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4 main subdivisions of Anthropology
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1)Biological or Physical
2)Archaeology 3)Linguistics 4)Cultural and Social |
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Anthropology
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-Study of human beings
-Doesn't limit itself -Interested in everybody at all times -goal is to understand what it means to be human |
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Biological or Physical Anthropology
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-Study human origins, development, human biology, primatology, and forensic anthropology
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Archaeology
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Study of cultures of the past through their material remains found in the earth or water. Interested in past cultures through their material remains. Goal is to reconstruct the past.
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Linguistics
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Broad study of human communication spoken, nonverbal, and written
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Cultural and Social Anthropology
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Study of human culture and society. Can't study one without the other.
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Culture
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Human learned behavior. Not only formal learning, but also subconcience learning. All human behavior is learned.
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Society
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A group of human beings who live in an environment and are dependent on one another through a common shared culture. Most societies live among other societies. Members of a society share a common culture. No society without society is an abstraction. Society without culture can't be.
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5 characteristics of culture
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1 Learned
2)Differentially Shared 3)Based on Symbolic Communication 4) Integrated or Systemic 5) Relates to Environment |
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5 Basic Task of Society
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1)Provide food and shelter
2)Reproduce membership 3)Enculturate membership 4)Maintain order 5) Define meaning of life and maintain motivation for survival |
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Why to study anthropology
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1) Knowledge for its own sake. It saves info about other cultures and the past. all cultures everywhere are changing rapidly. Anth helps to perserve it. Anth helps to transmit info. Anth presumes that there are regularities of culture and society. Things dont happen randomly. They happen regularly
2) They can be discovered and info can be used to decrease the amount of human suffering. human behavior is one of the most complicated things in the world 3)Anth encourages cultural relativity. Its point of view characterized by tollerance or objectivity. |
