ANTH 1150 Lecture 2: Week 2 Book Notes.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1150
• Professor: M.Rohatynkyj

Document Summary

Enculturation: the process by which a child learns his or her culture. Symbols: signs that have no necessary or natural connection to the things they stand for or signify; cultural learning depends on the uniquely developed human capacity to use symbols. Core values: integrates each culture and helps distinguish it from others (values, ideas, symbols, and judgements) Hominins: the group that leads to humans by not to chimps and gorillas and that encompasses all the human species that ever have existed. Estrus: period of maximum sexual receptivity in female baboons, chimpanzees, and other primates, signaled by vaginal area swelling and coloration. Generalities: common to several but not all human groups. National culture: embodies those beliefs, learned behavior patterns, values, and institutions that are shared by citizens of the same nation. International culture: extends beyond and across national boundaries. Subcultures: different symbol-based patterns and traditions associated with particular groups in the same complex society.