Anthropological Perspective of the Self: Me and My culture Flashcards
__________ is the the scientific study of people in the past and in the present.
Anthropology
Anthropology focuses on the understanding of the __________ on its cultural aspect.
human condition
He’s a Neuroscientist who conceptualized the Implicit and Explicit aspects of the Self.
Joseph Ledoux
The aspect of the self that your are consciously aware of.
EXPLICIT
The aspect of the self that is not immediately available to the consciousness.
IMPLICIT
He believes that the self is _________ It is added to and subtracted from genetic maturation, learning, forgetting, stress, aging, and disease for both the implicit and the explicit. (Joseph Ledoux)
Not static
An associate professor of cultural anthropology and religion at Duke University who claimed that the Self is just an illusion, rather just a representation.
Katherine Ewing
An American anthropologist who sad that cultural traditions, and social practices regulate, express, and transform the Human Psyche (Mind)
Richard Shweder
It is the interpretation of the meaning of something which is also culture dependent.
CONSTRUALS
Two ways on how the self is constructed according to Cultural Psychologists
Independent Construct
Interdependent Construct
It is typical of the collectivist culture in East Asia stressing the essential connection between the individual and to other people.
Interdependent Construct
Characterized by individualistic culture, such as North America and Europe. It represents the self as separate, distinct, and with emphasis on internal attributes, skills, and values
Independent Construct
A developmental psychologist who believes that culture can influence how you view relationships, personality traits, and expressing emotions.
Catherine Raeff
CULTURE influences how you enter and maintain:
Relationship
Personality traits
Achievements
Emotion
