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Chapter 1 Flashcards
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- 1Anthropologythe study of humankind through all times and places
the study of biological & cultural evolution & diversity of human beings, past & present - 2Characteristics of Anthropology- a focus on the concept of culture
- holistic approach
- comparative perspective - 3Culturea society's shared & socially transmitted ideas, values, & perceptions
- 4Holistic Approachthe fundamental principle of anthropology wherein various parts of human culture & biology must be viewed in the broadest possible context in order to understand their interconnection & interdependence
- 5Comparative perspectivean approach that uses data about the behaviors & beliefs in many societies to document both cultural universal & cultural diversity
- 6Globalizationthe spread of economic, political, & cultural influences across a large geographic area or many different societies
- 7Ethnocentrismwidespread human tendency to perceive the ways of doing things in one's own culture as normal & natural & that of others as strange, inferior & possibly even unnatural or inhuman
- 8Cultural Relativisman approach in anthropology that stresses the importance of analyzing cultures in each culture's own terms rather than in terms of the cultures of the anthropologist
- 9Subfields of Anthropologycultural
archaeology
physical (biological)
linguistic - 10Cultural Anthropologythe study of different patterns in human behavior, thought, & feelings
it focuses on humans as culture-producing & culture-reproducing creatures - 11Fieldworkthe term anthropologists use for on-location research
- 12Participant Observationa component of fieldwork which is the technique of learning a people's culture through direct participation in their everyday life over an extended period of time
- 13Ethnographythe detailed description of a particular culture based on fieldwork
- requires field work to collect data
- often descriptive
- group/community specific - 14Ethnologythe study & analysis of various cultures from a comparative & historical aspect
- uses data collected by a series of researchers
- usually synthetic
- comparative/cross-cultural - 15Archaeologyfocuses on the study of material culture through the recovery & analysis of material remains
- 16Biological Anthropologyfocuses on humans as biological organisms, evolution, & human variation
a method in which researchers analyze fossils & observe living primates to reconstruct the ancestry of the human species - 17Linguistic Anthropologythe study of human languages
(3 components: descriptive, historical, social or cultural) - 18Descriptive Component of Linguistic Anthropologyincludes syntax & grammar of the language
- 19Historical Component of Linguistic Anthropologythe way languages change over time
- 20Social or Cultural Component of Linguistic Anthropologywhere researchers understand the relationship between a people's culture & their language
- 21Applied Anthropologythe use of anthropological knowledge & methods to solve practical problems, often for a specific client
- 22Anthropological Ethicswhat is owed to the people or materials an anthropologist is studying
- 23Informed Consenta recorded agreement to participate in research; federally mandated for all U.S. & European research
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- Final Exam resource for chapter one material.
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- Becka Landry
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