I.

THE SELF FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ANTHROPOLOGY

II.

 To know the cultural foundation for human behavior across cultures and societies,
throughout history and pre-history.
 To study and reduce ethnocentric bias in social culture
 To value importance of uniqueness and similarities

III.

Anthropology is the science of humanity which studies human beings in aspects ranging from the
biology and evolutionary history of Homo sapiens to the features of society and culture that
decisively distinguish humans from other animal species. There are four fields in dealing
anthropology namely archeology, biological, linguistic and cultural. Archeology a science that
deals with past human life and activities by studying artifacts in which archaeologist discovered
that the most important aspect in human nature is survival. Biological Anthropology focuses on
how the human body adapt to its environment. The study on how human beings evolved from
their early form based on discovered fossilized remain. Linguistic Anthropology study of how
humans used language as an essential part to communicate and to create and share meanings, to
form ideas and concepts and to promote social change. Culture is described as a group people’s
way of life. Includes their behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept. The theory of
Cultural Determinism deals that the human nature is determined by the ideas, meanings, beliefs
and values learned as members of a society. Symbols are the words, gestures, pictures or object
that have recognized/accepted meaning in a particular culture. Heroes are persons from the past
or present who have characteristics that are important in culture it might be real or fictitious.
Rituals are activities social or religious participated in by group of people for the fulfilment of
desire and considered to be socially essential. Values the core or every culture. Values are
unconscious and can neither be discussed nor be directly observed but can only be inferred from
the way people act and react to circumstances and situations.
IV.

1.Which of the following is a characteristic of anthropology?

a. It is concerned with both human biology and culture.

b. It is concerned with human variation, evolution, and adaptation.
c. It focuses only on prehistoric societies.
d. a and b

2. Inherent in the holistic approach to learning about humans is the realization that:

a. All people are fully and equally human.

b. Ethnocentric beliefs are biologically inherited.
c. People cannot be understood by studying either their biological makeup or their
cultural background alone. It is necessary to take into consideration both genetically
inherited and learned traits in trying to explain how we have become the people we
are.
d. all of the above

3. Which statement about the concept of culture is true?

a. Culture is symbolic.
b. Culture is learned.
c. Culture is always changing.
d. all of the above

4. Anthropological Linguistics studies

a. Human social class

b. Human working conditions
c. Human family structure
d. Human language

5. An artifact is

a. a written record of a past culture

b. a theory of genetic mutation
c. an object made by a human being that is of cultural or historic significance
d. a theory of evolution

6. Which field of anthropology is primarily interested in the prehistory and early history of
societies and their cultures?

a. archaeology
b. forensics
c. ethnobotany
 d. cultural anthropology

7. Which one is not a characteristic of Culture?

a. learned
b. shared
c. symbolic
d. gendered

8. Biological anthropology includes the study of which of the following topics?

a. fossil record of human evolution

b. human variation
c. mechanisms of evolution
d. all of the above

9. Which field of anthropology would most likely be interested in the marriage patterns and
kinship systems of different societies around the world?

a. cultural anthropology
b. linguistic anthropology
c. zooarchaeology
d. all of the above

10. Despite many differences in details, all cultures share a number of common cultural features
including

a. marriage systems
b. a system of distribution
c. a system of communication
d. all of the above

V.

Gazzingan, L.B., Porillo, J.E., Velasco, V.V., Villaluz, S.S., Bautista, F.V., Dalhag, L.A., Trinidad,
J.L.F., Palado, D.R., Nova, R.M. (2018). Understanding the Self:The self from the Perspective of
Anthropology.Panday-Lahi Publishing,Inc.