Anthropological

Perspective
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Anthropology is the study of human
diversity across time and space
(Kottak, 2010). This discipline
investigates humans as a physical,
cultural, linguistic, and historical
entity.

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Anthropologists believe
that your concept of
the Self or personal
identity is a product of
your culture.

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Enculturation

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Enculturation

◎ Refers to the internalizing and

the subjective process of
adopting a transmitted culture
from a generation to the next
(Laird & Tedam, 2019, p. 10)

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Enculturation

The ways you move, speak,

and construct your thoughts
are partly because of the
local community where you
belong.

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Collective Identity

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Collective Identity

◎ Refers to the connecting

patterns of behaviors observed
in a cultural group (Polletta &
Jasper, 2001).

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You develop a personal identity
when you reach a point of
self-awareness in the enculturation
process.

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Acculturation

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Acculturation

◎ It is acquiring cultural practices

when you meet a different
culture aside from the culture
where you grew up
(Seremetakis, 2017).

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Acculturation

When you experience

culture shock, you have a
brief moment of evaluating
yourself after meeting a
different culture.

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Acculturation

Assimilation is the process

of adapting to the dominant
culture.

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Acculturation

The experience of being

surprised by your home
culture after being away for
a long time is reverse culture
shock.

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