Chapter 1.3 Flashcards
It is the study of people, past and present.
Anthropology
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.
Anthropology
“Indeed, much of the self is learned by making new memories out of old ones.”
–Joseph E. LeDoux
Described the self as encompassing the “physical organism, possessing psychological functioning and social attributes.”
Katherine Ewing
Conceptualized the implicit and explicit aspects of the self
Joseph LeDoux
The aspect of the self that you are consciously aware of is the ______
explicit
the one that is not immediately available to the consciousness is the _______ aspect
implicit
His view on how the “self” was developed asserted that it is framed, maintained, and affected biologically, mentally, and socially.
Joseph LeDoux
According to him “the self is not static; it is added to and subtracted from by genetic maturation, learning, forgetting, stress, ageing, and disease.”
Joseph LeDoux
• 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.”
Katherine Ewing
________ is an interpretation of the meaning of something
Construal
It is characteristic of individualistic culture
independent construct
It represents the self as separate, distinct, with emphasis on internal attributes or traits, skills, and values.
Individualistic culture
It is typical of the collectivist culture in East Asia stressing the essential connection between the individual to other people.
interdependent construct
______ believed that culture can influence how you view: relationships, personality traits, achievement, and expressing emotions.
Catherine Raeff
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.
Relationships
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.
Personality traits
Culture influences how you define success and whether you value certain types of individual and group achievements.
Achievement
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.
Expressing emotions
