Anthropological Conceptualization of the Self

Question 1

“Refers to “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.”

a. identity toolbox
b. social identity
c. society
d. culture

Answer 1

culture

Question 2

According to this view, there is no intrinsic seld that can posses enduring qualities

a. androcentric
b. egocentric
c. sociocentric
d. polycentric

Answer 2

Sociocentric

Question 3

Refers to the features of a person’s identity that he or she chooses to emphasize in constructing his or her social self

a. personal name
b. social identity
c. identity toolbox
d. the cultural construction of self

Answer 3

c. identity toolbox

Question 4

It is a universal practice with numerous cross-cultural variations and establishes a child’s birthright and social identity.

a. personal naming
b. rites of passage
c. identity toolbox
d. incorporation

Answer 4

a. personal naming

Question 5

These are interactions in which there is a discrepancy between the identity a person claims to possess and the identity attributed to that person by others

a. illusion of wholeness
b. identity struggles
c. rites of passage
d. separation

Answer 5

Rites of passage

Question 6

Anthropology is concerned with how ___ and ___ processes interact to shape human experience.

Answer 6

cultural and biological

Question 7

Said that anthropology enroachers on the territory of the sciences as well as the humanities, and transcends the conventional boundaries of both while addressing questions from the distant past and the pressing present.

Answer 7

James L. Peacock

Question 8

True or False: The field of anthropology has contributed indirectly to the understanding of the nature of self through ethnographic investigations

Answer 8

True

Question 9

He defines culture as a complex whole that includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.

Answer 9

Edward Tylor

Question 10

note: Anthropologist have emphasized that culture is not behavior itself but the shared understandings that guide behavior and are expressed in pehavior

Answer 10

Peacock

Question 11

He believes that the concept of self is a necessary supplement to the concept of culture in anthropology and should be regarded as a human universal.

Answer 11

Martin Sokefeld

Question 12

Peacock believes that the individual is neither a robot nor an entirely independent self-willed little God but a _____

Answer 12

cultural individual

Question 13

There are two ways in which the concept of self is viewed in different societies: ____ and____

Answer 13

egocentric and sociocentric

Question 14

the view in which the self is seen as an autonomous and distinct individual.

Answer 14

egocentric

Question 15

the view in which the self is contingent on a situation or social setting

Answer 15

sociocentric

Question 16

The Japanese possess a ____ view of the self

Answer 16

sociocentric

Question 17

The Americans possess a ____ view of the self

Answer 17

egocentric

Question 18

This refers to the features of a person’s identity that he or she chooses to emphasize in constructing a social self.

Answer 18

Identity toolbox

Question 19

Could be the most significant feature to determine a person’s social identity.

Answer 19

Family

Question 20

True or False: One’s identity is not inborn. It is developed in life

Answer 20

True

Question 21

He believes that changes in one’s status and identity are marked by a three-phased rite of passage

Answer 21

Arnold Van Gennep

Question 22

Gennep’s three-phased rites of passage are

Answer 22

separation, liminality, incorporation

Question 23

In this phase, people detach from their former identity to another. Such as the bride being given away to the groom during marriage implies the separation from one’s family to become part of a new one

Answer 23

Separation

Question 24

In this phase, a person transitions from one identity to another. In marriage which transitions one’s status from single to married

Answer 24

Liminality

Question 25

In this phase, the change in one’s status is officially incorporated

Answer 25

Incorporation

Question 26

These help a person adjust from one social dimension in their life to another

Answer 26

Rites of passage

Question 27

He defines culture as a system of inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic forms by means of which people communicate, perpetuate, and develop their knowledge about and attitudes toward life.

Answer 27

Clifford Geertz

Question 28

note: The self is embedded in culture

Answer 28

nice ka

Question 29

maybe attained by overcoming traditional practices

Answer 29

Self-Identification