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Anthro Final
Notes for Anthropology Final Exam
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
05/06/2013

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Endogamy
Definition

marrying someone close to home/within your group

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Exogamy
Definition
marrying someone far away/out of your group
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prescribed
Definition

"You must do this" 

"You must marry him/her"

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Preferred
Definition
"We'd like you to do this, but you dont have to"
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marriage
Definition
an economic transaction uniting two groups
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patrilocal
Definition
living with the grooms family
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matrilocal
Definition
living with the bride's family
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bilocal
Definition
live with groom sometimes and bride sometimes
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neolocoal
Definition
living wherever you want
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avunculocal
Definition

Living with your mother’s brother’s family

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"fictive" kin
Definition

Referring to someone by a family title (brother, sister, etc.) even if they’re not actually related to you

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monogamy
Definition
a man with one wife
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polygyny
Definition
a man with 2 or more wives
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polyandry
Definition
a woman with 2 or more husbands
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Levirate Rule
Definition
a man marries his brother's widow
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sororate rule
Definition
a woman marries her sisters widow
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Berdache
Definition

The manly-hearted woman or the womanly-hearted man

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Affine
Definition
in-law
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Consanguine
Definition
"Blood" Relative
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Parallel Cousins
Definition
Ego's Fathers brother's kids and mother's sister's kids
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Cross Cousins
Definition
Ego's Mother's Brother's kids and Father's Sister's kids
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Westermarck's natural repugnance theory
Definition
no interest in those who are similar to you
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Family distruption Theory
Definition
Incest will ruin families and cause problems
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Cooperation Theory
Definition
marrying outside the family creates strong alliances with others
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Kibbutz
Definition
a commune in israel
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Prescription
Definition
a culture makes people do something
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proscription
Definition
a culture prohibit something
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patrilineal
Definition
ancestry traced on father's side
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matrilineal
Definition
ancestry traced on mothers side
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bilateral
Definition
ancestry traced on both sides
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ambilineal
Definition
some people in the society are patrilineal, others are matrilineal
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eskimo
Definition
all cousins are called cousins
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hawaiian
Definition
cousins are referred to as brothers and sisters
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iroquoian
Definition

parallel cousins are brothers and sisters

crossed cousins - different name for everyone. Ex: Fathers sisters 1st son is different from mothers brothers 1st daughter

Term
crow cousins
Definition
  • parallel - brothers and sisters
  • crossed - moms side - sons and daughters
  • crossed - fathers side - father and aunt
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omaha
Definition

parallel are called brother and sister

 

Crossed on moms side are called mother and mother's brother

Crossed on dads side is niece and nephew

Term
sudanese
Definition
each cousin is called a different name
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Lewis Henry Morgan
Definition

Father of kinship studies

Wrote Systems of Consanguinity

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Ely Parker
Definition
First commisioner of Indian affairs who awakened morgan to different kinship systems
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triangle
Definition
male
Term
circle
Definition
female
Term
Edward Westermarck
Definition
came up with Natural Repugnance Theory
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malinowski
Definition
came up with the family disruption theory
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Ginsberg
Definition
gay poet, associated with "the day the fags lost their scared look"
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Napolean Chagnon
Definition
studied the Yanomami tribe
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Judith Shapiro
Definition
studied the Yanomami tribe, tried to save a little girl from two men fighting over her
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ken goode
Definition
studied yanomami, married one of their girls and brought her back to the US
Term
Yarima
Definition
Married Ken Goode, dumped him, then moved back to her tribe
Term
Azande of Sudan
Definition
men take "boy brides" becuase they are so few women. when the young men are old enough to buy a bride, they give the "boy bride" back.
Term
etoro of New Guinea
Definition
seminal fluid is a source of power, you boys will perform fellatio on the men. boy will not become man until he drinks seminal fluid
Term
yanomami
Definition
call themselves "the fierce people" and women consider it an honor to be beated.
Term
marriage (geneological chart)
Definition
represented by an = sign
Term
stonewall inn
Definition
iconic place in the history of american homosexual movement. gays fought back against the police
Term
american cousin marriages
Definition
1/1000
Term
japanese cousin marriages
Definition
4/1000
Term
arab cousin marriages
Definition
80%
Term
Electra and Oedipal Complex
Definition

son should not love mother

daughter should not love father

Term
pronatalist
Definition
want a higher population, low tolerance for gays
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antinatalist
Definition
want a lower population, higher tolerance for gays
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Salem, MA
Definition
witchcraft
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kensington runestone
Definition
viking hoax
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bermuda triangle
Definition
ships/planes disappear here, enter a new dimension?
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atlantis
Definition
lost continent
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delusionary
Definition
not seeing raelity correctly
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transient
Definition
fleeting; passing; momentary
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Gruneberg Ganglion
Definition
at the tip of your nose - pheromones
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pheromones
Definition
attraction hormones
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oxytocin
Definition
  • body chemical that deals with the bonding of people or "love"
  • evokes feeling of contentment, calmness, and security around the mate
  • reduces sense of fear and mental capacity
  • wounds heal faster
  • promotes ethnocentric behavior and fear of the outsider
Term
phenomenon of single men
Definition
single men die earlier
Term
Why do people get married
Definition
  • formal announcement that youre out of the dating world
  • forcing a young cuople to stop relying on older genreations
  • a way for young people to gain independance 
  • 2 groups unite for mutual benefits
Term
Eric Von Daniken
Definition
weirdo. wrote Chariots of the Gods. we came from space...
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Ray Wallace
Definition
Big Foot creator
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loch ness monster
Definition
the original photo was a fake. perhaps an eel or piece of wood
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AVG age of women marriage
Definition
25.6
Term
AVG age for man marriage
Definition
27.7
Term
AVG age for NYC marriage
Definition
30-34
Term
percentage of NYC population that live and die single
Definition
50%
Term
AVG age of womens first child
Definition
23
Term
AVG age of men first child
Definition
25
Term
married couples live _____
Definition
longer
Term
married couples are more likely to have surgery T of F
Definition
F
Term
bad relationships correlate with _____
Definition
gum disease, blood pressure changes, and higher heart rate
Term
Humor
Definition
  • Ethnic preferences for types of humor
  • different countries express different humor

 

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