ANTH 1120 Study Guide - Final Guide: Dene Tha' First Nation, Linguistic Anthropology, Middle Ages
7 Jul 2014
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Exam format: definitions (1-2 sentences), short answer questions (3-4 sentences), and longer answer questions (1-2 paragraphs) The differences in naming practices among different societies reveal the different ways societies conceptualize what a person is and how that person relates to the group. Personal names are names that define who we are as individuals in our society, but in other societies names are determined by others. For instance, in the angolan society it is not about creating unique individuals but connecting kin to the world around them. Egocentric self is a view of the self that defines each person as a replica of all humanity, as a location of motivations and drives, and as capable of acting independently of others. Sociocentric self is a context dependant view of the self. The self exists as an entity only within the concrete situations or roles occupied by the person: provide one reason why anthropologists prefer to use the ethnographic method.
