| reflexive ethnography | An approach to fieldwork that focuses on the personal experiences and perspectives of the ethnographer, as well as the voices of the native members of a culture
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| culture shock | A label for the resultant feelings of homesickness, disorientation, helplessness, and frustration that occur after prolonged exposure to an unfamiliar culture.
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| life shock | A sudden unexpected experience that causes one to faint, become hysterical, or vomit. More likely to occur when immersed in an unfamiliar setting.
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| rapport | A harmonious relationship.
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| string figures | A type of entertainment in which designs, or figures, are created by weaving string on the fingers. Patterns, tricks, and catches are performed and are often accompanied by stories.
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| participant observer | The role of an anthropologist doing ethnographic fieldwork.
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| emic | An insider's view of a culture. This perspective in ethnography uses the categories and ideas that are relevant and meaningful to the culture under study.
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| etic | An outsider's view of a culture. This perspective in ethnography uses the categories of the anthropologist's culture to describe the culture under study.
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| participant observation | The process of an anthropologist doing ethnographic fieldwork.
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| random sample | A sample method in which all members of a population have a statistically equal chance of being chosen.
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| stratified random sample | A random sample with divisions into categories such as by age or socioeconomic level.
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| judgment sample | A sample that is chosen based on the judgment of the ethnographer.
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| key informant | An ethnographic interview subject who has been selected by judgment sample; a knowledgeable native who plays a major role in teaching the ethnographer about the informant's culture.
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| formal interviews | An ethnographic research method in which planned, scripted questions are asked of informants.
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| structured interviews | See formal interview.
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| informal interviews | An ethnographic research method using open-ended questions that allow informants to talk about what they deem important.
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| unstructured interviews | See informal interviews.
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| genealogical method | The ethnographic method of recording information about kinship relationships using symbols and diagrams.
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| life history | The ethnographic method of gathering data based on extensive interviews with individuals about their memories of their culture from childhood through adulthood.
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