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| - the ability to identify oneself as an individual, to reflect on oneself, and to evaluate oneself. |
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a special event or ritual to mark the naming of a child. For instance, Aymara Indians in the Bolivian highland village of Laymi do not consider an infant truly human until they have given it a name. And naming does not occur until the child begins to speak the Aymara language, typically around the age of 2.
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the distinctive way a person thinks, feels, and behaves.
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child-rearing practices that foster compliance in the performance of assigned tasks and dependence on the domestic group, rather than reliance on oneself.
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child-rearing practices that foster independence, self-reliance, and personal achievement.
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the body of character traits that occur with the highest frequency in a culturally bounded population.
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those values especially promoted by a particular culture.
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a person born with reproductive organs, genitalia, and/or sex chromosomes that are not exclusively male or female.
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| a person who crosses over or occupies a culturally accepted position in the binary male-female gender construction. |
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| a mental disorder specific to a particular ethnic group. |
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