUAGE EXPERIMENT

MY SUBJECT IS A 46 MONTH OLD (3 YRS 10 MONTHS),  NAMED CHACE AKA MY SON. THIS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE INTERESTING!

PART 1: 15 MIN NO SPOKEN LANGUAGE

AFTER I PICKED UP MY SON FROM SCHOOL I JUST SMILED AT HIM AS HER RAN UP TO ME AS USUAL AND HUGGED MY LEGS. HE SAID MOMMY I'M SLEEPY AND LIFTED HIS ARMS I JUST NODDED MY HEAD AND PICKED HIM UP AND CARRIED HIS HEAVY BUTT TO THE CAR. WE DROVE HOME AND HE SAID THIRSTY MOMMA! I POINTED TO THE FRIDGE IN THE GARAGE AND HE OPENED IT AND GRABBED A CAPRI-SUN, HE COULDN'T GET THE STRAW IN SO HE SAID HELP MOMMA I NODDED AND PUT THE STRAW IN FOR HIM. I WONDERED TO MYSELF THIS BOY HASN'T HEARD MY VOICE YET AND DOESN'T SEEM SERIOUS ABOUT IT AS LONG AS HIS NEEDS ARE MET! NEXT MY SON WATCHES DINO DAN WHILE I MAKE HIS SNACK CATCHING MY SELF BEFORE I SAID COME TO THE TABLE I WALED TO THE DEN AND SHOWED HIM THE FOOD AND SET IT ON THE TABLE SO HE COULD GO SIT DOWN. PROBLEM WAS HE DIDN'T WANT TO STOP WATCHING HIS SHOW AND COME EAT. NOW MENTALLY TICKED OFF I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE BOY TO LISTEN(W/O LISTENING TO ME) USUALLY MY MOMMA TONE WORKS TO GET HIM TO COOPERATE BUT I COULDN'T USE THAT SO I ENDED UP GIVING HIM HIS LUNCH ON THE COUCH..LOL! AND YES THERE WAS A MESS!

PART 2:15 MIN SPOKEN LANGUAGE

FINALLY I GOT MY VOICE BACK W/NO EXPRESSION AND GESTURE WHICH I'M TOTALLY USED TO WITH LITTLE ONES IN THE HOUSE! SO I ASK CHACE TO HELP ME CLEAN UP AFTER HIS LUNCH AND HE STANDS THERE WITH THAT CLUELESS TODDLER LOOK (IF YOUR A PARENT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN) I WANT TO MAKE A STERN FACE AND VOICE AND TELL HIM TO PICK UP HIS MESS BUT I SAY PLEASE HELP MOMMY AND START CLEANING SO HE CAN FOLLOW MY LEAD, DID I MESS UP AND GESTURE SINCE THIS IS SHOWING HIM WHAT TO DO *DARN* SO NOW HE JUMPING UP AND DOWN BECAUSE HE WANTS TO PLAY HIS GAME AND I SAID WAIT UNTIL YOU PUT YOUR DISHES IN THE SINK -IN MY ZOMBIE VOICE AND PERSONALITY-  SO I DON'T MESS THIS UP!  HE IS NOT TAKING ME SERIOUS-OH GOSH, THIS IS HARDER THAN I THOUGHT I ASSUMED IF HE HEARD COMMANDS IT WOULD BE EASIER THAN JUST NOT SAYING ANYTHING AT ALL BUT HE WAS MORE COOPERATIVE WHEN I DIDN'T SPEAK. THIS KID IS READING ME MORE THAN WHAT I THOUGHT! CHACE DUMPS HIS DISHES IN THE SINK AND I GIVE HIM THE GAME AND HE IGNORES ME TO PLAY ON THE i Pad!

SO I ASK MY SON DO YOU LIKE WHEN MOMMY DOESN'T TALK HE NODS YES. THEN I ASKED DID YOU LIKE IT WHEN MOMMY TALKS TO YOU HE NODS YES AGAIN. AWE, I LOVE HIM, I'M NOT SURE IF HE KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING BUT HE DID REACT TO VERBAL/NON VERBAL, BUT AT LEAST I SAW THE DIFFERENCE. I'M TOO EXPRESSIVE AND IT WAS A STRUGGLE TO LET GO OF THE BODY GESTURES!

South Africa and Andes Mountains

ZULU

I consider the people to be African due to their darker skin tone contributed by the hotter climate and UV rays.The 9 million Zulu-speaking people live mainly in KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. The subtropical climate brings lots of sunshine and brief, intense rain showers.

Durban boasts an average of 320 days of sunshine a year. Temperatures range from 16 to 25º C in winter. During the summer months the temperature ranges from 23 to 33º C between, September and April. January is generally Durban’s hottest month, with an average daily temperature of +/- 32ºC. The warm Mozambique current flowing along the coast means wonderfully warm bathing throughout the year, the water seldom falling below 17º C even in the middle of winter.There are many people and animals killed annually by lightning, thus the fear.

During periods of increased rainfall, the carrying capacity of the land also increases and this allows for the population to increase; again this develops a momentum as increases are cumulative. Then, when the cycle turns and becomes drier, the population is too large for the lower carrying capacity of the land. The growing competition for the dwindling resources leads to rapid and escalating resort to military means. The winner is that group which developed the strongest and best military machine. Those in Southern Africa still experience food shortages due to the sub-Saharan conditions that exist in this region. Climate changes have also become more important and made a difference in the way the climate impacts where people live in Southern Africa.

http://husky1.stmarys.ca/~wmills/course316/9Zulu_Shaka.html 

http://www.sa-venues.com/weather/kwazulunatal.htm

Read more: Zulu - Introduction, Location, Language, Folklore, Religion, Major holidays, Rites of passage, Relationships, Living conditions http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Rwanda-to-Syria/Zulu.html#ixzz1sRkmh1Jt

ANDEAN

I would consider the population to be Indian by their skin color and dark long hair. The precipitation of the Andes Mountain climate changes but not drastically between two places. In Colombia there is a lot of rainfall all year round. In Ecuador there is the desert climate without much rainfall. Peru is similar to Ecuador. In Chile there are two different climates but in both there is a sufficient rainfall all year round. The rain fall in the summer averages less than 8 in. In the winter it averages less than 4 in. These numbers are from biomes in and around the Andes Mountains.

First, there is the alternating daily extreme of climates that often range from hot, sun burning days to freezing nights.  In addition, winds are often strong and humidity low, resulting in rapid dehydration.  Second, the air pressure is lower.  This is usually the most significant limiting factor in high mountain regions.

The primary solution of Indians from the high mountain valleys produce more hemoglobin and the checks will be red due to increased blood flow and more red blood cells.

The higher the altitude, the lower the temperature, the coastal lowlands, the lower western Andean slopes, and the Orient generally have a warm, tropical climate. The climate grows much cooler in the highland valleys. Above 12,000 feet (3,700 meters) it is continually cold and the higher Andean peaks are snow-covered all year long. Rainfall is heaviest in the Orient, which may receive 100 inches (2,500 millimeters) or more of rain a year.

http://jeb.biologists.org/content/204/18/3151.full.pdf

http://anthro.palomar.edu/adapt/adapt_3.htm

I think for both groups physical appearance is a bit easier to categorize the populations based upon outward appearance. I think you can tell someone is feeling, healthy by their physical appearance. But I think for a anthropologist physical and cultural adaptations will let them know why the people of that area look a certain way, diet, climate, water and skin.

Cultural Descriptions

Part A
Wow, I shouldn't have ate if I knew the article was going to be so repulsive! Well I did find 5 words to describe these people;

hypochondriacs -rituals that focus on the human body appearance and health, but their worried about there teeth falling out!

insecure- they dont like how they look and think the body is ugly, yet they pay close attention to their bodies by involving themselves in all the rituals. they dont expose their bodies and bathe in private. Some of them want to be thin or bigger breast.

idolatrous- believe and worship shrines and medicine men in to overcome there impurities and fears

wiccan- they believe in potions and charms,herbs and magical practitioners, they seek a holy-mouth-man to remove demons with witchcraft

Masochists- they harm themselves with sadistic routines like women placing there heads in ovens, sticking needles in there flesh and lacerating faces.

Part B
1. I feel like there all words used for the medically unstable and serial killers!

2.Yes, almost all  my words are passing judgement. The ones I used that go against my beliefs are masochist,wiccans and idolators because I believe they are things you want to do or choose to do and the other two hypochondriacs and insecurity are medical /physical illness. So I'm still justifying my word choice on my beliefs..lol _great_this is bad habit, thanks.

3. My biased words I used to characterize them based on my prejudgement were Hypochondriacs and I could have used health aware and for Insecure I could have used body-image conscience. I even feel better now that I found something more positive to say w/o the bashing!

4.Gosh, I really gave it to those people from my point of view. I need accept the differences and not compare them to my own beliefs which make me spill judgement. I do believe I have a good poker face around people I consider different  but my mind will always be commenting. No, I dont think you can be completely bias-so should there be no jurors?