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Anthropology: "Indeed, Much of The Self Is Learned by Making New Memories Out of Old Ones"

This document discusses anthropology and how it studies people, past and present, to understand the human condition culturally. It examines how culture influences how we construct our sense of self from memories and representations. The self is seen as having both explicit and implicit aspects, and as being embedded in culture, which shapes our views of personality traits, definitions of success, and expressions of emotion.

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Anthropology: "Indeed, Much of The Self Is Learned by Making New Memories Out of Old Ones"

This document discusses anthropology and how it studies people, past and present, to understand the human condition culturally. It examines how culture influences how we construct our sense of self from memories and representations. The self is seen as having both explicit and implicit aspects, and as being embedded in culture, which shapes our views of personality traits, definitions of success, and expressions of emotion.

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ANTHROPOLOGY

“Indeed, much of the self is learned by


making new memories out of old ones”.
-Joseph E. Ledoux
ANTHROPOLOGY
 Is the study of people, past, and present.

 It focuses on understanding the human


condition in its cultural aspect.

 Is a very dynamic field, and anthropological


literature offers definitions of “SELF”.
TWO (2) ASPECTS OF THE SELF
Explicit - aspect of the self that you are
consciously aware.

Implicit - the one that is not immediately


available to the consciousness.
SELF AS REPRESENTATION
 Ewing (1989) asserted that a “self” is illusionary.

 “People construct a series of self representations


that are based on selected cultural concepts of
person and selected ‘chains’ of personal memories.
THE SELF EMBEDDED IN CULTURE
Cultural psychologists distinguished two ways of how the self is
constricted. These are independent and interdependent
constructs.
PERSONALITY TRAITS
 Culture influences (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.

 Culture influences how you define success and whether you value
certain types of individual and group achievements.
EXPRESSING EMOTIONS
 Culture influences what will affect you emotionally, as well
as how you express yourself, such as showing your
feelings in public or keeping in public or keeping it private.

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