Cultural Anthropology Ch 02

Front 1

culture

Back 1

learned sets of ideas and behaviors that are acquired by people as members of a society

Front 2

race

Back 2

initially, scientists assigned people to racial groups based on skin color, hair texture or other visible physical traits, in addition to traits such as intelligence, ability, etc. In reality, there is only 1 human race.

Front 3

cultural universals

Back 3

similar ideas between different cultures regarding morals, values, etc.

Front 4

symbols

Back 4

something that stands for something else between which there is no necessary link (X stands for Y) and that which it stands for is conventional an arbitrary (a book is so-called because that is what it is in English, but is libro in Spanish)

Front 5

ethnocentrism

Back 5

using the practices of your own culture to measure how well the customs of other cultures compare

Front 6

cultural relativism

Back 6

use to interpret specific beliefs and practices in the context of the culture to which they belong

Front 7

cultural hybridization

Back 7

the mixing and reconfirguring of elements from different cultural traditions

Front 8

indigenization

Back 8

cultural features that may have originated in the West or in America, but hve been adopted by local people for local purposes.