Culture Affects Biology and the Physical Appearance
Culture and Biology The way we look or perceive how others look is bound to one’s own culture. What one eats, what one likes to eat, how much one eats, and what flavors appeal to a person are largely defined…
Culture and Subculture
Culture and Subculture If a culture is a complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society (Tylor 1958 [1871]: 1), then a subculture is a…
The Importance of Enculturation
The Importance of Enculturation Enculturation occurs immediately after birth and continues throughout our lives. Enculturation is defined by Ferraro and Andreatta as the process by which human infants learn their culture. Cultures function to help people adapt to their environments and consequently…
Three Basic Parts of Culture
Culture is a Three Headed Beast Culture has three basic components. These three components are things in a culture, ideas of a culture, and the behavior patterns of a group of people. These three components are interrelated. All cultures are…
Shared Culture
Shared Culture Sharing culture leads people to be able to predict behaviors and thought processes within one’s own culture. There is actually a psychological condition, culture shock, that one can experience when exposed to things that are dramatically different than one’s own…
Anthropological Concept of Culture
Anthropological Concept of Culture According to Ferraro and Andreatta, the concept of culture in Anthropology is, “everything that people have, think, and do as members of a society.” They reference three main points being possessions, beliefs, and patterns of behavior….
Emic vs Etic Approaches to Cultural Anthropology
Emic vs Etic Emic Approach A method of ethnography that uses concepts and categories relevant to the culture being studied Etic Approach A method of ethnography which uses concepts and categories of the anthropologist doing the research’s culture to describe…
Different Types of Research in Cultural Anthropology
Types of Research in Cultural Anthropology There is two types research in cultural anthropology, applied research and problem-oriented or basic research. Applied Anthropology The application of anthropological methods, knowledge, and theory towards the better understanding of issues that arise in…
Cultural Relativism is Important to Cultural Anthropology
Cultural Relativism Cultural relativism is seeing a culture seen from the viewpoint from within the context of the culture itself. This practice is used to have a better understanding of why and how the people of the culture have developed…
Ethnocentric Reactions in Cultural Anthropology
Ethnocentric Reactions in Cultural Anthropology Cultural Anthropology shows that incidents of ethnocentrism are far reaching through all societies. Ethnocentrism occurs when one views another’s culture from the viewpoint of one’s own culture. It seems that ethnocentrism is far spread due to the lack…