The Self from the Perspective of Anthropology

Question 1

Is a field of the social sciences that focuses
on the study of man. Not just on one aspect of man, but the totality of what it means to be human. The field looks into man’s physical/biological characteristics, socialrelationships, and the influence of his culture from the dawn
of civilization up to the present.

Answer 1

Anthropology

Question 2

4 subfields of Anthropology that suggests that human beings are similar and very different at the same time:

Answer 2

Archaeology
Biological Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Linguistic Anthropology

Question 3

A scientist who studies artifacts in order to discover how people lived their lives.

Answer 3

Archeologist

Question 4

This discoveries made people realize that the most important aspect of human life is _______.

Answer 4

survival

Question 5

In this subfield, they believed that Men are similar, but the manner they use to survive differs.

Answer 5

Archeology

Question 6

Focus primarily on how the human body adapts to the different earth environments. They are interested in explaining how biological characteristics of human beings affect how they lived their lives.

Answer 6

Biological Anthropologist

Question 7

Focus primarily on how the human body adapts to the different earth environments. They are interested in explaining how biological characteristics of human beings affect how they lived their lives.

Answer 7

Biological Anthropology

Question 8

Study people in different places and discovered that while human beings vary in their biological make-up and behavior, there are a lot more similarities among them than there are difference.

Answer 8

Biological Anthropology

Question 9

Human survival is primarily linked to their ability to communicate and an essential part of human communication is language.

Answer 9

Linguistic Anthropology

Question 10

Identifies group of people; words, sounds, symbols, writings and signs that are used are reflections of a group’s culture.

Answer 10

Language

Question 11

Uses language to discover a group’s manner of social interaction, to create and share meanings to form ideas, concepts, and to promote social change, and how language change over time.

Answer 11

Linguistic Anthropologists

Question 12

Language is reflective of the _____ and _____ of the people using it.

Answer 12

time & mode of thinking

Question 13

Focus in knowing what makes one group’s manner of living particularly to that group and forms an essential part of the member’s personal and social identity.

Answer 13

Cultural Anthropologists

Question 14

Group of people’s way of life. Including their behavior, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept, socially transmitted through communication and imitation from generation to generation.

Answer 14

Culture/Cultural Anthropology

Question 15

According to this theory, human nature is determined by the ideas, meanings, beliefs, and values learned as member of a society.Where culture has a strong impact on how individual view himself.

Answer 15

Theory of Cultural Determinism

Question 16

Ways in which culture may manifest itself in people

Answer 16

Symbols
Heroes
Rituals
Values

Question 17

Words, gestures, symbols, that have recognized meaning in a particular culture.

Answer 17

Symbols

Question 18

Person from the past or present who have characteristics that are important in a culture. They may be real or fictitious and are models of behavior.

Answer 18

Heroes

Question 19

Are unconscious, and can neither discussed nor be directly observed but can only be inferred from the way people act and react to circumstances and situations.

Answer 19

Values

Question 20

Activities, may be religious or social, participated in by a group of people for the fulfillment of desired objectives and are considered to be socially essential.

Answer 20

Rituals

Question 21

Activities, may be religious or social, participated in by a group of people for the fulfillment of desired objectives and are considered to be socially essential.

Answer 21

Rituals