anthro key terms chapter 4 Flashcards
Bilineal
Bilineal - a kinship system in which people trace their ancestry through their mothers and fathers together.
bridewealth
Bridewealth - a cultural system where the groom or his family must pay the bride’s father to marry his daughter.
clan
Clan - a group of several lineages in a pat/matrilineal society in which people are related but cannot always trace exact relationships.
emic perspective
Emic perspective - the point of view of an insider of a culture.
etic perspective
Etic perspective - the point of view of an outsider of a culture.
euphimism
Euphemism - a word or set of words used to describe an uncomfortable or inappropriate concept or idea in a socially acceptable way.
Ex. passed away = died
explicit cultural knowledge
Explicit cultural knowledge - information about a culture that is easily explained and described.
fetish
Fetish - a specific object to have magical powers.
globalization
Globalization - the process by which economies, societies and cultures become integrated through a worldwide network.
identity moratorium
Identity moratorium - a status in which the adolescent is in crisis and unable to accomplish tasks necessary to become an adult and explores other youth subcultures.
lineage
Lineage - all the male relatives in a family that can be traced back to one common direct ancestor.
liminal stage
Liminal stage - the second stage in a rite of passage when the initiate is in a state of transition between old and new.
matrilineal
Matrilineal - a kinship system in which people trace their ancestry through their mothers.
Matrilineal - a kinship system in which people trace their ancestry through their mothers.
meta analysis
Meta-analysis - a study combining the results of many other studies.
naive realism
Naive realism - the belief that everyone else defines the world in the way you do.
patrilineal
Patrilineal - a kinship system in which people trace their ancestry through their fathers.
polyandry
Polyandry - a form of marriage between one wife and multiple husbands.
polygamy
Polygamy - a form of marriage that involves multiple partners.
polygyny
Polygyny - a form of marriage between one husband and multiple wives.
potlatch
Potlatch - a sacred ceremony of first nations peoples on the NW coast of north america in which property is given away to enhance status.
reciprocity
Reciprocity - an economic system of formal/informal sharing among members of a society to distribute resources fairly.
redistribution
Redistribution - an economic system of collecting resources centrally and handing them out among members of a society.
rite of passage
Rite of passage- a ceremony, ritual or event that marks an individual’s passage from one stage to another.
ritual
Ritual - prescribed behavior in which there is no real connection between the action and desired outcome.
self enhancement
Self-enhancement - the belief that you are more competent and generally better than your actions and behavior indicate.
taboo
Taboo - a restriction on behaviour to help ensure a good outcome.
tacit cultural knowledge
Tacit cultural knowledge - information about a culture that the people within the culture know but have difficulty explaining.
technological diffusion
Technological diffusion - the adoption by one culture of a technology invented by another culture.