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23 Cards in this Set
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what is anthropology?
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the study of humans at any time and place in the world
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what are the 4 or 5 subfields of anthropology?
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biological, archaeology, linguistic, cultural, and applied
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what is biological anthropology?
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evolve records of humans
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What is archaeology anthropology?
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reconstruction of past by digging up and analyzing artifacts
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what is linguistics anthropology?
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the study of human language, its structure, and social context
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what is cultural anthropology
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the study of beliefs and practices of all world societies
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what is applied anthropology
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anthropology technique used to solve problems
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what is ethnography
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detailed study of 1 culture
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what is ethnology
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detailed study and comparison of 2 or more cultures
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what is organic analogy
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parts of culture dont exist alone
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what is the holistic approach
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its cross-culture, doesnt limit itself in topics, time frames, and bio ways
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what is comparative framework
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compare cross-cultural data to id patterns
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what is cultural relativism
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evaluating someone's cultural beliefs in practices in terms of their culture
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what is ethnocentrism
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evaluating someone's cultural beliefs and practices in your terms
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who is boas
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father of american anthropology
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who said "man is born free, yet everywhere he is chains to culture"
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boas
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"man is born free, yet everywhere he is in chains to culture" mean
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culture determines behavior
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culture determinism means...
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culture determines behavior
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what is tabula rosa?
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blank slate, environment not bio determines culture
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what is culture
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ideas, values and beliefs group of people hold in common
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4(5)culture characteristics
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perceived differently for everyone, learned, adaptive, integrated, changes
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enculturation
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process of learning culture thru socialization
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postmodernism
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doing fieldwork and the final product (writing)
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