Exam 6: Social Identity, personality, and Gender

_______________ orientation includes standards that indicate what ranges of behavior are acceptable for males and females in a particular society.

_______________________________ fosters self-reliance rather than group-reliance.

National character studies have focused on the modal characteristics of emerging Third World countries.

The personality typical of a society,as indicated by the central tendency of a defined frequency distribution,is called,_______________.

People who are born with reproductive organs,genitalia,and/or sex chromosomes that are not exclusively male or female are called _______________.

A(n)_______________ child is given it name by its father's sister on the sixth day of its life at a sunrise service.

Values highly promoted by a particular culture can be considered its core values.

What is considered "normal" in a society is defined by culture.

Childrearing practices that encourage compliance in performing tasks and dependence upon the group rather than on ones individuality is called _______________________________.

_______________ is the process by which culture is passed from one generation to the next,and through which individuals become members of their society.

_______________ is the distinctive way a person thinks,feels,and behaves.

In studying three societies in New Guinea,Margaret Mead found that the roles played by men and women were determined primarily by _______________.

In North American society self-awareness does not occur until about ________ years of age.

What does R.K.Williamson mean by the difference between the "blessed gift" and "the curse"?

Margaret Mead's study of three societies in New Guinea demonstrated that _______________.

Female anthropologist _________________________________ stated that the purpose of anthropology is to "make the world safe for human differences."

One becomes the owner of one's self and capacities in societies that practice _______________.

Female anthropologist _________________________________ wrote the influential book,"Patterns of Culture."

The concept of __________________________________ refers to the idea that character traits which occur with the most frequency in a cultural society are representative of the values that culture embraces.

Culture Bound syndrome is another name for an ethnic psychosis.