Anthropological Self

Question 1

is the study of people throughout the world, their evolutionary history, and how they behave, adapt to different environments, communicate, and socialize with one another. This lens provides valuable insights into understanding oneself by examining the diversity of human societies, past and present, and exploring how individuals and communities navigate their existence. To effectively do this, anthropologists have employed the concept of generation to understand the dynamics of social change over time, analyze how individuals structure and perceive intergenerational relationships within familial settings, explore broader principles of social organization that go beyond the family unit, and discern variations among members within a society

Answer 1

Anthropology

Question 2

can be defined as the part of the environment shaped by the everyday practices of humans. Moreover, it refers to the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group. It draws the line that distinguishes a group of people from another (Oyserman, 2017).

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Culture

Question 3

an American psychologist proposed the ecological systems theory which explains the importance of studying a person in the context of multiple environments

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Urie Bronfenbrenner

Question 4

refers to the interaction of your microsystem with each other (family and school, family and friends, etc.)

Answer 4

MESOSYSTEM

Question 4

refers to everything that has direct contact with you (family, friends, school, work, etc.) in your immediate environment and how they individually affect you.

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MICROSYSTEM

Question 5

refers to how we are impacted differently in different periods of our life (time).

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CHRONOSYSTEM

Question 6

covers all the people, institution, organization that has no contact with you but still affect you (work of your parents, social media, the implemented rules in your community, etc.)

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EXOSYSTEM

Question 6

is when exosystem works in a wider scope, it is influenced by one’s cultural attitudes, beliefs and values.

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MACROSYSTEM

Question 7

a person’s sense of
who he is

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Moi - M a r c e l M a u s s

Question 8

The implication is that at birth all individuals are
basically the same in their potential for character
development and that their adult personalities are
exclusively the products of their postnatal experiences,
which differ from culture to culture.

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John locke - Tabula Rasa

Question 8

social concepts of what it
means to be who he is

Answer 8

P E R S O N N E - M a r c e l M a u s s

Question 9

Ecological systems theory

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U r i e B r o n f r e n b r e n n e r

Question 10

5 levels of Ecological systems theory

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1. M i c r o s y s t e m
2. M e s o s y s t e m
3. E x o s y s t e m
4. M a c r o s y s t e m
5. C h r o n o s y s t e m

Question 10

is often defined as “how culture
gets under the skin”

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Embodiment

Question 11

is “a historically transmitted pattern of meanings
embodied in symbols, a system of inherited conceptions
expressed in symbolic forms by means of which men
communicate, perpetuate, and develop their knowledge
about and their attitudes toward life” (Geertz 1973).

Answer 11

Clifford Geertz - Culture

Question 12

it means that the person has good manners, is well educated, and knows many things about arts. However, this lesson encourages us to stretch our definition of this characteristic. Apart from its usage, let us top it with cultural sensitivity as we unravel the vast diversity of culture.

Answer 12

When someone is described as cultured