Cultural antrhopology Flashcards
employs field work
Ethnography
employs cross-cultural comparison
Ethnology
looking at you own culture as superior than the other.
Ethnocentrism
the process by which a child learns his or her culture when they grow up in a society/environment.
Enculturation
The most interesting and significant cultural forces are those that affect people every day of their lives particularly those that influence children during enculturation
All encompasing
It is not a haphazard collection of customs and beliefs but are integrated, patterned systems. As society changes overtime, values do change too.
Integrated
People habitually use technology or tools to cope with environmental stresses
Instrumental
People use culture to fulfill psychological and emotional needs such as friendship, companionship, approval, and sexual desirability
ADAPTIVE
For example, cars may life more convenient or may cause pollution. (convenience vs pollution)
MALADAPTIVE
a trait or feature of culture that is not generalized or widespread
Cultural particularity
These phenomena have accelerated with globalization
CULTURAL BORROWING AND EXCHANGES
Levels of culture include
→ International
→ National
→ Subcultural
the study of communication through body movements, stances, gestures, and facial expressions.
Kinesics
Linguists pay attention
to what is said and how its said
the study of speech sounds in general, what people say in various languages
Phonetics
studies only the significant sound contrasts (phonemes) of a given language
Phonemics
Hypothesis which states that grammatical categories of different languages lead their speakers to think about things in particular ways
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
the area of language that changes most readily
Vocabulary
efers to a language’s meaning system
Semantics
terms used with people, often by being added to their names to “honor” them
Honorifics