midterm

Question 1

Acculturation

Answer 1

The Process of Learning one’s culture

Question 2

Agents of Socialization

Answer 2

Important factors that influence our socialization: family, friends, schools

Question 3

agriculture

Answer 3

the science and practice of farming and cultivating land

Question 4

ambilineal descent

Answer 4

you gain inheritance from both your mother and father

Question 5

anthropology

Answer 5

the study of culture and human beings with a holistic approach

Question 6

Arranged Marriage

Answer 6

A marriage that is pre-established by groups other than those who are to be wed

Question 7

Assimilation

Answer 7

Adapting and being incorporated to another culture

Question 8

Avoidance Relationship

Answer 8

Relationships that are more formal in nature and emphasizes obedience and respect

Question 9

Balanced Reciprosity

Answer 9

Equal benefits and exchanges between two or more parties

Question 10

Barter

Answer 10

trading and exchanging of goods. Includes haggling but does not always involve money

Question 11

Black Market

Answer 11

markets that exist outside of approved or traditional channels

Question 12

Body Language

Answer 12

nonerbal communication

Question 13

Brideprice

Answer 13

Price that must be paid for a bride

Question 14

Brideservice

Answer 14

the service or recompense that a bride must provide within the marriage

Question 15

Capitalism

Answer 15

economic system with private and open markets

Question 16

Communalist Society

Answer 16

Society that emphasizes the good as a whole and promotes cooperation

Question 17

Conflict Perspective

Answer 17

Perspective that there is competition between cultures societies and groups in general that compete for scarce resources

Question 18

Conspicupous Consumption

Answer 18

consumption habits that are conspicuous to signal power or wealth.

Question 19

Courtship

Answer 19

the period of seeing whether or not a couple is compatible before marriage