Chapter 16

Question 1

All mammals ______

Answer 1

play

Question 2

what is play?

Answer 2

play is a generalized form of behavioral openness

Question 3

what is openness?

Answer 3

the ability to think about, speak about, and do different things in the same way, or do the same things in a different way

Question 4

play is defined as a framing that is what 3 things?

Answer 4

1. counsously adopted by the players
2. pleasurable
3. alludes to non-play in the world

Question 5

what is meta-communication?

Answer 5

communication about communication

Question 6

what does metacommunication involve?

Answer 6

framing
reflexivity

Question 7

what is framing

Answer 7

a cognitive boundary that marks certain behaviours as “play” or as “ordinary life”

Question 8

what is reflexitivity?

Answer 8

critical thinking about the way one thinks; reflection on one’s own experience

Question 9

through play children can…

Answer 9

comment on and criticize the adult world

Question 10

what is Art?

Answer 10

play with a form producing some aesthetically successful transformation-representation
visual performed written
- the form depends on the culture

Question 11

what three things define art?

Answer 11

form
style
media

Question 12

form

Answer 12

the cultural restrictions or rules regarding how art is carried out in time and place

Question 13

style

Answer 13

the distinctive patterns of elements recognized as culturally appropriate within a medium.

Question 14

media

Answer 14

the means (materials) that the art is carried out in

Question 15

art by intention

Answer 15

objects purposfully made as art

Question 16

art by appropriation

Answer 16

objects that became art when defined so by others

Question 17

myths

Answer 17

a recount how the world became to be the way it is

Question 18

ritual

Answer 18

a repetitive social practice composed of a sequence of symbolic activities
- set off from everyday social routines
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Question 19

what are the three stages of rites of passage? and what is a rite of passage?

Answer 19

rituals that move an individual from one social position to the next
3 stages
separation - from old social position
transition - not part of old or new
reaggregation - reintro into new position

Question 20

play is based on _______ ritual is _________

Answer 20

metaphor
literal

Question 21

summarizing vs elaborating symbols

Answer 21

• represent a complex collection of ideas - flag
• sort out complex ideas and provide thinking about the world - cattle as a symbol for a group of ppl

Question 22

taboo

Answer 22

objects that cant be touched

Question 23

preist vs sherman

Answer 23

p- skilled practice of religion
s- part time ritual specialist
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