Exam 1 Flashcards
culture consists of everything on a list of topics that follow organization, religion, and economy
Topical
culture is a social heritage, or tradition that is passed through generations
historical
culture is ideals, values, or rules for living
normative
culture is shared, learned human behaviour a way of life
behavioural
culture is a way for humans to solve problems of adapting living in environment together
functional
culture complex of ideas, or learned habits that inhabit impulses and distinguish people from animals
mental
consists of patterned and interrelated ideas, symbols or behaviours
structural
culture is based on arbitrarily assigned meanings that are shared by a society
symbolic
whole picture, all facets of human life interrelated. small scale vs. large scale societies
holism
seek to understand others POV response to ethnocentrism. linked to holism
relativism
cross-cultural comparison and the comparitive approach. self- other (us and them)
comparison
systems of relationships
social structure
core concepts of evolutionary perspective. the transfer of genes
adaptation
humans have adapted by manipulating environments through cultural means. culture changes over time. depend more on cultural adaptation.
culture and adaptation
difference - common cultural perspective transmitted through learning
enculturation
2 techniques for surveys and interviews
quantitive vs. qualitative enumerated/statistical descriptive/interpretive
trained encounter ,ask questions anthro matter. acknowledgment of dialogue between the anthropologist and _____
informants
local knowledge. how people think, percieve, categorize the world natives POV
emic
shift focus from natives POV to anthropologists concepts, explanations
etic
us and acknowledgment of negotiated reality and intersubjective knowledge
reflexivity
mutually constructed ground of experience and understanding dialogue between anthropologist and informant
negotiated reality
4 fields of discipline
1- archaeology
2- bio- anthropology
3- linguistic anthro
4- social/cultural anthro
human universals
birth, sexuality, puberty, death
description of particular people, culture, society
ethnohistory
1832-1917, primitive culture, savagery, 3 levels of social evolution to types of religion
E.B Tylor
1818-1881, league of Iroquois, systems of consanguinity and affinity, ancient society
Lewis henry Morgan
