The anthropology of religion involves the study of religious institutions in relation to other social institutions; comparing religious beliefs, doctirnes and practices across different cultures. Modern anthropology assumes that every religion is a cultural product, created by the each individual community. ... We learn how to act in the way that is favorable to cultural expectations that is socially acceptable by these moral agencies. ... Religion or religious conviction forms social and cultural patterns for individuals, and this can vary between cultures. ...

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However, the personal traits, such as the ability to be a good leader or to be funny and friendly, are characteristics that a person may develop over a lifetime and are warrant to change because variance in lifestyles, beliefs, past experiences and memories, or social influences. ... Charles lived the life of a successful professor, with a wife and two boys, he had been a veteran of the Vietnam war and now enjoyed going to the lake on the weekends and giving lectures about anthropology. ... (51) Experiences of loneliness ha a great effect on Sinbad's personality, soon he " fell into a...

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Conversely, studies on children who were high in agreeableness, extraversion or sergent engagement, were found as adolescents and young adults demonstrating high levels confidence, social acceptance and emotional stability. ... They argue that problems experienced in any of these stages can result in emotional, and social problems and fixations later in life. ... Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral development differs significantly from Freud and Erikson's theory of psycho-sexual and psycho-social stages. ... Cognitive-social theorists like Albert Bandura believe that learning shapes...

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