Exam 6: Social Identity, personality, and Gender

The _______________ includes definitions and explanations of objects,spatial orientation,and temporal orientation,as well as culturally defined values,ideals,and standards that provide an individual with a normative orientation.

For anthropology,_______________ developed the idea that personality is a cultural construct.

American children are among the earliest to develop a concept of self because of the high level of social stimulation they receive.

Clearly,the biological capacity for what we think of as humanhood,which entails culture,must be nurtured to be realized.

"Two-spirit" is a male,passive homosexual in Native North American societies formerly known as _______________.

Ideal personality traits among _______________ men would include being fierce,belligerent,and flamboyant.

Which of the following statements about modal personality is correct?

Windigo would be an example of a so-called _______________.

From the Native American perspective the spirit of a human is superior to the spirit of any other thing.

Anorexia nervosa is an example of a culture bound syndrome.

The term "core values" refers to _______________.

Personalities are products of enculturation.

What anthropologist did ground breaking work on personality as a cultural construct?

Several years ago the Italian tourism minister commented on the "typical characteristics" of Germans,causing a huge controversy as to whether or not a people could be labeled.This labeling and grouping is called ____________________________.

Collective responsibility is not commonly required of North American children.

The Windigo of the Ojibwa can be used as an example of _______________.

An ethnic psychosis refers to _______________.

The agents of enculturation _______________.

The significance of the concept of tabula rasa is that it emphasizes the importance of culture rather than biological inheritance in determining an individual's characteristics.

A sadhu is a _______________.