Concepts review sheet 1/2 Flashcards

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What do we mean when we say culture is invisible?

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Our culture is so apart of our lives, from the moment of birth, and can be so subtle it influences us without our knowledge believing an action our thought was wholly our own and not cultures doing.

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What is culture?

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Culture is a set of learned behaviors and beliefs in which we create social networks, so we may adapt to and change the natural world in order to increase their chances of survival.

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What kind of behavior was most responsible for human survival?

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Social networks and working together, we are physically inferior to other predators, but united we were a force to be reckoned with.

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How did the survival of early humanity depend on social networking?

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The more you cooperate the greater the chance of success. If you scratch someones back they will scratch yours.

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Explain what we mean when we say that all culture is dynamic. Why is this not always so obvious?

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All cultures change, this is not as obvious because some cultures change very fast like America (things we like, what’s fashionable, e.c.t). Traditional cultures like the Amish compared to us appear to not be changing but they in actuality are just slower.

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What is the “truth” about cultures that Anthropologist seek?

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The core values of a culture, something that if striped of a culture would be an entirely new culture.

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What is one explanation for why humans are ethnocentric?

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If you are taught by your culture a way of life for your entire life, then if you see something different then you instinctively judge it.

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Why is it important to understand culture shock?

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This anxious feeling can lead to people blaming the culture for their feelings, and ethnocentrism (evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one’s own culture.)

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In doing field work what is the primary responsibility of the Anthropologist & why?

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To try and live within the culture and to ask personal questions that you only share with people close to you, things that reveal the core of your culture.

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How is the issue of human violence connected to the NatureV.Nurture Debate?

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Debate between if our behaviors are learned or ingrained in our DNA. It is important b/c if we are naturally violent then our self destruction is inevitable.

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