Exam 1 Cultural Anthropology

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Ethnography

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firsthand personal study of local settings. normal path to becoming a cultural anthropologists. usually spend a year or more in another society living and learning about the societies way of life

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anthropology

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study of the human species and its immediate ancestors

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holistic science

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uniquely comparative to anthropology. refers to the study of the whole of the human condition, past, present and future; biology, society, language and culture

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cultures

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traditions and customs, transmitted through learning, that form and quide the beliefs and behavior of the people exposed to them

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enculturation

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learning culture by growing up in a particular society. children experience this.

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adaption

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the processes by which organisms cope with environmental forces and stresses, such as those posed by climate and topography

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food production

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replaced foraging in most areas. between 6000 and 5000 BC

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general anthropology or "four-field"

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includes four main sub-disciplines or subfields. sociocultural, archaeological, biological and linguistic anthropology