Chapter 1.3

Question 1

It is the study of people, past and present.

Answer 1

Anthropology

Question 2

It focuses on understanding the human condition in its cultural aspect.

It is concerned with understanding how humans evolved and how they differ from one another.

Answer 2

Anthropology

Question 3

“Indeed, much of the self is learned by making new memories out of old ones.”

Answer 3

–Joseph E. LeDoux

Question 4

Described the self as encompassing the “physical organism, possessing psychological functioning and social attributes.”

Answer 4

Katherine Ewing

Question 5

Conceptualized the implicit and explicit aspects of the self

Answer 5

Joseph LeDoux

Question 6

The aspect of the self that you are consciously aware of is the ______

Answer 6

explicit

Question 7

the one that is not immediately available to the consciousness is the _______ aspect

Answer 7

implicit

Question 8

His view on how the “self” was developed asserted that it is framed, maintained, and affected biologically, mentally, and socially.

Answer 8

Joseph LeDoux

Question 9

According to him “the self is not static; it is added to and subtracted from by genetic maturation, learning, forgetting, stress, ageing, and disease.”

Answer 9

Joseph LeDoux

Question 10

• Asserted that a “self” is illusory.

• “People construct a series of self- representations that are based on selected cultural concepts of person and selected ‘chains’ of personal memories. Each self-concept is experienced as whole and continuous, with its own history and memories that emerge in a specific context to be replaced by another self-representation when the context changes.”

Answer 10

Katherine Ewing

Question 11

________ is an interpretation of the meaning of something

Answer 11

Construal

Question 12

It is characteristic of individualistic culture

Answer 12

independent construct

Question 13

It represents the self as separate, distinct, with emphasis on internal attributes or traits, skills, and values.

Answer 13

Individualistic culture

Question 14

It is typical of the collectivist culture in East Asia stressing the essential connection between the individual to other people.

Answer 14

interdependent construct

Question 15

______ believed that culture can influence how you view: relationships, personality traits, achievement, and expressing emotions.

Answer 15

Catherine Raeff

Question 16

Culture influences how you enter into and maintain relationships. For example, relationships may be seen as voluntary or as duty-based. In Western societies, it is essential for a person to choose whom to marry while some Eastern societies still practice arranged marriage.

Answer 16

Relationships

Question 17

Culture influences whether (and how) you value traits, like humility, self-esteem, politeness, assertiveness, and so on, as well as how you perceive hardship or how you feel about relying on others.

Answer 17

Personality traits

Question 18

Culture influences how you define success and whether you value certain types of individual and group achievements.

Answer 18

Achievement

Question 19

Culture influences what will affect you emotionally, as well as how you express yourself, such as showing your feelings in public or keeping it private.

Answer 19

Expressing emotions