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Anthro.203 Final Exam
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 2
12/18/2008

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Internalized Sanctions 

 

("Social Control")

Definition
Self Imposed (built in) -morality, divine,punishment, personal shame -bands and tribes heavily rely on it
Term
Externalized Sanctions
("Social Control")
Definition
A) Positive Externalized social control
-records and recognizes; reinforces good behavior
B) Negative Externalized Social Control
- punishment, imprisonment, threats, loss of face that reflect societal reactions to unapproved behavior
Term
Sanctions(2)
Definition
A) Formal
- actual laws involed
B) Informal
- no laws involved
Term
Social Control
Definition
political system ensures that people behave in acceptable ways
Term
Ranked Societies
Definition
- chiefdoms
- unequal access to prestige
- chiefs position is hereditary
- chiefs maintain position mainly through distribution of goods, and foods through feasts

-EX: Tikopians; NW Coast Amer-Indians
-each clan has its own chief with several patrilneages
Term
Stratified Societies
(caste vs. class)
Definition
-inequality in all 3 dimensions
-inequality is inheritable
-arose about 3,500 BCE
-based on caste
-based on class

-endogamy; complex system that varies from region to region
-originally 4 main caste categories "varma's"
-rank based on their ritual purity and kinds of occupation
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