GLST 290 course Final Exam by Dr Chang
1. Definition of Culture (Paul Hiebert): "...Integrated system of learned patterns of behavior, ideas,
and products charateristic of a society."
2. If we were to select the most
intelligent, , energetic, and
stable third of mankind, races would be present - Franz Boas: 1.
Imaginative
2. Emotionally
3. All
3. 10 Building Blocks of Culturual Anthropology
1. GUT
2. CE
3. LC
4. SS
5. SGS
6. SE
7. PP
8. KMF
9. RR
10. GB: 1. God's Unchanging Truth
2. Culture
3. Language and Communication
4. Social Structure
5. Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
6. Subsistence and Exchange
7. Politics and Power
8. Kinship, Marriage, and Family
9. Religion and Ritual
10.Globalization
4. Subdisciplines of Anthropology: Archaeology
Cultural/Social
Physical/Biological
Linguists
5. Definition of Anthropology: Description, interpretation, and analysis of the sim- ilarities and
differences in human cultures
6. Ethnography: 1. Ethnography is the hallmark research method of cultural anthro- pology
2. Ethnography is understanding the local people from the POV of their context
3. Ethnography is based on direct experiences in a cultural group
7. Participation Observation: The primary method associated with ethnographic research
, GLST 290 course Final Exam by Dr Chang
Full Participation vs. Detached Participation
8. What is the purpose of Ethnography?: Try to understand what is being said.
You're adding voice to emplify what is being said.
9. Emic: -Focus on one culture
-Subjective and Experimental
10.Etic: -Focus is across cultures
-Objective
11.Who has the best POV when is comes to Jesus?: We all have a limited view of Him and we
need each other in order to have a better, more holistic view of Jesus.
12. One action can mean different things in different cultures. True or False?-
: True
13.Unilineal Cultural Evolution: An early anthropoligcal theory that states all cultures evolve
from simple to complex, along the single trajectory of progress
14.Cultural Relativism: The view that cultural practice and beliefs are best under- stood in
relation to their entire context.
Don't make things that are relative absolute, and vice versa
15.Ethnocentrism: Means seeing our own culture as the center of the universe and seeing other
cultures as insginificant
16.Three Types of Ethnocentrism: 1. Cultural Superiority
2. Xenophobia
3. Tacit Ethnocentrism
17.Cultural Superiority: Cultural arrogance of other cultures
18.Xenophobia: Intense dislike of other countries
19.Tacit Ethnocentrism: Subtle and unsaid
20.Definition of culture (not Paul Hiebert): The total way of life of a group of people that is
learned, dynamic, shared, power-laden, and integrated
21.Metaphors of Culture: 1. Glasses
2. Story
3. Software
4. Glue
22.Language: A system of verbal and nonverbal symbols used to communicate
7% words
38% tone of voice 55%
body language
, GLST 290 course Final Exam by Dr Chang
23.3 Anthropological Questions: How different are the various languages of the world?
Are some languages more developed or sophisticated, or just more suitable for particular
activities?
How and why do languages change?
24.3 Types of Linguistics: 1. Historical (The study of how languages develop and change over
time and how different languages are related to one another)
2. Descriptive
3. Sociological
25.Parole: Forms of speech
26.Langue: Underlying rules of language
27.Structuralism: *A positivist theory that teaches that human biology, specifically brain
structure, drives culture
*Saussure's emphasis on word pairs and oppositions as comprising the basic structure of
every language
28.Surface structure: *How a sentence is worded
*Similar to Saussure's Parole
29.Deep Structure: *The meaning of a sentence
*Similare to Saussure's Langue
30.The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis: Posits that language shapes people's percep- tions, thoughts,
and views
31.Three common human experiences (Eugene Nida): *Human reasoning
*Human Experiences
*Symbolic Framework
32.Social Structure: Ways people coordinate their lives
33.Social Stratification: Organization of people into ranked groups.
The idea that people are divided into different hierarchies, where are some are deemed more
important (and have more power) than others.
34.Types of Social Stratification: *Social Class
*Gender
*Ethnicity
*Age
35. Systems of social hierarchy not
only have at the top, they also have
.: -Elites
-Low Classes
1. Definition of Culture (Paul Hiebert): "...Integrated system of learned patterns of behavior, ideas,
and products charateristic of a society."
2. If we were to select the most
intelligent, , energetic, and
stable third of mankind, races would be present - Franz Boas: 1.
Imaginative
2. Emotionally
3. All
3. 10 Building Blocks of Culturual Anthropology
1. GUT
2. CE
3. LC
4. SS
5. SGS
6. SE
7. PP
8. KMF
9. RR
10. GB: 1. God's Unchanging Truth
2. Culture
3. Language and Communication
4. Social Structure
5. Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
6. Subsistence and Exchange
7. Politics and Power
8. Kinship, Marriage, and Family
9. Religion and Ritual
10.Globalization
4. Subdisciplines of Anthropology: Archaeology
Cultural/Social
Physical/Biological
Linguists
5. Definition of Anthropology: Description, interpretation, and analysis of the sim- ilarities and
differences in human cultures
6. Ethnography: 1. Ethnography is the hallmark research method of cultural anthro- pology
2. Ethnography is understanding the local people from the POV of their context
3. Ethnography is based on direct experiences in a cultural group
7. Participation Observation: The primary method associated with ethnographic research
, GLST 290 course Final Exam by Dr Chang
Full Participation vs. Detached Participation
8. What is the purpose of Ethnography?: Try to understand what is being said.
You're adding voice to emplify what is being said.
9. Emic: -Focus on one culture
-Subjective and Experimental
10.Etic: -Focus is across cultures
-Objective
11.Who has the best POV when is comes to Jesus?: We all have a limited view of Him and we
need each other in order to have a better, more holistic view of Jesus.
12. One action can mean different things in different cultures. True or False?-
: True
13.Unilineal Cultural Evolution: An early anthropoligcal theory that states all cultures evolve
from simple to complex, along the single trajectory of progress
14.Cultural Relativism: The view that cultural practice and beliefs are best under- stood in
relation to their entire context.
Don't make things that are relative absolute, and vice versa
15.Ethnocentrism: Means seeing our own culture as the center of the universe and seeing other
cultures as insginificant
16.Three Types of Ethnocentrism: 1. Cultural Superiority
2. Xenophobia
3. Tacit Ethnocentrism
17.Cultural Superiority: Cultural arrogance of other cultures
18.Xenophobia: Intense dislike of other countries
19.Tacit Ethnocentrism: Subtle and unsaid
20.Definition of culture (not Paul Hiebert): The total way of life of a group of people that is
learned, dynamic, shared, power-laden, and integrated
21.Metaphors of Culture: 1. Glasses
2. Story
3. Software
4. Glue
22.Language: A system of verbal and nonverbal symbols used to communicate
7% words
38% tone of voice 55%
body language
, GLST 290 course Final Exam by Dr Chang
23.3 Anthropological Questions: How different are the various languages of the world?
Are some languages more developed or sophisticated, or just more suitable for particular
activities?
How and why do languages change?
24.3 Types of Linguistics: 1. Historical (The study of how languages develop and change over
time and how different languages are related to one another)
2. Descriptive
3. Sociological
25.Parole: Forms of speech
26.Langue: Underlying rules of language
27.Structuralism: *A positivist theory that teaches that human biology, specifically brain
structure, drives culture
*Saussure's emphasis on word pairs and oppositions as comprising the basic structure of
every language
28.Surface structure: *How a sentence is worded
*Similar to Saussure's Parole
29.Deep Structure: *The meaning of a sentence
*Similare to Saussure's Langue
30.The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis: Posits that language shapes people's percep- tions, thoughts,
and views
31.Three common human experiences (Eugene Nida): *Human reasoning
*Human Experiences
*Symbolic Framework
32.Social Structure: Ways people coordinate their lives
33.Social Stratification: Organization of people into ranked groups.
The idea that people are divided into different hierarchies, where are some are deemed more
important (and have more power) than others.
34.Types of Social Stratification: *Social Class
*Gender
*Ethnicity
*Age
35. Systems of social hierarchy not
only have at the top, they also have
.: -Elites
-Low Classes
