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Anthropology

is a science of hmanity, culture and its society

Edward Burnett Taylor

Defined culture as a complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, law, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man

Culture

the total way of life shared by members of a community

Material culture

(Tangible) attires, tools, weapons, architectural designs and religious implement

Non material

Beliefs, values, norms, and languages

Eastern

Awareness of unity and mutual interrelation of all things and event in life

Eastern

All things are seen as interdependent (e.g karma, connection to nature)

Western

Asociated with science and religion

Western

Main values are individual’s success, achievements and happiness

Eatern

The self views the universe in circular/cyclic manner based on the perception

Eastern

The action is the extension of the mind

Eastern

Uses systematic approach in which all events in the universe are interconnected

Western

The self’s linear view of the universe where everything has its beginning and end

Western

Idea of self is logical, scientific and rational

Western

Religion is independent of Philosophy

Western

Action is not necessarily a translation od the mind

Western

More focused on the individua events and the role of the person

The self is atman

the innermost essence of the self whose destiny is to be brahma (creator) in nirvana

Maya/Illusion

Attachment of the self to the material world

Samsara

The endless cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth

Reincanation of the self

A form of suffering because the self keeps coming back to the materia world

The doctrine of non self o annata

Dictates that the self is subject to the law of change

Buddhism

Everythin including self is always in constant change

Confucius

Concerned with what made a good life which depends on goods and just government

Jen

A true self is noble man possesses all the virtue and this noble man

The self in the confucianism

The self must live in accordce with the law of nature that rules an direcs the movement of all things

Taoism

Advocates what is natural and spontaneous, simple, and necessary

Tao

Means way of nature

The self in the TAOISM

Considered self as merel one of the many element s of the natural world

The self in the taoism

The self should not strive for learning riches,and power

The self in the taoism

The self should find lasting happiness by being quiet, thoughtful and humble

Pagkatao

indicates the fact that a filipinois a human being just like anyone else

Loob

Exemplified by filipino holistic worldview and interiority (human hearteedness)

Physical self

Refers to the body, a concrete dimension, and a tangible aspect of the person that can be directly observed and examined

Heredity

The transmission of traits or characteristics from parents to offspring

Environment

The sum total of the forces or experiences that a person undergoes from conception to old age

Fertilization

Refers to the meeting of the female sex cell and male sex cell

Gonads

The reproductive organas where sex cells are developed

Spermatoza

The male sex cells that are produced in the male gonads called testes

Ova

The female sex cells

Ovaries

The female reproductve organ that produces ova

Zygote

The fertilized egg that contains all hereditary potentials from the paarents

Gestation period

280 days or 9 months

Genes

Are small aprticles of string like fofrmationand they are carriers of hereditary traits from the parent

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid, the code of heredity

Maturation

The unfolding of the inherent traits

Self esteem

How much we feel we are worth and how much we feel other people value us

Self care

Is the intentional, planned and actual act of taking the time to attend to our basic physical, mental, an emotional needs

Positive body image

Accepting one’s self the way you are, even if you do not fit what the media deems as ideal

Negative body image

Feeling badly about the way one looks

Physical care

This aspect of self care is the simples one anad is very common nowadays

Mental care

Is taking self care time is to a two told process

Michael Brown

Stated that all emotions are essentially ‘’energy in motion’’

Emotional care

We also classified them as ‘’desired’’ for the positive emotions and ‘’unwanted’’ for the negative ones

Body image dissatisfaction

The negtive perceptions and feelings a person have about their body

Body dysmorphic disorder

A distinct mental disorder in which a person is preoccupied with an imagined physical defect or a mino defect that others often cannot see

Eating disorders

Illnesses that are characterized by irregular eating habits and severe distress or concern about body weight or shape

Anorexia Nervosa

Obsessive fear of gaining weight, refusal to maintai a healthy body weight and an unrealistic percepion of body image (Denies)

Bulimia Nervosa

Characterized by repeated bige eating followed by behavior that compensate for the overeating, such as forced vomiting, excessive exercise or extreme use of laxatives (Recognizes)

Golden ratio or perfect image

By Stephen marquardt

Sexual self

Refers to the totality of oneself as a sexual being, including positive and negative concepts and feelings

Sexual self esteem, sexual depression, and sexual preoccupation

The feelings you have about your body and your confidence level in how you relate intimately to someone else

Sexual depression

It is when the related sex related chemicals are out of balance

Sexual preoccupation

Defined as the tendency to think sbout sex to an ecessive degree

Sex

Refers to physical or physiological differences beween males and females

Intersex

A person born with sexual anatomy or chromosomes that do not fit the traditional definiton of male and female

Primary sex characterics

Seen after birth because of the sex organs

Secondary sex characteristics

Refer to visible changes that are seen in puberty

Hermaphrodite

Have both male and female sex organs

Libido

Sex drive or the desire for sexual activity

Desire

The coming together of visual, biochemical and emotional that trigger a hormonal cascade that may culminate in successful fertilization of an egg by sperm

Excitement phase

Sexual stimuli lead to changees in the body of women and men; increased heart rate and muscle tension

Plateu phase

Excitement becomes enhanced and the body is prepared for orgasm

Orgasm phase

Also known as the climax or peak of the sexul excitement

Resolution phase

Last stage of sexual arousal, return o the unaroused state

Repression

Means denying ones sexual energies and pushing it to the unconscious

Suppression

One is aware of his/her sexual energies but controls it for many reasons

Sublimation

Redirecting one sexual energies to something else

Pseudosublimation

is unhealthy because sexual desires can be satisfied through drinking alcohol, smoking , overeating anf use of drugs

Genital Satisfaction

Giving into ones sexual desires through sexual gratification like sexual intercoursse

Integration

Ability to integrate ones sexual energies into friendship, marriage, vocation and in all levels of relationships

Lust

Strong sexual desire

Falling in love/attraction

Where romantic or passionate love i characterized by euphoria

Attachment

Staying together, there is a sense of calm and stability with a long term partner

Oxytocin

The cuddle chemical, inducing labor

Vassopressin

The monogamy hormone

Endorphins

Enhance the immune system, block the lesions of blood vessels

Dopamine

associated with pleasure, providing feelings of enjoyment

Phenylethylamine

A natural amphetamine, can cause stimulation effects

Monomines

Brain chemicals

Serotonin

control impulses, unruly passions, and obsesive behaviors, sense of ‘’being control’’

Norepinephrine

Induces euphoria in the brain, exciting the body by dose of adrenaline

Solitary

self masturbation, intention of causing sexual arousal that leads to orgasm

Heterosexual

Romantic attraction straight

Homosexual

Romantic or sexual attraction to the same sex

Bisexual

person who is attracted to both sexes

Transsexual

gender identity is oppposite to their birth sex

Transgender

People who view themselves as third gender (cross dressing)

Sexually fluid

Idea that sexual preferences have capability to change over a lifetime

Asexual

Person having no sexual attraction