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100
a system of knowledge, beliefs, behaviors, artifacts, and institutions
What is culture?
100
sought to organize vast quantities of data about diversity of cultures worldwide that were being accumulated through colonial and missionary enterprises during the 19th century
Who is Edward Burnett Tylor
100
A transference of culture through migration and cosmopolitanism
What is homogenization
100
Ideas or rules about how people should behave in particular situations or towards certain other people
What is norms
100
The idea attributed to Boas that culture developes in specific ways because of their unique histories
What is historical particularism
200
the process of learning culture
What is enculturation
200
sought to organize vast quantities of data about diversity of cultures worldwide that were being accumulated through colonial and missionary enterprises during the 19th century
Who is Lewis Henry Morgan
200
A global outlook emerging in response to increasing globalization
What is cosmopolitanism
200
Anything that signifies something else
What is symbol
200
Cultural classification of what kind of people and things exist and the assignment of meaning to those classification
What is mental maps of reality
300
understanding a groups beliefs and practices within their own cultural context without making judgement
What is cultural relativism
300
conducted fieldwork among the Kwakiutl indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada before becoming a professor of anthropology
Who is Franz Boas
300
The theory proposed by nineteenth century anthropologist that all cultures naturally evolve through the same sequence of stages from simple to complex
What is unilinealism
300
Fundamental beliefs about what is important, true, or beautiful and what makes a good life
What is values
300
A conceptual framework that sees culture primarily as a symbolic system of deep meaning
What is interpretirist approach
400
the ability of a dominant group to create consent and agreement with in a population without using threat or force
What is hegemony
400
A student of Franz Boas who focused particularly on enculturation and its powerful effects on cultural patterns and personality types
Who is Margaret Mead
400
The uneven distribution of resources and privileges among participants in a group or culture
What is stratification
400
The ability or potential to bring about change through action or influence
What is power
400
A symbol
What is money
500
the potential power of individuals and groups to consent cultural norms, values, symbols,, mental maps of reality, institutions, and structures of power
What is agency
500
Boas student who focused on the powerful role of culture shaping human life and the need to explore the unique development of each culture.
Who is Ruth Benedict
500
The borrowing of cultural traits and patterns from other cultures
What is diffusion
500
Advertising
What is a powerful tool of enculturation
500
American anthropological association
What does AAA stand for
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