1. Cultural Anthropology
Chapter Three
Cultural Anthropology

3. What is Anthropology?
Study of the ______________ & its immediate ___________________
Anthropologist study humans in the _______, _____________, and __________ through
Biology
________________
Language

4. How Do We Study Cultures?
1. _______________ - fieldwork in a particular ______________ (data collected during fieldwork.) 2. ______________ - cross-cultural __________________; the comparative study of ethnographic data, _____________, and culture.

5. Cultures
____________ & ___________ through learning that form _____________ and __________________
Produces ______________ in behavior within a _____________ of people
How should we do things?
_______________________?
Make sense of the world?

6. Enculturation
the process by which a _________ learns his or her ______________

7. Part I - Culture is Learned
Humans have a ______________, elaborate capacity to __________ using __________________.
Sometimes culture is ___________ directly by _________ &/or _________________.

8. Culture is also transmitted through _________________________
Culture is absorbed _____________

9. Part II – Culture is Shared
Culture is an attribute of __________ as members of ________________.
_________________ unifies people by providing them with ___________ experiences.

10. Because of our ____________, we share our __________ and ___________ with many other people
We are most likely to ________ with and feel _____________ with people who are ____________, ____________, and culturally ___________ to ourselves

11. Part III - Culture is Symbolic
A symbol is something _________ or _____________, within a particular _____________ or culture, that comes to stand for __________________.

12. Symbols are often _____________
Symbols are often _____________. But there are also _______________ symbols.
Such as ____________ that stand for countries & _____________ that stand for ___________________.

13. Part IV – Culture & Nature
Culture teaches us how to __________ our _____________ urges in ____________ways
Example: All people have to __________. _____________ dictates what, when, and how to _______________

14. Part V - Culture is Integrated
Cultures are _______________, patterned systems.
If one part of the system (i.e., the __________________) changes, other parts change as well

15. Cultures are also integrated by a set of __________, ideas, and ____________
A set of _______________ central or _________________ integrates each culture and helps _________________ it from others.
Ex: Core Value of Americans = individualism/freedom

16. Part VI - Culture can also be Maladaptive
Often _________________ can create new problems...
Example: _________________ increase air pollution, deplete the ozone layer and contribute to global warming.

17. Part VII – Cultural Shock
A sense of ______________ or ______________ from being immersed into a ____________, way of life, or set of _________________
Causes of Cultural Shock:
Symptoms of Cultural Shock: