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29 Cards in this Set
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Anthropology |
The scientific study of humans including our origins, behaviour, how we physically, socially, and culturally develop |
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Psychology |
The scientific study of the human mind, mental state, human behaviour |
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Sociology |
How humans behave socially, includes groups, individuals, and societies |
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Social science |
The scientific study of human society and social behaviour |
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Ethnocentrism |
Comparing other cultures to your own, believing that one's own culture is superior to others, based on lack of knowledge and understanding (leads to stereotypes, discrimination, prejudice) |
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Ethnography |
The scientific study of human races and cultures |
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Linguistic anthropology |
The human communication process, verbal and non-verbal communication, and the structure, function and history of languages |
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Archaeology |
Prehistory and early history of cultures around the world, major trends in cultural evolution |
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Types of research in anthropology |
Participation observation, collection of statistics, field interviews, rigorous compilation of detailed notes |
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Difference between participation observation and ethnography |
Participation observation is the collection of data and ethnography is the write up |
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Microsociology |
Small/individual How change in one persons life occurs depending on the social and environmental factors |
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Macrosociology |
Big/large scale How social systems and social structures work (concerned with changes in populations) |
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Schools of thought in sociology |
Structural functionalism, Neo-Marxism, Symbolic interactionism, feminist theory |
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Structural functionalism |
Human societies have basic needs that must be met |
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Neo-Marxism |
The idea that economic power is the key to understanding societies, poor will always feel alienated unless a new system is created |
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Symbolic interactionism |
Humans have complex brains and interpret what they see in society differently than others
Values and beliefs differ from person to person since everyone thinks differently |
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Feminist theory |
Focuses on sex and gender issues |
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Schools of thought in psychology |
Experimental psychology, clinical psychology, psychoanalytic theory, behaviourism, learning theory |
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Experimental psychology |
Experiments that monitor how individuals act in certain situations |
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Clinical psychology |
Treats individuals suffering from mental illness and behavioural disorders |
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Psychoanalytic theory |
Conscious and unconscious mind Unconscious mind is developed into 3 parts: ID, EGO, SUPEREGO Personality and individual behaviour is governed by how these three parts interact |
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Behaviourism |
Tries to control/regulate human behaviour by identifying what motivates it in the first place |
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Learning theory |
Humans are born with little instinct but much learning potential (most human behaviour is learned) |
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Franz Boas |
Inuit Developed his theory of cultural relativism |
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Louis and Mary Leaky |
Discovered physical evidence to support evolutionary timeline |
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Jane Goodall |
Understood language & behaviour of chimps (Participation observation) |
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Jane Goodall |
Understood language & behaviour of chimps (Participation observation) |
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Margret Mead |
Proposed culture and gender roles play a strong role in influencing adolescent behaviour Researched gender roles in Samoa and New Guinea |
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John Watson |
Behavioural psychologist Baby Albert experiment (humans learn fear, love, disgust etc) |
