Lesson 3: Anthropological Perspective Flashcards
is the study of humanity.
Anthropology
pertains to genetic information passed from parent to
child.
Nature
is generally taken as the influence of external factors after conception, ex.
life experience and learning of an individual.
Nurture
is defined as a
replica of all humanity but capable of
acting independently from others.
egocentric
the
self is viewed as dependent on the
situation or social setting.
sociocentric
refers to the “features of a
person’s identity that he or she chooses to emphasize in constructing a social self.”
identity toolbox
may be attained by: kinship, family membership, gender, age,
language, religion, ethnicity, personal appearance, and socioeconomic status.
Self-identification
Another important identity determinant that is often viewed as essential for the
maintenance of a group identity is?
language.
a universal practice with numerous cross-cultural variations
establishes a child’s birthright and social identity.
Personal naming,
name is an important device to
individualize a person and to have an identity.
name
people detach from their former identity to another.
separation phase,
person transitions from one identity to another.
liminality phase,
the incorporation phase,
the change in one’s status is officially incorporated.
an American anthropologist, offers a reformation of the concept
of culture which favors a symbolic interpretative model of culture. He defines culture as
a system of inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic forms by means of which
people communicate, perpetuate and develop their knowledge about and attitude
toward life.
Clifford Geertz
? considered human beings as cultural animals as they create the
meanings of objects, persons, behaviors, emotions and events, and behave in
accordance with meanings they assume to be true. Every aspect in their lives is filled
with meanings they assume to be true.
Robbins (2012)
