deffinitions

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hypothesis

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a Tentative assumption made from known facts as the basis for investigation

Question 2

culture

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the total system of ideas, values, behaviors, and attitudes of society commonly shared by most members of a society

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informant

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a reliable and knowledgeable person who provides specific information to an anthropologist studying his or her community

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ethnology

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the study of the origins and culture of different races and peoples

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ethnography

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the written account of culture

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participant-observer

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the careful watching of a group, in some cases, living with its members and participating in their culture

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subjective

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type of conclusion shaped by a person’s culture and personal perspective, feelings, and beliefs.

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objective

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type of conclusion based on facts and data and uninfluenced by personal perspective, prejudices, or emotions

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primary sources

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Interview observations are obtained from field research

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secondary sources

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news reports, newspapers, and articles summarize what people have said about the topic

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psychodynamic theory

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an approach to therapy that focuses on resolving a patient conflicted conscious and unconscious feelings

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psychoanalytic theory

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all human behaviour by early childhood and that childhood experience influences the unconscious mind throughout our lives

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unconscious theory

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information processed in our mind that we aren’t aware of (feelings, memories, instincts

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conscious theory

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information that we are aware of. learning new information

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ego

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the rational part of the mind that operates on reality principle

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id

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part of the brain that operates on pleasure principles

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superego

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moral center of the mind

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survey

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a set of questions used on a sample of population study about opinions, values

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empirical

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based on facts , statistics, and data

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values

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shared ideas and standards that are considered acceptable and binding

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norms

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expectations about how people should behave

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roles

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the expected behavior of a person in a particular situation

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micro

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the study of small groups and individuals within a society

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macro sociology

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an approach of sociology that analyzes social systems on a large scale

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structured

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interview with specific questions

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unstructured interviews

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when an anthropologist interviews an informant and just goes with the flow

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ethnocentric

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believing that one own culture is superior to all other

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radiometric dating

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prosses to determine the age based on radioactive material the object has

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bipedalism

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the trial of habitually walking on two legs

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research plan

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plan in how to work on research and have an outline

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rites of passage

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a ceremony rituals or event that marks an individual's passages from 1 stage of life to the next

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liminal stage

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the second stage in a rite of passage, when the initiate is in a state of transition between the old and the new

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technological diffusion

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the adoption by one culture of a technology invented by another culture

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perception

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the process of how an individual takes in information visually and with the other senses

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euphemisms

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a word or set of words used to indirectly describe an uncomfortable or inappropriate concept or idea in a socially acceptable way

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reciprocity

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an economic system of forms and informal sharing among members of society to distribute resources fairly

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redistribution

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an economic system of collecting resources centrally and handing them out among members of society

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wage labour

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work for which wages are paid

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linguistic anthropology

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the study of human language and how they express culture

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archaeology

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cultural anthropology of the culture

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physical anthropology

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wants to know where humans as a species come from, how our bodies evolved and what makes humans unique

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paleoanthropology

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The scientific study of human fossils.

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primatology

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the study of the anatomy and behaviors of living primates

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human variation

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the genetic difference between people and population

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etic

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the point of view of an outsider to the culture

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emic perspectives

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the point of view of an insider of a culture

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sapir-whorf hypothesis

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the idea that the language a person speaks can influence their worldview

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sapienization

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the process of learning uniquely human social customs centered on marriage family and the household

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cargo beliefs

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religious convictions in Papua New Guinea that ancestors will reward the living with goods as a token of their love and approval

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zone of proximal development

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the difference between what a learner can do without help and what they can do with help.

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institutional completeness

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the ability of a person to live a full life within his or her own cultural enclave

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transnationalism

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the maintenance of an ethnic identity by staying connected with relatives in other countries and staying informed of politics and other developments in the country or origin often through digital technology