Anthropology Flashcards

1
Q

is a study of all the
aspects of human condition.

A

Anthropology

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2
Q

This includes human history, the
present human condition, and even
the future possibilities.

A

Anthropology

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3
Q

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

A

Anthropology

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4
Q

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

A

a.) physical aspects
b.) social aspects

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5
Q

is traditionally defined as systems
of human behavior and thought.

A

Culture

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6
Q

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

A

Culture

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7
Q

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

A

Culture

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8
Q

is the transmission
of culture from one generation
to the next.

A

Enculturation

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9
Q

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

A

Enculturation

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10
Q

takes a holistic dimension of the
individual person. It considers both the biological and
environmental aspects of the person

A

The anthropological self

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11
Q

where independence is the
cultural emphasis, the child
is usually provided with a
room and is trained to be
independent by giving less
physical
contact
from
parents or carers.

A

Western culture

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12
Q

children
are reared in close contact
with parents, especially the
mother, thus developing the
sense of dependence on
significant others and the
immediate community (like
the family).

A

Asia and Africa

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13
Q

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.”

A

Self-awareness

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14
Q

This identity is further intensified by a practice
common to all cultures

A

The naming ritual

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15
Q

individualizes a person.
 Gives unique traits, experiences , personality
and identity
 The person’s name is also a symbol of one’s
status in the community

A

Naming

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16
Q

It either gives you honor or stigma.

A

Naming

17
Q

The four environmental orientations are:

A

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

18
Q

positions the self in
relation to the surrounding objects.

A

Object orientation

19
Q

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

A

Spatial orientation

20
Q

endows the self with the
sense of time.

A

Temporal orientation

21
Q

provides the self
with the grasp of accepted norms in the
community.
▪ It provides the self an idea of behaviors
which are not acceptable in the
community

A

Normative orientation

22
Q

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

A

The cultural self

23
Q

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.

A

culturally reflexive identity

24
Q

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

A

Cultural degradation

25
Q

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.

A

Assimilation

26
Q

Excessive exposure to media=

A

Cultural degradation

27
Q

In anthropology, the self is recognized as:

A

(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.