Important Terms 2

Question 1

Going native

Answer 1

To become fully integrated into a cultural group

Question 2

A.R. Radcliffe Brown

Answer 2

The British anthropologist interested in the way that social structures function to maintain social stability in a society overtime

Question 3

Cultural relativism

Answer 3

And idea that people cannot truly understand another culture because they see the world through the lens of their own culture

Question 4

Ruth Benedict

Answer 4

• One of Boas’ first female students
• used cultural relativism for investigating cultures
• released a book called “patterns of culture”
• believes that culture affects individuals psychology, shaping of personality traits
• A professor at Columbia university

Question 5

Margaret Mead

Answer 5

• A student of Boas

– one of the most well-known female American cultural anthropologist

– A pioneer in conducting ethnographic research

• did research on adolescent girls and their stress and emotional difficulties

Question 6

Alfred Louis Kroeber

Answer 6

• A student of Boas

– Share the commitment to field research and cultural relativism

– he was particularly interested in how cultures change over time and influence one another

Question 7

Franz Boas

Answer 7

– An American anthropologist

• redirected anthropologists away from cultural evolutionism and toward cultural relativism

Question 8

Enculturation

Answer 8

The process of learning culture

Question 9

Ethnography

Answer 9

A detailed description of the study group at a particular time and location