Unit 7

1. Anthropology Unit 7

2. Anthropology • Is the study of humans in their environment- creating a culture.

3. Culture • Is the entire way a society is organized and lives

4. Vocabulary • Enculturation- same as socialization, teaching members about one’s culture. • Ethnocentrism- belief that your culture is superior to another. • Acculturation- process of taking the traits of one culture and using them in your own. • Assimilation- to absorb into the culture or mores of a population or group

5. How cultures work • Material Culture- things a society makes and uses -Technology- Knowledge of how to make things. • Non- Material Culture - society’s ideas and values • Norms (folkways, mores and laws) • Taboo- behavior a culture disapproves of

6. Cultural Change • Invention- creating a new way of doing something. • Innovation- Improvement in technology • Cultural Diffusion- borrowing or spreading ways of doing something • Conquest/ War • Acculturation/ Assimilation

7. Language and Culture • Communication is necessary for the operation of any group. By definition, it is the process of making, keeping and changing relationships with others.

8. Language and Culture • Language- System of symbols used to communicate • Verbal- written and spoken symbols • Non-Verbal-without written or spoken symbols. Could include body movement or gestures. • Note- language is the product of a culture which is used. Culture is learned so language is the key element.

9. Language and Culture • Linguistics- study of the relationship of language to culture • Dialect- different ways of pronouncing words.

10. Language Changes with: • Subcultures • Technology • New terms/ words added or introduced • Diffusion

11. Stereotype • Viewing another based on your past experiences and that view is usually negative.

12. How to Analyze a culture • Holistic approach- approach that considers the whole or total of what is studied. • Analyze: • Institutions • Enculturation process • Social Stratification • Communication • Art