ANTH 1000 - Ch. 17

Question 1

self-awareness

Answer 1

the ability to identify oneself as an individual, to reflect on oneself, and to evaluate oneself

Question 2

naming ceremony

Answer 2

a special event or ritual to mark the naming of a child

Question 3

personality

Answer 3

the distinctive way a person thinks, feels, and behaves

Question 4

dependence training

Answer 4

childrearing practices that foster compliance in the performance of assigned tasks and dependence on the domestic group, rahter than reliance on oneself

Question 5

independence training

Answer 5

childrearing practices that foster independence, self-reliance, and personal achievement

Question 6

modal personality

Answer 6

those character traits that occur with the highest frequency in a social group and are therefore the most representative of its culture

Question 7

core values

Answer 7

those values especially promoted by a particular culture

Question 8

intersexual

Answer 8

a person born with reproductive organs, genitalia and/or sex chromosomes that are not exclusively male or female

Question 9

transgender

Answer 9

a person who crosses over or occupies an alternative position in the binary male-female gender construction

Question 10

culture-bound syndrome

Answer 10

a mental disorder specific to a particular cultural group