They proposed the idea of unilineal evolution, arguing that some people are more ‘evolved’ than others and are therefore superior. People were evolving towards increased rationality. E.B. Tylor and L.H. Morgan
What are 19th C Evolutionists?
100
How does this idea come into play politically?
The abortion debate
100
which characteristic is exemplified by our view of when someone is dead or alive?
What is learned?
100
What people SAY they do
What is ideal culture?
100
an ideal cultural pattern that influence behaviors in a society
What is a norm?
200
Culture is a product of the human mind. Since all human brains share a biological basis, there is bound to be cross cultural similarities. Claude Levi-Strauss
What is structuralism?
200
What are the different instances in which a baby is considered "alive" in different cultures?
At conception, at birth, once inside a village, once its proven its will to live, once its been given a name
200
Marvin Harris' discussion of the Hindu ban on eating cattle shows us how culture is.....
Integrated
200
what people ACTUALLY do as opposed to what they say they do
What is real culture?
200
a culturally defined idea of what is true, right, and beautiful
What is "value"?
300
Cultures are the result of their unique backgrounds. These theorists deny unilineal evolution, racism, and ethnocentrism. Franz Boas and A.L. Kroeber
What is historical particularism?
300
Explain the different reaction to a child's death in the United States versus an impoverished neighborhood in Brazil.
Devastation v. the Norm
300
Sunblock is an example of how culture is.....
Adaptive
300
An example of this kind of culture would be Christianity or Soccer fans
What is international culture?
300
The ability of humans to change or adapt their behavior to their environment - to bend without breaking
What is plasticity?
400
They compared society to a living organism and argued that all the different parts of society work together and meet the needs of individuals and society. Bronislaw Malinowski and Radcliffe-Brown
What is functionalism?
400
Why are there different views cross culturally of what makes a person alive?
It is cultural - we learn what makes a person a person.
400
Serpents connection with both evil and fertility is an example of...
Multivalent symbols
400
An example of this kind of culture would be NFL fans.
What is a national culture?
400
Cultural ideas or behaviors that no longer make sense in modern society but used to have a purpose. For example - shaking hands to show you are unarmed. Defined by EB Tylor.
What is a "survival"?
500
Looks at how culture shapes personality and claims that the way a person is raised is crucial in determining how they turn out
What is Culture and Personality or configurationalism
500
When discussing "alive" versus "dead" there are two different things that we are talking about. In one instance we are talking about a "biological" state, and in the other instance we area talking about ________ state."
What is a social or cultural. There is a difference between being biologically alive (hooked up to life support) and being socially alive (non-brain dead)
500
Name the six characteristics of culture
What is learned, shared, symbolic, integrated, changing, adaptive
500
Fashionistas, anime fans, college students - these are all examples of this kind of culture