ANTH 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sociolinguistics, Ethnography, Lobolo

• School: UConn
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1000
• Professor: All

Document Summary

55 multiple choice questions: the error of seeing one"s own culture as superior and applying one"s own cultural values in judging the behavior and beliefs of people raised in other cultures. The answer ethnocentrisism: practice seeking a spouse outside of one"s own group. The answer exogamy: social status that people have little or no choice about occupying. The answer ascribed status: married couples (and their children) live in the wife"s community. The answer matrilocality: wife and wife"s family give husband and husband"s family a gift. The answer dowry: the study of sounds used in speech. The answer phonology: classification scheme based on the scale and complexity of social organization and the effectiveness of political regulation. The answer sociopolitical typology: the upper, or privileged, group in a stratified system. The answer superordinate: husband and husband"s family give wife and wife"s family a gift.