Culture universals - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ANTHROPOLOGY 101 TEST WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS Ethnocentrism - Answer-Evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture. judging other cultures using one's own cultural standards ex. judging other countries' diets Familiarizing strategies - Answer-This is when u make the strange familiar. U are learning unfamiliar categories on their own terms. Defamiliarizing Strategies - Answer-This is when u make the familiar thi...

Sociology Unit 2 Exam Questions and Correct Answers Social control is - ANSWER the enforcing of norms through either internal or external means. Mores are norms that do not have great moral significance attached to them. - ANSWER False Culture consists of all the shared products of human groups. - ANSWER True Certain features that are developed to ensure the fulfillment of some needs of society and are common to all cultures. - ANSWER cultural universals The organization of written ...

What is culture? - Creating tradition, rituals, identifying with a race or community based on your ancestors and the people you are around. Dynamic groups of individuals that share a similar context, are exposed to many similar cultural messages, and contain a broad range of individuals who are affected by those cultural messages in divergent ways. Any kind of information that is acquired from other members of one's species through social learning that is capable of affecting an individua...

Theatrical Conventions - Answer-Rules of conduct and understood communication codes of the theatre Universals of theatre (4) - Answer-1. Theatre is live- mistakes are possible, audience, reciprocity, energy is shared between actors and audience 2. Theatre is ephemeral- theatre always changes, it can't be repeated, recorded theatre (film) 3. Theatre is collaborative- working towards a common goal 4. Theatre is a synthesis of many arts- actors, sets, lighting, costumes, music, sound, directo...

AQA A level Psychology - Paper 3 topics Exam Questions and Answers Gender bias - Answer-Psychologists seek universality but bias may be inevitable (social historical contexts) Gender bias: psychological theory/research not accurately represent experience/behaviour of men + women Alpha bias: differences exaggerated, devalue women E.g. Freud = genuine psychological differences due to physiological differences Girls suffer from 'penis envy', femininity is failed masculinity Beta bias: di...

Sociology Quiz 1-100% Solved 2024 Advance of Bureaucracy -Answer-Weber felt it was inevitable; Society becomes more efficient but poses problems for democratic participation; Rationalization of social & economic life is the main dynamic of our development Agricultural Societies -Answer-Intensive strategy of production: more labor, use of fertilizers, control of water supply, use of animals. Use of the plow— agricultural revolution—larger crops. Permanent settlements—emergence of larg...

GMS522 Midterm Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass international marketing - Answer- the process of planning and conducting transactions across national borders to create exchanges that satisfy the objectives of individuals and organizations. (international sales are seen as secondary to developing the domestic market) multidomestic marketing strategy - Answer- the development of separate marketing strategies for each country that a firm conducts business activities in (if you are in lat...

Sociology Unit 2 Exam Questions and Correct Answers All groups create norms to enforce their cultural values. - ANSWER True ____ help(s) sociologists and anthropologists understand practices that seem strange or different from those of their own culture. - ANSWER Cultural relativism Social control is - ANSWER the enforcing of norms through either internal or external means. Mores are norms that do not have great moral significance attached to them. - ANSWER False Culture consists of ...

Phonology The study of the sound system of a language. Morphology The study of words and how they are formed to convey meaning. Grammar The study of the implicit rules for how to form all possible sentences in a language and convey meaning. Syntax The study of word placement and order. Semantics The study of the relationships between words or word clusters as the concepts or ideas that they symbolize or represent. Pragmatics The study of uses of language for communicative purposes i...

Discontinuity or Stage Theories (types of theories) - -Development progresses through a series of stages -Each stage involves a specific task -Once task is achieved, individual moves to next stage -Changes are qualitative Continuity Theory (type of theory) - -Development/change is a matter of small steps -Change is NOT qualitative Universality theorists believe... - there are universals to development that occur across all cultures/time-periods Context-specific theorists believe... ...