Module 2

Cards (21)

  • Anthropological Perspectives (6)
    • Unilineal Evolutionism
    • Cultural Diffusionism
    • Historical Particularism
    • Anthropological Functionalism
    • Anthropological Structuralism
    • Cultural Materialism
  • Sociological Perspectives (4)
    • Functionalism
    • Conflict Perspective
    • Symbolic Interactionism
    • Evolutionism
  • Unilineal Evolutionism (Anthro Perspective)

    New cultural forms emerge from the past that pass through similar stages of development
  • Cultural Diffusionism (Anthro perspective)

    Asserts that culture originates from one or more culture centers, which are results of borrowed elements of the new culture.
  • Historical Particularism (Anthro Perspective)

    Believes each group of people has its own unique culture influenced by its history, geography, and environment.
  • Anthropological Functionalism
    Cultural elements and practices are interrelated and interdependent, and persist because they have a purpose.
  • Anthropological Structuralism
    Conveys that cultural phenomena and practices have a relationship to one another, by which humans organize and structure their experiences.
  • Cultural Materialism (Anthro Perspective)

    Culture is influenced by the technology, resources, economic values, and utilization of things.
  • Functionalism (Socio Perspective)

    Views society as an organized network cooperating groups operating orderly to generally accepted norms. e.g.) social roles
  • Conflict Perspective (Socio Perspective)

    Sees the social environment in a continuous struggle which is in contrast with functionalism.
  • Symbolic Interactionism (Socio Perspective)

    Deals with patterns of behaviour in large units of society.
  • Evolutionism (Socio Perspective)

    Explains how human groups came to exist, grow, and develop.
  • Society is derived from the Latin word 'societas' which means 'companion' or 'associate'. Society refers to all people, collectively regarded as constituting a community of related, interdependent individuals living in a particular place, following a certain mode of life.
  • Anthropology perceives society as a group of people sharing a common culture within a territory.
  • Sociology views society as an association organized by men with a territory.
  • Culture has two notions:
    • It may refer to the individual's taste, inclination, and interest in the "fine arts"
    • It is referred as being civilized.
  • Anthropology perceives culture as a unique character of every human society which includes how we think, act, and what we own; your culture makes you unique.
  • Sociology perceives culture as the imprint made by people; you are unique because of your culture.
  • In cultural relativism, culture only has meaning when taken into context.
  • Ethnocentrism is the perception of one's own culture as superior compared to other cultures
  • Xenocentrism is the pereception of one's own culture as inferior compared to other cultures.