TOPIC 4: Anthropological Self Flashcards
is the study of people throughout the world, their evolutionary history
Anthropology
first coined the term Generation Alpha to describe the current generation arising
2008, Mark McCrindle
can be defined as the part of the environment shaped by the everyday practices of humans
Culture
an American psychologist proposed the ecological systems theory
Urie Bronfenbrenner
refers to everything that has direct contact with you (family, friends, school, work, etc.)
MICROSYSTEM
refers to the interaction of your microsystem with each other (family and school, family and friends, etc.)
MESOSYSTEM
covers all the people, institution, organization that has no contact with you but still affect you (work of your parents, social media, the implemented rules in your community, etc.)
EXOSYSTEM
is when exosystem works in a wider scope, it is influenced by one’s cultural attitudes, beliefs and values.
MACROSYSTEM
refers to how we are impacted differently in different periods of our life (time).
CHRONOSYSTEM
offered another way of looking at culture by focusing on the role of “thought of symbols” in society
Clifford Geertz
it means that the person has good manners, is well educated, and knows many things about arts
cultured
a person’s sense of who he is (almost similar to William James’ concept of “I”)
Moi
social concepts of what it means to be who he is (almost similar to William
James’ concept of “me”)
Personne
Birth all individuals are basically the same in their potential for character development
Tabula Rasa
Often defined as “how culture gets under the skin”
Embodiment
