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23 Cards in this Set
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Animism
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Animism
- Personal - All things have spirits - Typical of Naturalists - Spirits more involved in peoples daily personal lives Belief that nature is energized by distincted personalized spirit beings separable from bodies |
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Animatism
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Animatism
- Impersonal - Supernatural Forces Belief that nature is energized by impersonal spiritual force or supernature energy, which make itself manifest in any special place, thing, or living creature |
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Clan
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Clan
- Group of several lineages - Common Ancestor -- Mythological - No residential unity - Uses Symbols (crest, flag, kilt patterns) An extended unilineal kin-group, often consisting of several lineages, whos members claim common descent from a remote ancestor, usually legendary or mythological |
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Culture-Bound Syndrome
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Culture-Bound Syndrome
A mental disorder specific to a particular ethnic group, usually due to their beliefs p. 213 |
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Egalitarianism (Egalitarian Societies)
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Egalitarianism
- Equality in the social status and power - Mostly Foragers and some Horticulturists Societies in which everyone has about the same rank and power and about the same access to basic resources p. 282 |
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Stratified Societies
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Stratified Societies
- Social status not equal - Divided in hierarchies - Ranking system p. 282 |
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Ethnocide
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Ethnocide
- Destruction of a culture The violent eradication of an ethnic group's collective cultural identity as a distinctive people; occurs when a dominant society deliberately sets out to destroy another society's cultural heritage p. 308 |
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Genocide
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Genocide
- Mass Killings The physical extermination of one people by another, either as a deliberate act or as the accidental outcome of activities carried out by one people with little regard for their impact on others p. 308 |
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Globalization
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Globalization
- Interconnections ---Economics ---Influences Worldwide interconnectedness, evidenced in fast-moving global movements of natural resources, trades, goods, human labor, finance capital, information, and infectious diseases. p. 338 |
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Grammar
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Grammar
The entire formal structure of a language, including morphology and syntax p. 180 |
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Descriptive Linguistics
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Descriptive Linguistics
Grammar, Syntax, Phonology, and Morphology p. 179 |
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Kinesics
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Kinesics
- Study of gesture Study of nonverbal signals in body language including facial expressions and bodily postures and motions p. 188 |
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Language
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Language
- Understood symbols - Rules for popular understanding A system of communication using symbolic sounds, gestures, or marks that are put together according to certain rules, resulting in meanings that are intelligible to all who share that language p. 177 |
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Language Family
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Language Family
- Latin Diverged into different languages ---Romance Languages -----French, Spanish, Italian A group of languages descended from a single ancestral language p. 180 |
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Lineage
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Lineage
- Family Tree (4-6 generations) - Unilineal - Corporate Function A unilineal kin-group descended from a common ancestor or founder who lived 4 - 6 generations ago and in which relationships among members can be exactly stated in genealogical terms p. 272 |
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Multiculturalism
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Multiculturalism
- Integration - Co-existance - Value and diversity can help The public policy for managing cultural diversity in a multi-ethnic society, officially stressing mutual respect and tolerance for cultural differences within a country's borders p. 341 |
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Pluralistic Societies
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Pluralistic Societies
- Lacks common culture or heritage - Tension - Ethnocentrism A society in which two or more ethnic groups are politically organized into one territorial state but maintain their cultural differences p. 166 & 341 |
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Proxemics
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Proxemics
- People's perception of space 1. Intimate 2. Personal/casual 3. Social/consultive 4. Public The cross-cultural study of people's perception and use of space p. 188 |
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Religion
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Religion
- Many people - Organized - Rituals An organized system of ideas about the spiritual sphere or the supernatural, along with associated ceremonial practices by which people try to interpret and/or influence aspects of the universe otherwise byond their control p. 317 |
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Spirituality
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Spirituality
- Individual - Lacks format and organization Concern with the sacred, as distinguished from material matters. In contrast to religion, spirituality is often individual rather than collective and does not require a distingtive format or traditional organization. |
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Symbol
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Symbol
- Flag, wedding ring, money, statues, etc. A sound, gesture, mark, or other sign that is arbitrarily linked to something else and represents it in a meaningful way p. 166 |
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Syntax
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Syntax
- Patterns or rules of morphemes and the words formation of sentences and phrases The patterns or rules by which words are arranged into phrases and sentences |
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Totemism
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Totemism
The belief that peopple are related to particular animals, plants, or natural objects by virtue of descent from common ancestral spirits p. 275 |
