PSY321H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Intentionality, Infant Mortality, Margaret Mead
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Chapter 3: enculturation print glossary pg. 89 and summary pg. This chapter examines how the process of enculturation works. First, we discuss how humans are different from other animals in their ability to acquire culture. Then we define and compare two important terms in this area of study: enculturation and socialization. An ability that humans have that other animals do not is the ability to share intentions with one another. In other words, humans can get into another person"s mind, see things from that person"s point of view, understand the intentions of that person, and understand that the person understands our own intentions too. This unique ability of humans to engage in shared intentionality allows us to engage in cultural learning that is, learning not only from others but through others. In one study, he compared two types of great apes (chimpanzees and orangutans) to two- year old human children.
