Anthropological Self Flashcards
Is the study of all the aspects of human condition
Anthropology
Anthropology includes
Human history,the present human condition, and even the future possibilities
examines the biology, interactions in society, language and especially culture.
Anthropology
The self is a living animal but superior to other animals due to certain factors, namely:
a.) physical aspects
b.) social aspects
is traditionally defined as systems of human behavior and thought.
Culture
This covers all customs, traditions and capabilities of humans as they function in society.
Culture
those complex structures of knowledge, beliefs, arts, religion, morals, law, language, traditional practices and all other aspects needed by humans to function in society
Culture
those complex structures of knowledge, beliefs, arts, religion, morals, law, language, traditional practices and all other aspects needed by humans to function in society
Culture
is the transmission of culture from one generation to the next
Enculturation
is done through observation, use of language, adaptation to environment, rituals, and formal and informal education.
Cultural transmission
cultural transmission is done through
observation, use of language, adaptation to environment, rituals, and formal and informal education.
The anthropological self takes a _________ of the individual person.
holistic dimension
The anthropological self takes a holistic dimension of the individual person. It considers both the ___________________________ of the person.
biological and environmental aspects
The growing years of the child is very crucial in anthropological perspective. This is the
time when the child develops the psychological construct of dependency or independency.
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.”
Self awareness
A child starts to conceptualize self- awareness at
Age two
Attachment of _____________ to one’s self is important
Positive values
The child must be able to get the
culturally correct values necessary for adult life.
play a vital role in the development of the child’s values.
Parents, immediate family and the community
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
the naming ritual
individualizes a person.
naming
Gives unique traits, experiences , personality and identity
naming
The person’s name is also a __________ of one’s status in the community.
symbol
t either gives you honor or stigma.
naming
The four environmental orientations are:
object orientation,
spatial orientation,
temporal orientation and
normative orientation.
positions the self in relation to the surrounding objects.
Object orientation
provides the self with personal space in relation to other people or things.
spatial orientation
orientation endows the self with the sense of time.
Temporal orientation
provides the self with the grasp of accepted norms in the
community.
Normative orientation
It provides the self an idea of behaviors which are not acceptable in the community
normative orientation
all the feelings, thoughts, experiences, biological and psychological constitutions, language and memory.
cultural self
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.
culturally reflexive identity
means the loss of a particular culture due to assimilation or loss of interest.
Cultural degradation
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.
assimilation
Excessive exposure to media=
cultural degradation
In anthropology, the self is recognized as:
(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.
the self is a _____________ and ______________ entity
biological and cultural
two very important concepts in anthropology
culture and enculturation
Television for instance influences language, traditions, beliefs, knowledge and even personalities. In judging beauty for, media proposes the following criteria:
- 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.
“Culture is also not a force or causal agent in the world, but a context in which people live out their lives.”
Clifford Gertz, 1973
