Module 3

Question 1

The latin word, “anthropologia” means

Answer 1

the study of humanity

Question 2

Anthropology came from the latin word, _______________.

Answer 2

anthropologia

Question 3

it is from the new latin word anthropologia which means “the study of humanity” and shares its ultimate root in Greek, anthropos which means “human being”

Answer 3

Anthropology

Question 4

it is a greek word that means “human being”

Answer 4

anthropos

Question 5

anthropologia is a _________ word

Answer 5

latin

Question 6

anthropos is a __________ word

Answer 6

greek

Question 7

it holds a holistic view of human nature

Answer 7

Anthropology

Question 8

it is concerned with how cultural and biological processes

interact to shape the self

Answer 8

Anthropolgy

Question 9

it is the genetic inheritance
which sets the
individual’s potentials

Answer 9

nature

Question 10

it came from sociocultural

environment

Answer 10

nurture

Question 11

they both have significant influence in the development of self.

Answer 11

biological and cultural factors

Question 12

two ways in

which the concept of self is viewed in different societies according to the Anthropological perspective

Answer 12

1. egocentric

2. sociocentric

Question 13

a concept of the
self suggests that each person
is defined as a replica of all
humanity but capable of
acting independently from
others.

Answer 13

egocentric

Question 14

a concept that states that the self is
viewed as autonomous and
distinct individual with
inherent characteristics.

Answer 14

egocentric

Question 15

Here, the self is viewed as dependent

on the situation or social setting.

Answer 15

sociocentric

Question 16

“The
Americans are egocentric.
They believe that they should
be assertive and independent.” is an example of egocentric or sociocentric?

Answer 16

egocentric

Question 17

“The japanese believes that the membership of a person in a
particular social group defines the
boundaries of the self.” is an example of egoce cor sociocentric?

Answer 17

sociocentric

Question 18

"The Chinese prioritize kin ties and
cooperation. They put importance to
compliance and subordination of
one’s will to the authority figures in
the family." is an example of egocentric or sociocentric?

Answer 18

sociocentric

Question 19

it refers to “who the
person is”, or the qualities
and traits of an individual
that make him or her
different from others.

Answer 19

identity

Question 20

This refers to the “features of a
person’s identity that he or she
chooses to emphasize in
constructing a social self.”

Answer 20

Identity Toolbox

Question 21

it May be characterized by: kinship, family membership,
gender, age, language, religion, ethnicity, personal
appearance, and socioeconomic status.

Answer 21

Self identification

Question 22

It is the most significant feature to

determine a person’s social identity

Answer 22

Family membership

Question 23

it is another important identity determinant
that is often viewed as essential for the maintenance of a
group identity.

Answer 23

language

Question 24

it is an important

marker of group identity in other socioeties

Answer 24

Religious Affiliation

Question 25

it is an important device to individualize a person

and to have an identity.

Answer 25

name

Question 26

these are intimate markers of a

person which differentiates him or her from others.

Answer 26

Personal names

Question 27

What are the three phased rite of passage`

Answer 27

Separation
Liminality
Incorporation

Question 28

it is a phase where people detach from their former identity to another

Answer 28

Separation phase

Question 29

it is a phase where a person transitions from one identity to another

Answer 29

Liminality Phase

Question 30

It is a phase where the change in one’s status is officially incorporated

Answer 30

Incorporation Phase

Question 31

The most significant times of change

Answer 31

Birth
Leaving childhood
Becoming an adolescent
Leaving home
Weddings
Death/ Funerals

Question 32

He established the self as embedded in culture

Answer 32

Clifford Geertz

Question 33

it is the values and behaviors

shared by group of individuals.

Answer 33

Culture

Question 34

it refers to more than ethnic or racial heritage, thus, it also includes factors such as age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability and socioeconomic status.

Answer 34

Culture

Question 35

Cultural factors (7)

Answer 35

age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, physical ability, mental ability, and socioeconomic status.

Question 36

An American anthropologist who offered a reformulation of the
concept of culture which favors a symbolic interpretative
model of culture.

Answer 36

Clifford Geertz

Question 37

He defined culture as a system of inherited conceptions
expressed in symbolic forms by means of which people
communicate, perpetuate and develop their knowledge
about and attitudes toward life.

Answer 37

Clifford Geertz

Question 38

He suggests these two important ideas: ( 1 ) c u l t u r e s h o u l d n o t b e
perceived only as “complexes of
concrete behavior patterns –
customs, usages, traditions, habit
clusters – as has, by and large,
been the case up to now, but as a
set of control mechanisms – plans,
recipes, rules, instructions – for
the governing behavior.  (2) man is precisely the
animal most desperately
d e p e n d e n t u p o n s u c h
extragenetic, outside-theskin
control mechanisms,
such cultural programs,
for ordering his behavior

Answer 38

Clifford Geertz

Question 39

According to Clifford Geertz, _____ is defined by his genetic potentials shaped into
actual accomplishments which is made possible by culture.

Answer 39

man

Question 40

He emphasized that human nature is interdependent with
culture:
“Without men, no culture, certainly; but equally, and
more significantly, without culture, no men.”

Answer 40

Clifford Geertz

Question 41

He 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.

Answer 41

Robbins

Question 42

He said that Culture differences exist when groups of people assign
different meanings to different life events and things.

Answer 42

Robbins

Question 43

According to him, the self is embedded in culture.

Answer 43

Robbins