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Define: Anthropology
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The comparative study of human societies and cultures. (p.1)
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comparative study...
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What is the goal of anthropology?
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To describe, analyze, and explain different cultures, to show how groups have adapted to their environments and given significance to their lives. (p.1)
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to describe...
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Define: Holistic
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An approach that considers culture, history, language, and biology essential to a complete understanding of human society. (p.2)
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essentials to a complete understanding...
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Anthropology is holistic. |
True.
Holism is what separates anthropology from other single-focused academic disciplines such as biology, psychology, etc. (p.2) |
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What is the purpose of anthropology?
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Anthropology seeks to understand human beings as organisms who adapt to their environments through a complex interaction of biology and culture. (p.2)
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to understand...
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What are the 5 major divisions of Anthropology?
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Cultural, Linguistic, Archaeology, Physical/Biological, and Applied. (p.2)
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A.C.L.A.P
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Define: Cultural Anthropology
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The study of human society and culture. (p.2)
Or the study of culture. |
no comparative...
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Define: Society
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A group of people who depend on one another for survival or well-being as well as the relationships among such people, including their status and roles. (p.2)
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group of people who...
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Define: Culture
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The major way in which human beings adapt to their environments and give meaning to their lives. It includes human behavior, and ideas that are learned rather than genetically transmitted, as well as the material objects produced by a group of people. (p.2)
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major way in which...
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Define: Ethnography
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The description of society or culture. (p.2)
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description...
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What does an ethnographer do?
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An ethnographer attempts to describe an entire society or a particular set of cultural institutions or practices. (p.2)
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describe...(think graph)
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What is an "emic ethnography"?
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An ethnography that attempts to capture what ideas and practices mean to members of a culture. (p.2)
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capture...(Think "participant")
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What is an "etic ethnography"?
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An ethnography that describes and analyzes culture according to principles and theories drawn from western scientific traditions, such as ecology, economy, or psychology. (p.3)
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analyzes...(Think "arm-chair theologian")
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Ethnographies are only either emic, or etic. |
False
Ethnographies can be either emic, etic, or a combination of the two. (p.2) |
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Define: Ethnology
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The attempt to find general principles or laws that govern cultural phenomena. (p.3)
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laws...
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What does an Ethnologist do?
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An ethnologist compares and contrasts practices in different cultures to find regularities. (p.3)
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compare and contrast...
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There are many different subsections of cultural anthropology according to the American Anthropology Association; Name 2.
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Any of these 3 known examples:
-Political & Legal Anthropology -Humanistic Anthropology -Visual Anthropology (p.3) |
3 known examples...
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Define: Ethnohistory
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The description of the cultural past based on written records, interviews, and archaeology. (p.3)
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cultural past...
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What is the primary means by which people communicate with one another?
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Language. (p.3)
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definition...
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What is the purpose of linguistic anthropology?
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Linguistic anthropology is concerned with understanding language and its relation to culture. (p.3)
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understanding...
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What does a linguistic anthropologist do?
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A linguistic anthropologist seeks to understand how language is structured, how it is learned, and how this communication takes place. (p.3)
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understand...
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How might language give us clues on understanding a particular culture?
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Knowing the words that people use for things could help us understand how they understand the world. (e.g. Calling the sun a giant fire god.) (p.3)
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this can have a few different answers.
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What do historical linguists do?
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Historical linguists work to discover the ways in which languages have changed and the ways in which languages are related to each other. (p.4)
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work to discover...
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