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19 Cards in this Set
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Anthropology
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The study of humankind
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Holistic Perspective
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Broad context; Emphasis interconnections and interdependence in humanity
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Theory
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explanation of natural phenomena, supported by a reliable body of data.
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Ethnocentrism
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the belief that ways of one's own culture are the only proper ones.
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Cultural Relativism
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The idea that one must suspend judgement of the other people's practices in order to understand them in their own cultural terms.
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What are the 4 fields of Anthropology?
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Physical/Biological Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology Archaeology Linguistic Anthropology |
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Physical/Biological Anthropology
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Humans as biological organisms
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Cultural Anthropology
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The customary patterns in human behavior, thought, and feelings
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Archaeology
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The study of human cultures through recovery and analysis of material remains
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Linguistic Anthropology
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Study of human languages
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Primatology
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Study of living and fossil primates
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Culture
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Shared and socially transmitted ideas, values, and perceptions that are used to make sense of experience
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Ethnography
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A detailed description of a particular culture
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Ethnology
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Comparative study of two or more cultures
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Participant Obervation
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Learning about a culture through social participation and observation within a community
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Informed Consent
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Formal recorded agreement to participate in research
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Artifact
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Any object fashioned or altered by humans
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Fossil
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The preservation remains of plants and animals that lived in the past
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Globalization
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Worldwide interconnectedness
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