Perspectives
Studying culture by comparing cultural systems
What is the comparative perspective
The process by which members of a community pass on culture to new generations
What is enculturation
Ways that diffusion of ideas occur:
What is direct and indirect contact
The understanding of human societies as complex and interconnected systems
What is the holistic perspective
Some groups resist joining the “melting pot” because of this
What is wanting to preserve their culture’s own unique characteristics
The flows of symbols across the global landscape:
What is intercultural relations
The empirical perspective relies on:
What is data and direct observation
We aren’t born with culture but we can learn it through:
What is informal learning, embodiment, formal learning
A model of reality that people use to orient themselves in the world.
What is Worldview
Symbolic, shared, and learned
What is culture
Everyday practices, an underlying level of reasons and logical explanations, and underlying assumptions
What are the levels of culture
The belief that we cannot make judgements or assumptions about other cultures
What is relativism
The scientific study of the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and cultural development of humans.
What is anthropology
A feeling people get when the rules and understandings by which they live no longer apply:
What is culture shock