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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 cultural relativism | ...The anthropological foundation perspective that a culture's customs and ideas should be viewed within the context of that culture |
| socialization | ...used by sociologists and is learning process with emphasis on social interaction |
| 3 types of marriage | monogamy(unites 2 individuals) polygyny(one mans and 2 or more wives) - Laos polyandry( one wife and 2 or more husbands) -Tibet |
| considerations for ongoing marriage | arranged marriages (agreement between goups - alliances) - India levirate erogamy - when a man dies, his brother or close relative marries his wife socorate - when a woman dies, her sister or close relative marries her widow endogamy - appropriate spouse must come from INSIDE your group exogamy - appropriate spouse comes from OUTSIDE your group. |
| financial considerations to marriage | bride wealth bride service dowry ( transfer of wealth from bride's family to groom's family) bride price (transfer of wealth from groom's family to bride - ex:cows) |
| kinds of kin | affines consanguines fictive fin |
| marriage residence rules | patrilocal residence matrilical residence neolocal residence |
| family structure | nuclear family extended family |
| holism | ...an approach that studies humans by examing all aspects of the human experience |
| ethnocentrism | ...belief that other cultures are inferior to one's own |
| emic approach | ...an event in a culture wuld be an explanation that derives from the natives of that culture |
| etic approach | ... |
| culture shock | ...psychological disorientation experienced when attempting to operate in a radically different cultural environment |
| types of kin | consanguines (relatives by blood) affines (relatives by marriage) fictive kin (kin not related by marriage or blood - ex - godparents) |
| enculturation | term used bu anthropologists and is learning process with emphasis on cultural content |
| culture is | shared ( to give it meaning) adaptive (clothing, housing, food) evolves learned (NOT BIOLOGICAL) passed on from generation to generation |
| cultural systems perspective | shared beliefs (ideas, values) behaviors (patterns, customs) artifacts (material possesions) |
| values | basic ideas |
| norms | laws, folkaways, social laws |
| status | social position |
| roles | current behaviors that people deem appropriate |
| things that don't hold up cross-culturally | ex: headmaster gave a green hat(school colors) to a boy from Taiwan. Taiwan boy did not enroll because in Taiwan green hat symbolizes having an unfaithful wife. ex: time - US being on time important but in South America time is not important |
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