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Exam 1 Flashcards

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Anthropology

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humankind in all time and places

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holistic perspective

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the various parts of human biology and culture just be put in the broadest possible perspective

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Ethnocentrism

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belief the ones own culture is the only proper ones.

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culture bound

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prospective that makes assumptions about the world based off of its own culture

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applied anthropology

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The use of anthropological knowledge and methods to solve practical problems, often for a specific client.

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medical anthropology

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A specialization in anthropology that brings theoretical and applied approaches from cultural and biological anthropology to the study of human health and disease.

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cultural anthropology

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The study of patterns in human behavior, thought, and emotions, focusing on humans as culture-producing and culture-reproducing creatures. Also known as social or sociocultural anthropology.

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culture

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A society’s shared and socially transmitted ideas, values, and perceptions, which are used to make sense of experience and generate behavior and are reflected in that behavior.

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ethnography

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A detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on fieldwork.

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fieldwork

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on ground research

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Participant observation

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In ethnography, the technique of learning a people’s culture through social participation and personal observation within the community being studied, as well as interviews and discussion with individual members of the group over an extended period of time.

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ethnology

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The study and analysis of different cultures from a comparative or historical point of view, utilizing ethnographic accounts and developing anthropological theories that help explain why certain important differences or similarities occur among groups.

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linguistic anthropology

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The study of human languages—looking at their structure, history, and relation to social and cultural contexts

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archaelology

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The study of cultures through the recovery and analysis of material remains and environmental data.

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historical archaeology

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the archeological study for which written records exist.

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bio acrchaelogy

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the study of humans remains bones skin hair and what not

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culture resource manangement

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A branch of archaeology concerned with survey and/or excavation of archaeological and historical remains that might be threatened by construction or development; also involved with policy surrounding protection of cultural resources.

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biological anthropology

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how humans systematically grown and change

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molecular anthropology

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the study of genes and genetic relationships

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bicultural

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l An approach that focuses on the interaction of biology and culture.

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primatology

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the study of living and fossil primates

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forensic anthropology

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the examination of human remains for cultural and legal reasons

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empirical

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used on observations of the world rather than faith to intuition

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hypothesis

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A tentative explanation of the relationships between certain phenomena.

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theory

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a coherent statement that provides a explanatory frame work for understanding, an explanation or interpretation supported by a reliable body of data.

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doctrine

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an opinion or belief formally handed down as a fact

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globalization

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Worldwide interconnectedness, evidenced in rapid global movement of natural resources, trade goods, human labor, finance capital, information, and infectious diseaseases

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nation

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people who live as a collective culture,language,goverment, and history

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state

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A political institution established to manage and defend a complex, socially stratified society occupying a defined territory

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adaption

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a series of beneficial changes to a particular environment

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cultural adaption

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a complex of ideas, tech and activities that enables people to survive their environment

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enculturation

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The process by which a society’s culture is passed on from one generation to the next and individuals become members of their society.

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society

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An organized group or groups of interdependent people who generally share a common territory, language, and culture and who act together for collective survival and well-being.

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gender

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biological differcens in sex

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subculture

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A distinctive set of ideas, values, and behavior patterns by which a group within a complex society operates, while still sharing common standards with that larger society

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ethnic group

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people who all claim People who collectively and publicly identify themselves as a distinct group based on shared cultural features such as common origin, language, customs, and traditional beliefs.

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ethnicity

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the term for ideas and culture held by a ethnic group

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pluralistic society

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A complex society in which two or more ethnic groups or nationalities are politically organized into one territorial state but maintain their cultural differences.

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symbol

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a sound, gesture that has a higher meaning for something else

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social structure

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e The rule-governed relationships—with all their rights and obligations—that hold members of a society together. This includes households, families, associations, and power relations, including politics.

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infastructrue

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the economic structure of a society

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superstructure

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A society’s shared sense of identity and worldview. The collective body of ideas, beliefs, and values by which members of a society make sense of the world—its shape, challenges, and opportunities—and understand their place in it. This includes religion and national ideology.

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cultural relativism

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The idea that one must suspend judgment of other people’s practices in order to understand them in their own cultural terms

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language

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a system of communication using symbolic sounds, gestures, or marks that are put together according to certain rules, resulting in meanings that are intelligible to all who share that language.

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signal

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An instinctive sound or gesture that has a natural or self-evident meaning

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linguistic

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the study of all languages

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phonetics

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The systematic identification and description of distinctive speech sounds in a language.

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morpheme

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The smallest unit of sound that carries a meaning in language. It is distinct from a phoneme, which can alter meaning but has no meaning by itself

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syntax

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The patterns or rules by which words are arranged into phrases and sentences.

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displacement

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A term referring to things and events removed in time and space.

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the Sapir whorf hypotheisis

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the idea that each language provides particular

52
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magnetic compass

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it can always help you find true north

Anthropology terms (3 decks)

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