AIR 480 · CSE 2025 · ANT1 · 53 pages

Sanidhya Meena: ANT1 answer copy

19 answers by Sanidhya Meena, as written in the test.

The questions

  1. Q1(a)What is 'Anticipatory Socialization' and how it facilitates social mobility?10 marks
  2. Q1(b)Concepts of 'Role Set' and 'Role Strain'.10 marks
  3. Q1(c)Distinguish 'Folkways' and 'Mores' using anthropological examples.10 marks
  4. Q1(d)1.d) Matrilineal Puzzle.10 marks
  5. Q1(e)Live-in relationships through anthropological lens.10 marks
  6. Q3(a)Discuss the 'Nature-Culture Dichotomy' and its critical examination in contemporary anthropology.20 marks
  7. Q3(b)Critically examine the relationship between anthropology and psychology in the study of culture.15 marks
  8. Q3(c)Discuss the nature of Law and Justice in simple societies citing suitable examples.15 marks
  9. Q4(a)Examine 'Symbolic Interactionism' as a theoretical perspective for understanding social stratification.20 marks
  10. Q4(b)How is the construction of power linked to the notion of conspicuous consumption and its impact on distributive justice.15 marks
  11. Q4(c)How do descent theories and alliance theories differ in their approaches to understanding kinship and social organization?15 marks
  12. Q5(a)Answer the following in about 150 words each: 10x5=50 (a) Cross-cousin marriage and its anthropological significance.10 marks
  13. Q5(b)'Acculturation' and 'Transculturation' in the context of cultural contact.10 marks
  14. Q5(c)Concept of segmentary lineage in political anthropology.10 marks
  15. Q5(d)Reciprocity and redistribution with ethnographic examples.10 marks
  16. Q5(e)Applied anthropology and its role in contemporary societies.10 marks
  17. Q7(a)"Culture is both overt and covert, explicit and implicit." Discuss this statement anthropologically with suitable illustrations.20 marks
  18. Q7(b)The impact of globalization on indigenous peoples has been complex and multifaceted, ranging from economic and political marginalization to cultural commodification and appropriation. Elaborate.15 marks
  19. Q7(c)Elucidate the relevance of the concept of cultural relativism in the context of ethnographic fieldwork.15 marks

The answers

Question 1(a) · 10 marks · 186 words written

What is 'Anticipatory Socialization' and how it facilitates social mobility?

Opening · a definition

Pitrim Sorokin in his book "Social and Cultural mobility" defined Social mobility as the mechanisms, strategy to change the social position that is the status.

Body · points

  • Anticipatory Socialization and Social mobility

→ Anticipatory socialization stems from the idea of Reference group given by Hayman and elaborated by RK Merton.

→ It is these reference groups membership desire that leads to the formation of anticipatory socialization in lieu of social mobility.

→ The components of Anticipatory socialization are :-

(1) Group whose membership is desired is identified.

(2) Their Social, cultural norms, values belief are adopted. (3) Own groups beliefs are distanced and individual detaches their old identity.

  • Examples

(1) MN Srinivas's Sanskritization concept is anticipatory socialization for Social mobility in Caste based hierarchy. (5) Robert Ezra gave the concept of "marginal man" who are rejected from inclusion of reference group and they got detached from their original group.

Close

Case: Owen M lynch, Jatavs of Agra.

Anticipatory Socialization is quite widely used in the era of globalization for people to be accepted as "Modern" in name of practice of "Western values" (Dipankar Gupta - Mistaken modernity)