ANTH 411 Exam 3
Identity - correct answer ✔Ways in which people come to define themselves.
Either by choice or ascription.
What makes up identity? - correct answer ✔Age, ethnicity, nationality,
profession, vocation, religion, politics, gender, sexuality, body, and
relationships.
Situational negotiation of identity - correct answer ✔One of your identities will
take precedent over the other depending on the context
Intersectionality - correct answer ✔the interconnected nature of social
categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given
individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent
systems of discrimination or disadvantage.
Status - correct answer ✔Relative social position within a group. Achieved
through our achievements or as ascribed, 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 cultures - correct answer ✔- Self comes first
- Focus on growth/progress
- Competitive
- Individual achievement are earned and awarded
, We cultures - correct answer ✔-group comes first
-focus on tradition and precedent
-collaborative
-success and position are ascribed
race - correct answer ✔social construction that defines groups of humans
based on physical/ biological traits that are believed to distinguish them from
other humans
ethnic group - correct answer ✔identity based on cultural characteristics and
a shared ancestry that are believed to give its members a unique sense of
peoplehood or heritage
ethnicity - correct answer ✔the degree to which a person identifies with and
feels an attachment to a particular ethnic group
symbolic ethnicity - correct answer ✔limited or occasional displays of ethnic
pride and identity that are primarily for public display.
Ethnogenesis - correct answer ✔gradual emergence of new ethnicities in
response to changing social circumstances
Origin Myths - correct answer ✔a story told about the founding and history of
a particular group to reinforce a sense of common identity
Nationalism - correct answer ✔A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to
one's country
Identity - correct answer ✔Ways in which people come to define themselves.
Either by choice or ascription.
What makes up identity? - correct answer ✔Age, ethnicity, nationality,
profession, vocation, religion, politics, gender, sexuality, body, and
relationships.
Situational negotiation of identity - correct answer ✔One of your identities will
take precedent over the other depending on the context
Intersectionality - correct answer ✔the interconnected nature of social
categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given
individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent
systems of discrimination or disadvantage.
Status - correct answer ✔Relative social position within a group. Achieved
through our achievements or as ascribed, 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 cultures - correct answer ✔- Self comes first
- Focus on growth/progress
- Competitive
- Individual achievement are earned and awarded
, We cultures - correct answer ✔-group comes first
-focus on tradition and precedent
-collaborative
-success and position are ascribed
race - correct answer ✔social construction that defines groups of humans
based on physical/ biological traits that are believed to distinguish them from
other humans
ethnic group - correct answer ✔identity based on cultural characteristics and
a shared ancestry that are believed to give its members a unique sense of
peoplehood or heritage
ethnicity - correct answer ✔the degree to which a person identifies with and
feels an attachment to a particular ethnic group
symbolic ethnicity - correct answer ✔limited or occasional displays of ethnic
pride and identity that are primarily for public display.
Ethnogenesis - correct answer ✔gradual emergence of new ethnicities in
response to changing social circumstances
Origin Myths - correct answer ✔a story told about the founding and history of
a particular group to reinforce a sense of common identity
Nationalism - correct answer ✔A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to
one's country
