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Anthropology

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The study of humanity from a holistic perspective

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Two main branches of anthropology

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Physical anthropology

Cultural anthropology

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Cultural anthropology has __ main parts

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Main parts of cultural anthropology

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sociocultural anthropology
ethnology
ethnography
archaeology
linguistic anthropology
applied anthropology
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Sociocultural anthropology

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Study of present day culture

used interchangeably with ethnology

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Ethnology

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Study of present day culture

used interchangeably with sociocultural anthropology

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Ethnography

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Study of a specific culture

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Archaeology

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Study of past cultures through their material remains

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Linguistic anthropology

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Study of language from an anthropological perspective

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Applied anthropology

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The use of anthropological knowledge for a practical purpose

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Medical anthropology

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The study of health and healing in its cultural context

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Culture

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A set of traits that is shared, learned, passed on, symbolic and systematic

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Norms

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Normal behavior

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Cultural relativism

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The idea that one cannot judge another culture except by its own standards

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Ethnocentrism

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The idea that ones own culture is better than others cultures

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