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33 Cards in this Set
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What is society?
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representation of the collective behavior of its members
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How is society recreated?
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individual perception; history; group affiliation; social network
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What is deviance?
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acting in a way that opposes the group to which you belong
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How does deviance contribute to change in society?
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creates new norms
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What is the Other?
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practical process of separating groups
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What is the Others purpose?
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created the "west"
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How do genetics complicate our ideas of identity?
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they are unalterable
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What is the difference between sex and gender?
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Sex: based on genetics (biological)
Gender: what the body looks like (male or female) |
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What is the patrilineal-patrilocal complex?
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keeps men together in environments of scarce resources and warfare
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Who are the Etoro?
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about 400 in Papua New Guinea; foragers; semen is placed in women by spirits to give life and it is limited
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Why do genders become less equal with agriculturalism?
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women have less responsibility
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What is the cultural construction of the body?
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women: nature
men: culture |
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What is the cultural performance of the body?
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What is multiculturalism?
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honoring culture and diversity
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What is a possible problem of multiculturalism?
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sometimes it is with/without legal sanction
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What is assimilation?
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the merging of cultural traits from previously distinct cultural groups, not involving biological amalgamation.
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Where do stereotypes come from?
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How do ethnic groups define themselves?
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What are some common characteristics?
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language, religion, food, shared history, location
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What is ethnicity?
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when a group of people claim of certain ethnic identity for themselves and are defined that way by others
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What is race?
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a cultural category taught and reinforced through culture
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What is racism?
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cultural and ideological perception and evaluation of self and others according to racial identity
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What does vitamin D have to do with Race?
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Skin pigmentation levels monitors Vitamin D production
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What is melanin?
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What is an allomother?
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all people who help take care of child (including father)
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What is bride price? Bride service? Dowry?
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composation that the groom pays to the brides family; groom works for brides family for a short time; payment of a womens inheritance at marriage
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What is monogamy? Polygyny? Polyandry?
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marriage with one spouse; marriage with multiple wives; marriage with multiple marriage partners
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What is marriage?
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a culturally sanctioned union between two or more people that establishes certain rights and obligations between the people, and between them and their children. Such marriage rights and obligations most often include, but are not limited to, sex, labor, property, child rearing exchange, and status
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What is the purpose of marriage in society?
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to form alliances
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What are the resident patters discussed in lecture?
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patrilocal- Moving in w/ fathers family.
Matrilocal- moving in w/ mothers family ambilocal- Choose either. Neolocal- set up own household/ new family Avunculocal- Live w/ husbands, mothers, brother. |
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What is endogamy? Exogamy?
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Endogamy is marriage within the group.
Exogamy is marriage outside of the group. |
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What is the incest taboo? Is it universal?
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Incest taboo is prohibition of sexual relations between specified individuals. It is rare that it is.
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What is a nuclear family? How prevalent is it in our society today?
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Step-parents, sisters, or brothers. Less than 24%
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