Final - Questions Flashcards
Explain how it would be possible for a group to be practicing both Endogamy and Exogamy at the same time.
Endogamy group has to be bigger
What are the functions in society of Marriage and Family?
1) Regulate mating and reproduction
2) Regulate the sexual division of labor
3) Create family relationships
What factors have led more women into the workforce over the last half century?
- Financial stability
- Divorce
- Technology
In regards to labor around the globe, what are some tasks usually done by males? By females?
Males: - Hunt - Fish - Tend to livestock - Military - Construction Females: - Gather food - Nurture - Cook - Maintain household
What are some ways in which people are socially differentiated?
- Race
- Ethnicity
- Education
- Religion
- Style
- Class
What are three dimensions of social stratification? Explain each.
- Wealth: material objects that have value in society
- Power: the capacity to produce intended effects for oneself, other people, social situations, or the environment
- Prestige: social honor or respect within a society
Societies differ in their political organization based on what three dimensions?
1) Decisions separate from kinship decisions
2) Decide whose in charge
3) Population
Name and describe the two famous applied anthropology projects from the 50s and 60s.
Fox Project: The government tried relocating native Mesquakie Iowans to Kansas, but Iowa gave them permission to buy 80 acres of land that has grown to over 3000.
Vicos Project: Northern Andean community of Vicos, Peru became a paradigm for international development. The goal of the project was to bring the indigenous population into the 20th century and integrate them into the market economy and Peruvian society.
What kind of decent do we practice in the USA?
We practice cognatic - bilateral decent
Give an examples how someone might practice religion and magic at the same time.
Pray for security but carry a good luck charm
What does it mean to say that art is reflective of the culture that produces it?
- Show what is considered important in a culture
- Product shows subsistence patterns
Name several ways applied anthropologists helped the USA in the WWII war effort.
- Discover food preferences
- Manipulated enemy cultural information
- Used data for torcher
Explain why sex does not necessarily equate with gender.
Because sex is biological while gender is cultural
What are the social functions of Religion? Psychological functions?
Social functions: helps society
- Social control: acceptable range of conduct
- Solidarity: participation in rituals that bring/keeps people together
- Education: rituals ensure that culture is passed down
Psychological functions: helps individuals
- Cognitive function: helps to explain the inexplicable
What are the four levels of religious organization?
Individualistic: each person is his or her own religious specialist
Shamanistic: part-time shamans intervene with the deities on behalf of their clients
Communal: groups of ordinary people conduct religious ceremonies for the well-being of the community
Ecclesiastical: full-time clergy are employed
