GLAP Culture Vocab

Theordinary and accepted way of doing things in a culture

Theidea that one’s own cultural beliefs and behaviors are superior to those ofothers.

The system of exchange in a group

Suspendingmoral and ethical judgments for the purposes of studying another culture group

An exchange of wealth and/or services from the groom’sfamily to the bride’s family.  

Human ability w/ acoustic and visual symbols in asophisticated way as to communicate meaning

Culture by looking at the way in which people constructmeaning and act that meaning out.

System of beliefs, behaviors, and material products in a group concerned with the supernatural.

Theor. approach viewing culture as a system of symbols that peoplemanipulate to produce meaning

Analyzing the systematic way the human mind organizes knowledge/creates systems.  

Technology, practices and associated beliefs about how one goes about gettingfood/water/shelter

A set of beliefs about what is good and evil, right and wrong, and what is beautiful and ugly

Atransfer of wealth from the bride’s family to the bride

Idea and view thatculture is an integrated system of beliefs, behaviors, values, and norms. 

Thechildren of your mother’s sisters and bather’s brothers

Thedistribution of power and influence in a group

Thesystem of family relations in a group

How the material culture  connects to their environment and to their methodsof food production

Atheoretical approach in anthropology for understanding culture

Themarriage practice involving only one man and one woman

Focusing on economics/social differences due to economic differences + conflict between groups

Thelearned and shared patterns of behavior. 

Asystem of family relations where descent is traced through both parents, 

Comparing cultural studies to determine whatis common to all human cultures and what is unique.

Beliefsabout how the world came to be and why things are the way they are.