Anthro103 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Economic anthropologya study of livelihoods: how humans work to obtain the material necessities such as food, clothing, and shelter that sustain our lives. Political statean independent political unit occupying a territory and having sovereign control over its people and territory. Lineages (Family)consists of individuals who can trace or demonstrate their descent through a line of males or females to the founding ancestor. Wealththe value of assets owned StatusA social position that a ...

A ____________________ is a preconceived notion or belief about the differences that should exist between men and women and their proper roles in a culture.gender stereotype An unequal distribution of power and access to resources (money), opportunities, rights, and privileges based on gender is calledgender stratification A set of cultural ideas or rules, usually stereotypical, about the how males and females are supposed to look and act, which justifies gender stratification, bias, a...

Apes that have been taught American Sign Language have displayed "productivity," meaning that theycan use known words to invent new word combinations when confronted with a previously unknown situation Human language is accompanied by an extensive set of noises, such as laughs, cries, sighs, and yells. These noises are referred to by anthropologists asparalanguage The term "displacement" refers to the ability of a human language touse words to refer to objects or events not immedia...

Economic anthropologya study of livelihoods: how humans work to obtain the material necessities such as food, clothing, and shelter that sustain our lives. Political statean independent political unit occupying a territory and having sovereign control over its people and territory. Lineages (Family)consists of individuals who can trace or demonstrate their descent through a line of males or females to the founding ancestor. Wealththe value of assets owned StatusA social position that a ...

A ____________________ is a preconceived notion or belief about the differences that should exist between men and women and their proper roles in a culture.gender stereotype An unequal distribution of power and access to resources (money), opportunities, rights, and privileges based on gender is calledgender stratification A set of cultural ideas or rules, usually stereotypical, about the how males and females are supposed to look and act, which justifies gender stratification, bias, a...

Apes that have been taught American Sign Language have displayed "productivity," meaning that theycan use known words to invent new word combinations when confronted with a previously unknown situation Human language is accompanied by an extensive set of noises, such as laughs, cries, sighs, and yells. These noises are referred to by anthropologists asparalanguage The term "displacement" refers to the ability of a human language touse words to refer to objects or events not immedia...