Anthropological Self

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Is the study of all the aspects of human condition

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Anthropology

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Anthropology includes

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Human history,the present human condition, and even the future possibilities

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examines the biology, interactions in society, language and especially culture.

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Anthropology

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The self is a living animal but superior to other animals due to certain factors, namely:

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a.) physical aspects
b.) social aspects

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is traditionally defined as systems of human behavior and thought.

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Culture

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This covers all customs, traditions and capabilities of humans as they function in society.

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Culture

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those complex structures of knowledge, beliefs, arts, religion, morals, law, language, traditional practices and all other aspects needed by humans to function in society

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Culture

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those complex structures of knowledge, beliefs, arts, religion, morals, law, language, traditional practices and all other aspects needed by humans to function in society

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Culture

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is the transmission of culture from one generation to the next

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Enculturation

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is done through observation, use of language, adaptation to environment, rituals, and formal and informal education.

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Cultural transmission

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cultural transmission is done through

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observation, use of language, adaptation to environment, rituals, and formal and informal education.

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The anthropological self takes a _________ of the individual person.

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holistic dimension

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The anthropological self takes a holistic dimension of the individual person. It considers both the ___________________________ of the person.

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biological and environmental aspects

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The growing years of the child is very crucial in anthropological perspective. This is the

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time when the child develops the psychological construct of dependency or independency.

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that which permits one to assume responsibility for one’s own conduct, to learn how to react to others, and to assume a variety of roles.”

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Self awareness

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A child starts to conceptualize self- awareness at

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Age two

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Attachment of _____________ to one’s self is important

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Positive values

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The child must be able to get the

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culturally correct values necessary for adult life.

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play a vital role in the development of the child’s values.

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Parents, immediate family and the community

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However, in the continued process of self- awareness, the child will eventually develop his or her own identity. This identity is further intensified by a practice common to all cultures

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the naming ritual

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individualizes a person.

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naming

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Gives unique traits, experiences , personality and identity

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naming

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The person’s name is also a __________ of one’s status in the community.

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symbol

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t either gives you honor or stigma.

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naming

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The four environmental orientations are:

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object orientation,
spatial orientation,
temporal orientation and
normative orientation.

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positions the self in relation to the surrounding objects.

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Object orientation

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provides the self with personal space in relation to other people or things.

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spatial orientation

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orientation endows the self with the sense of time.

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Temporal orientation

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provides the self with the grasp of accepted norms in the
community.

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Normative orientation

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It provides the self an idea of behaviors which are not acceptable in the community

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normative orientation

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all the feelings, thoughts, experiences, biological and psychological constitutions, language and memory.

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cultural self

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This shows that the self should not maintain the individualistic, independent and autonomous entity but that the self should be able to maintain his or her solid ________________________ in relation to everything and everyone else.

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culturally reflexive identity

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means the loss of a particular culture due to assimilation or loss of interest.

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Cultural degradation

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happens when a dominant culture, the Ilocano culture for example, is overshadowing the inferior culture, meaning the culture possessed by lesser population living within the Ilocano communities: the inferior culture will eventually lose its identity.

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assimilation

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Excessive exposure to media=

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cultural degradation

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In anthropology, the self is recognized as:

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(1) biologically attuned to respond to his or her environment,
(2) variably self-aware of the mechanisms of the elements of culture working within the self, and
(3) self-reflexive of the uniqueness and differences of all
other selves and everything else around.

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the self is a _____________ and ______________ entity

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biological and cultural

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two very important concepts in anthropology

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culture and enculturation

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Television for instance influences language, traditions, beliefs, knowledge and even personalities. In judging beauty for, media proposes the following criteria:

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• face must be beautiful and without pimples.
• hair must be black and silky.
• skin color must be fair and flawless.
• body must be slim and toned, etc.

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“Culture is also not a force or causal agent in the world, but a context in which people live out their lives.”

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Clifford Gertz, 1973