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    This study guide provides questions and keywords for the upcoming week 3 materials in Anth 207. Students are asked to define Ruth Benedict's concept of "cultural configurations" using one of her cultural models as an example. They also must explain how Benedict's approach reflects the broader Boasian emphasis on psychic unity. Additionally, students need to explain Edward Sapir's distinction between "as-if" psychology and actual psychology, and discuss how Sapir's understanding of psychology relates to his method for studying culture.

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    This study guide provides questions and keywords for the upcoming week 3 materials in Anth 207. Students are asked to define Ruth Benedict's concept of "cultural configurations" using one of her cultural models as an example. They also must explain how Benedict's approach reflects the broader Boasian emphasis on psychic unity. Additionally, students need to explain Edward Sapir's distinction between "as-if" psychology and actual psychology, and discuss how Sapir's understanding of psychology relates to his method for studying culture.

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    Study Guide (Ruth Benedict/Edward Sapir)

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    Ed Rekishi
    This study guide provides questions and keywords for the upcoming week 3 materials in Anth 207. Students are asked to define Ruth Benedict's concept of "cultural configurations" using one of her cultural models as an example. They also must explain how Benedict's approach reflects the broader Boasian emphasis on psychic unity. Additionally, students need to explain Edward Sapir's distinction between "as-if" psychology and actual psychology, and discuss how Sapir's understanding of psychology relates to his method for studying culture.

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    Anth 207 - Week 3 Study Guide

    Questions

    In Patterns of Culture, Ruth Benedict introduces the concept of “cultural configurations.” Provide
    a definition of “cultural configuration” that fits with Benedict's use of the term; 2) Drawing on one
    of Benedict's own models (Zuni, Dobu, or Kwakiutl) show how a configurationist approach is
    used to make sense of cultural data; and 3) Explain how Benedict's argument reflects the broader
    Boasian emphasis on psychic unity.

    Edward Sapir’s critique of his contemporaries was based on a distinction between “as-if ”
    psychology and actual psychology; A) Explain the the difference between these two concepts; B)
    Explain the relationship between Sapir’s understanding of psychology and his steps for studying
    culture.

    Keywords

    Ruth Benedict
    Culture & Personality
    “Patterns of Culture”
    Configurationalism
    Gestalt Psychology / Gestalt
    Culture patterns
    Integration of culture
    Apollonian
    Dionysian
    Paranoid
    Megalomaniac
    Edward Sapir
    Harry Stack Sullivan
    Interpersonal Psychiatry
    individual variation
    “as-if” culture
    tabula rasa
    Sapir’s Theory of Cultural Transmission
    Sapir’s notion of Personality
    Sapir’s critique of Benedict
    Relationship between cultural patterns and individuals
    pluralism within a culture

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