Anth 411 Exam 3
Identity - correct answer ✔Define yourself by choice or ascription (age,
ethnic, professional, religious, etc.)
Situational Negotiation of Identity - correct answer ✔When one of your
identities precedes the other, depending on the situation
Intersectionality - correct answer ✔Interconnected nature of social
categorizations (race,class, gender) as they apply to an individual or group
Status - correct answer ✔Relative social position within a group. we get to it
through our achievements or it is assigned to us
Role - correct answer ✔Part that society expects us to play within a certain
status
Social group membership gives us a set of role tags that allow people to know
what to expect from each other
me culture - correct answer ✔self comes first, focus on growth/progress,
competitive, Individual achievement are earned and awarded
we culture - correct answer ✔group comes first, focus on tradition precedent,
collaborative, success and position are given
ethnicity - correct answer ✔the anthropology of identity. fluid category.
culturally constructed
, -elected cultural/physical characteristics used to classify people considered
significantly differentHistorical experienceLanguageReligionGeographyBelief
in a common descent
origin myths - correct answer ✔one way ethnicity is created
nationalism - correct answer ✔Loyalty and devotion to a particular nationality
boundary markers - correct answer ✔messages that signal that an action is
inappropriate or off-limits within a cultural group
ethnic symbols - correct answer ✔Selected traits used as symbolic badges
of identity to emphasize distinctiveness from other ethnic groups. Dialect,
religion and style of dress are common ethnic symbols. Biological
characteristics such as skin color and body shape may be used as ethnic
symbols as well
symbolic ethnicity - correct answer ✔an ethnic identity that emphasizes
concerns such as ethnic food or political issues rather than deeper ties to
one's ethnic heritage
Ethnogenesis - correct answer ✔gradual emergence of new ethnicities in
response to changing social circumstances
ethnic cleansing/violence - correct answer ✔When members or
representatives of one ethnic group (e.g. Hutus in Rwanda, Bosnian Serbs)
set out to remove or destroy another group in a particular geographic area.
(e.g. - Tutsis, Bosnian Muslims)
Identity - correct answer ✔Define yourself by choice or ascription (age,
ethnic, professional, religious, etc.)
Situational Negotiation of Identity - correct answer ✔When one of your
identities precedes the other, depending on the situation
Intersectionality - correct answer ✔Interconnected nature of social
categorizations (race,class, gender) as they apply to an individual or group
Status - correct answer ✔Relative social position within a group. we get to it
through our achievements or it is assigned to us
Role - correct answer ✔Part that society expects us to play within a certain
status
Social group membership gives us a set of role tags that allow people to know
what to expect from each other
me culture - correct answer ✔self comes first, focus on growth/progress,
competitive, Individual achievement are earned and awarded
we culture - correct answer ✔group comes first, focus on tradition precedent,
collaborative, success and position are given
ethnicity - correct answer ✔the anthropology of identity. fluid category.
culturally constructed
, -elected cultural/physical characteristics used to classify people considered
significantly differentHistorical experienceLanguageReligionGeographyBelief
in a common descent
origin myths - correct answer ✔one way ethnicity is created
nationalism - correct answer ✔Loyalty and devotion to a particular nationality
boundary markers - correct answer ✔messages that signal that an action is
inappropriate or off-limits within a cultural group
ethnic symbols - correct answer ✔Selected traits used as symbolic badges
of identity to emphasize distinctiveness from other ethnic groups. Dialect,
religion and style of dress are common ethnic symbols. Biological
characteristics such as skin color and body shape may be used as ethnic
symbols as well
symbolic ethnicity - correct answer ✔an ethnic identity that emphasizes
concerns such as ethnic food or political issues rather than deeper ties to
one's ethnic heritage
Ethnogenesis - correct answer ✔gradual emergence of new ethnicities in
response to changing social circumstances
ethnic cleansing/violence - correct answer ✔When members or
representatives of one ethnic group (e.g. Hutus in Rwanda, Bosnian Serbs)
set out to remove or destroy another group in a particular geographic area.
(e.g. - Tutsis, Bosnian Muslims)
