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ANTRHOPOLOGICAL
CONCEPTUALIZATION
OF SELF
Anthropology
• How and why
human changed
since then.
 How and why modern
populations vary in
certain physical
features.

Anthropology
•How and why societies in the past
and present have varied in their
customary ideas and practices.
How are different people in different places
similar and different, both biologically and
behaviorally?
Nature refers to
the biological and
hereditary, and
genetic
endowment that
give potential to
human organism.
• Nurture refers to social
support received by the
human person from his
environment, which
helps in the optimum
development and
growth of the person.
• It is important for us to acknowledge
and understand that individuals may
not develop a sense of self in the same
manner.
• A family's cultural
values shape the
development of its
child's self-concept:
Culture shapes how
we each see
ourselves and others.
For example, some
cultures prefer
children to be quiet
and respectful when
around adults. This
does not indicate
that a quiet child
lacks self-confidence.
• Young children learn
and absorb the stories
told to them that often
emphasize a family's
values and affect a
child's self-concept.
• As children grow older and attend school
and spend leisure time with their peers, they
learn that others may not have the same
values as their family.
• For instance, some families may value
academics over playing sports while
another family may value the arts and
learning to play a musical instrument.
• Developmental Psychologists
Catherine Raeff (2010),
believed that culture can
influence how you view:
relationships, personality traits,
achievement, and expressing
emotions.
 Relationships
• Culture influences how you
enter into and maintain
relationships. For example,
relationships may be seen as
voluntary or as duty-based. In
western societies, it is essential
for a person to choose whom to
marry while some eastern
societies still practice arranged
marriage.
Personality traits
• Culture influences whether
(and how) you value traits, like
humility, self-esteem,
politeness, assertiveness, and
so on, as well as how you
perceive hardships or how you
feel about relying on others.
Concept of Self in
different Society
• EGOCENTRIC
• SOCIOECENTRIC
Egocentric
- is the inability to
differentiate
between self and
other.
E.g. Americans
Sociocentric
- occurs when a person
puts the needs and
concerns of a social group
ahead of his or her own
needs and concerns.
E.g. Japanese, Chinese, Filipinos.
The Four Subfields of
Anthropology

1. Archaeology
2. Biological Anthropology
3. Cultural Anthropology
4. Linguistic Anthropology
Archaeology
• Archaeologists study human culture
by analyzing the objects people have
made. They carefully remove from the
ground such things as pottery and
tools, and they map the locations of
houses, trash pits, and burials in order
to learn about the daily lives of a
people. They also analyze human
bones and teeth to gain information
on a people’s diet and the diseases
they suffered.
Biological Anthropology
• Biological anthropologists
seek to understand how
humans adapt to different
environments, what causes
disease and early death, and
how humans evolved from
other animals.
Cultural Anthropology
• Sociocultural anthropologists
explore how people in different
places live and understand the
world around them. They want
to know what people think is
important and the rules they
make about how they should
interact with one another.
Linguistic Anthropology
• Linguistic anthropologists
study the many ways
people communicate
across the globe. They are
interested in how
language is linked to how
we see the world and how
we relate to each other.