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Anthro Midterm
Terms and questions
| Question | Answers |
|---|---|
| culture | Culture is that complex whole, which includes knowledge, belief, art , morals, law customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society. |
| Subculture | Biker clubs, bodybuilding, cosplayers, fandom, LGBT, preppy, hipsters. |
| Ideal culture | what society claims they do and believe in |
| Real culture | is what society actually does |
| physical anthropology | study of human biology and evolution |
| Archaeology | study of people who are known only form their physical and cultural remains |
| linguistic anthropology | devoted to the study of language |
| Cultural Anthropology | study of contemporary human societies. studies a people's social organization, economics and technology, political organization, marriage and family life, child-rearing practices and so forth. |
| Adaptive behavior | is a type of behavior that is used to adjust to another type of behavior or situation. For example, reading, using money, cooking |
| Maladaptive | is a type of behavior that is often used to reduce one's anxiety, but the result is dysfunctional and non-productive. For example, me seeing avoiding situations because you have unrealistic fears may initially reduce your anxiety. |
| Status | position in society. For example, mother, father, student, teacher, wife, husband, mayor, president |
| ethnocentrism | natural to use our society as the bassi for interpreting and judging other societies |
| Cultural relativism | Anthropologists attempt to remain and to accept the ways of life of other communities as appropriate for those who live in these communities. Goal is study what people believe. |
| Campus Services | -Health –SSC-0220 -Lovejoy Library -Parking-Rendleman -Registrar-1309 -DSS -Writing Center-SSC-650-2045 -Computer labs -Art on Campus -Scholarships -Student Organizations |
| Stereotype | is a thought that may be adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things, but that belief may or may not accurately reflect reality. |
| Mana | This relates to the idea of things that possess supernatural power being seen as dangerous and often best avoided |
| Ritual | patterned, recurring sequence of events may be termed a riutal. For example, morning routine |
| Symbolism | symbols are shared understandings about the meaning of certain words, attributes, or objects, such as the color red symbolizing stop in traffic signals. |
| Emic | is one that attempts to see the world through the eyes of the people being studied. |
| Rite of Passage | ideological ritual |
| Etic | study of societies. finding new behaviors or beliefs in a culture that the members of that group might be unaware of. |
| Worldview | The way in which societies perceive and interpret their reality is known as their world-view. |
| Artifact | people's relationship to and perception of objects are socially and culturally dependent. |
| domestic sphere | dorm life |
| Public sphere | the quad |
| Enculturation | the process by which individuals acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values that enable them to become functioning members of their societies. Results in identity. |
| Acculturation, | the learning of appropriate behavior of on's host culture. |
| Social leveling mechanism | is a practice that acts to ensure social equality, usually by shaming or humbling members of a group that attempt to put themselves above other members |
| taboo | in a society some objects and people may be off limits and are said to be a tabu. the term tabu also refers to inappropriate modes of interpersonal behaviors. these are often phrased in terms of pollution. |
| Cannibalism | is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs or other human beings. |
| Jung's archetypes | -The shadow -The Amina and Animus -The Self |
| The shadow | embodies chaos and wildness or character. The shadow tends not to obey rules, and in doing so may discover new lands or plunge things into chaos and battle. |
| The Amina and Animus | The soul. represents our true self as opposed to the masks we wear every day and is the source of our creativity. |
| the self | it is the spirit that connects and is part of the universe. nirvana and ecstatic harmony. |
| Monomyth | refers to the theory that sees all amythic narratives as variations of a single great story. based on the observation that a common pattern exists beneath the narrative elements of most great myths, regardless of their origin or time of creation |
| Anthropomorphism | term refers to things that are not human but have unlike characteristics and behave in humanlike ways. For example, mickey mouse and every cartoon character. |
| Mythology | myths are religious narratives or stories that provide the basis for religious beliefs and practices. myths tell of the origins and history of the world and the creation of the first human beings. |
| Dragon Symbolism | The real dragon is in you. If you tell yourself that you cannot do something that is the dragon locking you in. The dragon is one's own building of oneself to one's ego. break the dragon up so that you can expand to a larger field of relationships |
| Secularism | principle that involves two basic propositions. the first is the strict separation of the state from religious institutions. The second is that people of different religions and beliefs are equal before the law. |
| Religious | When someone believes in a god or deity |
| Magic | refers to methods that somehow interface with the supernatural and by which people can being about particular outcomes. Can be used in good but sorcerers are considered evil figures |
| altered state of consciousness | in interacting with the supernatural world, an individual may have mental experiences that transcend ordinary experiences, such as a trance. Emotions range from fear and anxiety to a generalized feeling of well-being to a profound experience. |
| Typology of religious practitioners | -shaman -preist -intercessor -worship leader -prophet -teacher |
| Shaman and intercessor | direct contact with the transampirical and speaks to the transempirical on behalf of people. |
| Priest and Worship leader | Indirect contact with the trasampirical and speaks to the transampirical on behalf of people |
| Prophet | direct contact and speaks to people on behalf or the trans |
| Teacher | indirect contact and speaks to people on behalf of the trans |
| Divination | ritual was used to reveal the identity of the sorcerer causing the illness. |
| describe formal vs. informal university culture | formal-the way we speak to professors and the way we act in a classroom setting Informal-posters in dorms, the way we talk to our friends, our dorms |
| Examples of ethnocentric terminology | cannibalism eskimo inuit barbarian Food perferances |
| ethnocentrism be harmful? | instead of understanding someone or a society, you tend to judge them making them feel like an outcast and they will either attack or feel left out making you an uncultured swine. |
| stereotypes be harmful? | Stereotypes is harmful because it can lead to discrimination and prejudice. Stereotyping has negative impact on people’s lives. ` |
| identify secular and religious examples of mana | secualr-cherry blossom tree..the crystal..elvis..the capitol...cars..american flag Religious-jesus-virgin mary-buddha |
| include both emic and etic perspectives in anthropological research? | They see fore cuture in terms of western philosophy and theory. They speak of the Fore using words that categorize experience in a particular way. |
| shapes a person's worldview? | by inherited characteristics, background experiences and life situations, the values, attitude and habits they have developed, and more and these vary from one person to another. |
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