Studied by 49 people5 Subsistence strategies
Hunting and Gathering, Pastoralism, Horticulture, Agriculture, Industrialism
Ethnocentrism
to view your own culture as superior to others
Gender
The cultural construction of male and female characteristics
Gender Roles
Tasks and activites a culture assigns to the sexes
Division Of Labor
Allows two or more cooperating adults to focus or allow for the development of next generation
Gender Stereotypes
Oversimplified ideas about the characteristics of genders
Gender Stratification
Describs unequal distribution of rewards
Third Gender
Concept when society labels an individual as neither male nor female
Margaret Mead's Study
Visited different cultures in Papa New Guiena and showed that all gender roles are not the same across cultures.
Arapash
Women and Men have the standard American Gender Roles
Mundugmor
women are aggresive while men are passive
Tchambuli
women are mangerial and men are dramatic
Descent
Principles that link one generation to another in a systematic manner
Descent Group
Group of Kin related by common descent by certain specifed rights and obligations across generations
Lineage
Unilineal descent group in which relationships among memebers are known and demonstrable
Lineage Types
Matrilineal and Patrilineal
Matrilineal
based on or tracing descent through the female line
patrilineal
based on or tracing descent through the male line
Clan
Unilineal descent group in which relationships between members cannot be demonstrated and are simply assumed
Moiety
Similar to a clan, but the common ancestor is blurred and often only mythical
Bilateral Descent
line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family
Exogamy
Rule that states you must marry outside a particular group
endogamy
Rule that states you must marry withing a particular group
Hypergamy
When a man marries a woman of a lower status or the woman marries up which elevates her position in society
Polgyny
One man with multiple wives
Polyandry
One woman with multiple husbands
Monogamy
Having only one significant other at a time
Serial Monogamy
One partner at a time but more than one throughout life
Incest Taboo
Taboo on parent, child, or sibling romantic relationships but frequently extends beyond immediate family
Parallel Cousins
Father to brother offspring or Mother to sister offspring depending on the type of lineage
Cross Cousins
Father to sister offspring or Mother to brother offspring depending on the type of lineage
Note
Flashcard