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Cultural ecology 2
cultural anthropology, Visions of Anthropology (Jerry Moore)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This anthropologist's follower Elman Service suggested that he did not receive major honors until quite late in his career because he was unpopular | Leslie White |
| this term was used in 1949 to refer to a general evolutionist science of Culture | culturology |
| Leslie White carried out multiple ethnographic studies of Native Americans of this region | Southwest |
| Leslie White's PhD was not supervised by Boas, but by this linguist follower of Boas at U of Chicago | Edward Sapir |
| White's strongest influence was his commitment to this | labor politics |
| White wrote in 1959 that his theory of cultural evolution "does not differ one whit in principle from that expressed" by this person | Edward Tylor |
| while Malinowski argued that culture meets the needs of the individual, White argued that it meets the needs of this | species |
| White's theory of cultural evolution divides this into three subsystems | culture |
| this subsystem "is composed of the material, mechanical, physical and chemical instruments, together with the techniques of their use, by means of which man, as an animal species, is articulated with his natural habitat" White 1949 | technological |
| this subsystem "is made up of interpersonal relations expressed in patterns of behavior, collective as well as individual" White 1949 | sociological |
| this subsystem "is composed of ideas, beliefs, knowledge, expressed in articulate speech or other symbolic form" White 1949 | ideological |
| "The technological system is basic and primary. ___________ systems are functions of technologies." White 1949 | social |
| "Philosophies ___________ technological forces" White 1949 | express |
| According to White, philosophies ____________ social systems | reflect |
| White believed that _______ could be measured by this formula: E times X | culture |
| In White's formula, E represents this, measured per capita per year | energy |
| In White's formula, T represents the efficiency of this | tools |
| "Other factors remaining constant, culture ____________ as the amount of energy harnessed per capita per year is increased, or as the efficiency of the instrumental means of putting the energy to work is increased." White 1949 | evolves |
| Culture is a ______________ system, according to White | thermodynamic |
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