Anthropological Perspective Flashcards
What is anthropology?
The study of humans, human behavior, and societies.
How many subfields does anthropology have and what are those?
Four. Archeology, Biological Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, and Linguistics Anthropology.
What subfield studies human adaptation to various environments?
Biological Anthropology
What subfield explores varied global communication methods?
Linguistics Anthropology
Which subfield analyzes human culture?
Archaelogy
What subfield studies how humans in different places live and make sense of the world?
Cultural Anthropology
Who wrote Anthropology of the Self (1994)?
Brian Morris
What concept is in Morris’ book?
Self-concept is largely absent in anthropology.
Who is one of the most influential anthropologist that generated an interest in cross-cultural understanding of the person?
Marcel Mauss
Brian Morris stated that the self is not an entity but a ____ that puts together personal experiences for self-awareness.
process
Who defined the western concept of the self as a unique, integrated motivational and cognitice universe? (The western self is autonomous, unitary, and stable)
Clifford Geertz
What theory said that individuals will try to maintain a dependable and stable self?
The Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Who invented the Cognitive Dissonance Theory?
Leon Festinger
Katerine Ewing showed that individual selves continuously modify themselvs into new selves as a response to ____ and ____ stimuli.
internal and external
