Chapter 2

Question 1

Norms

Answer 1

Ideas or rules about how people should behave in particular situations or toward certain other people

Question 2

Values

Answer 2

Fundamental beliefs about what is important, true, or beautiful and what makes a good life

Question 3

Symbols

Answer 3

Anything that signifies something else

Question 4

Hegemony

Answer 4

The ability of a dominant group to create consent and agreement within a population without the use or threat of force

Question 5

Power

Answer 5

The ability or potential to bring about change through action or influence

Question 6

Agency

Answer 6

The potential power of individuals and groups to contest cultural norms, values, mental maps of reality, symbols, institutions, and structures of power

Question 7

Enculturation

Answer 7

The process of learning culture

Question 8

Reflexivity

Answer 8

A critical self-examination of the role of the anthropologist and an awareness that who one is affects what one finds out

Question 9

Cultural relativism

Answer 9

An anthropologist’s suspension of judgement while attempting to understand a group’s beliefs and practices within the group’s own cultural context