Anthropology Review: Culture, Globalization, and Primatology

Vocabulary flashcards covering the effects of globalization on culture, the four fundamental aspects of culture, and similarities and differences between humans and primates.

Cultural Diversity

The positive effect of globalization that gives people access to a variety of different lifestyles, traditions, and beliefs from around the world.

Cultural Homogenization

The negative effect of globalization that can cause local traditions and languages to fade away as dominant global cultures replace them.

Culture is Learned

The aspect of culture stating that culture is acquired through beliefs and opinions rather than inherited through biological or physical characteristics.

Culture is Shared

The aspect of culture where the common ways a society thinks and acts become integrated into their culture, such as the use of a handshake as a greeting in Western countries.

Culture Defines Nature

The aspect of culture where the way humans fulfill natural biological needs is shaped by culture, such as eating grasshoppers versus eating rice.

Culture has Patterns

The aspect of culture indicating that cultures are structured systems of beliefs and opinions rather than a random collection of ideas, such as shared core values of education and democracy in Canada.

Mother and Infant Bond

A vital social bond shared by humans and other primates that is critical for survival.

Dominance Hierarchies

Social rank orderings that are found across all primate societies.

Full Bipedalism

The form of two-footed locomotion that humans are the only primates to have adapted to.

Infant Dependency Period

A developmental timeframe that is the longest in the animal kingdom among primates, with humans having the longest period of any primate.

Sophisticated Language and Speech

A unique trait differentiating humans from all other primates, marked by complex language systems and the physical ability to speak.