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physical anthropology

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Primatology
Paleoanthropology
Archaeology
Forensic Anthropology
Human Variation

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Cultural Anthropology:

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Ethnology
Archaeology
Linguistic Anthropology

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research methods

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observation, case studies, interviews, and surveys, digging for fossils, experiments, and technical analysis

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Creationists

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Religious explanation
Almost all religious communities have an explanation about origin of man
The Book of Genesis
All life was created by God
KEY PEOPLE: Leonardo DaVinci, Francis Bacon, Galileo Galilee
began 10000 years ago

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evolutionists

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Developed by Charles Darwin
Humans evolved over millions of years by adapting to their environment
Evolved from apes

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Creationists: Non-Fundamentalists

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reject creation from the Bible
God was responsible for creation over millions of years

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Interventionists

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Humans are evolving because of fossil fuels
an ‘intervention’ by a super intelligent being changing the apes
KEY PEOPLE: Alfred Russell Wallace
“missing link” evolution

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Carolus Linnaeus:

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First person to classify species

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Charles Darwin

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Natural Selection: all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors. forced to evolve or go extinct. voyage of the Beagle.

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Gregor Mendel:

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tweaked natural selection with genetics

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Variation

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forms vary genetically

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Inheritance

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Genetic traits are inherited from parents

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Paleoanthropology

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Study of human ancestors based on evidence from evolutionary past

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Lucy

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Donald Johanson found a skeleton in Ethiopia that was 40% complete.
Australopithecus afarensis
Earliest confirmation of hyoid bone
bipedalism

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Darwins theory

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Humans first evolved in Africa
Louis & Mary Leakey found a skull dating back to Kenya with Radiometric Dating

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Primatology

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Study of the behaviour, biology, evolution, and culture of non-human primates

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Differences between humans and other primates

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chimps:
- large teeth
- hairy
- long arms short legs
- big feet
humans:
- compex language
- larger skull
- bipedal
- technological advancements

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Dian Fossey

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Leakey hired her and she went to Rwanda to study gorillas
imitated gorillas
identified gorillas by their nose prints
Discovered:
highly social with personalities and family

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Jane Goodall

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Leaky took on Goodall as an assistant,
she did a study on chimpanzees in Tanzania
discovered:
eat meat
have emotions
make tools

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Birute Galdikas

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Convinced Leakey to do a study on orangutans
Discovered:
females have offspring every 8 years
researched birth cycles
orangatangs sleep in nests
concept that non-humans can have a culture

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Natural Selection

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Variation - every species has a lot of variety within it
Heritability - individuals pass on traits to their offspring
Environmental fitness - individuals who are better adapted to their environment will pass on their traits

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race

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to try to organize or understand differences between people.

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Differences based on Geography

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traits develop to help individuals survive and reproduce in a particular environment
ex: sickle cell anemia
study through blood type

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Forensic Anthropology

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study the bones and bodies to figure out who the person was, how they died, when they died

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Neanderthals
- lived all over Europe - adapted to cold environments - larger brains, muscles, large teeth, - made stone tools and lived in caves
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ethnocentrism
: free of assumptions of other cultures
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CULTURAL RELATIVISM
Franz Boaz Everyone sees other cultures through the lens of their own culture cannot compare two cultures because each culture has its own rules
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functionalism
how all structures or institutions in society work together to meet the needs of individuals - People have ROLES to play that balance that equilibrium - social change can disrupt the balance of society - equilibrium is between norms and roles
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Margaret Mead
study of Samoan adolescent girls examining whether stresses during adolescence were caused by adolescence itself or by society
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CULTURAL MATERIALISM
states that material or conditions within the environment influence how a culture develops, creating the ideas and ideology of a culture
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FEMINIST ANTHROPOLOGY
Compared culture to see how many were dominated by men, how many were dominated by women, and how many were egalitarian
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POSTMODERNISM
The belief that it is impossible to have any true knowledge about the world
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RITE OF PASSAGE
a ceremony, ritual, or event that marks an individual’s passage from one stage of life to another. 1. SEGREGATION 2. TRANSITION 3. INCORPORATION marriage, puberty
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Kinship
connections and relationships between people who are related to each other by blood, marriage, or adoption. matrilineal patrilineal Bilineal
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lineage
ll the male relatives in a family that can be traced back
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clan
group of several lineages
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PSYCHODYNAMICS
resolving a patient's conflicted conscious and unconscious feelings
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BEHAVIOURAL
evidence based on observable behavior.
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COGNITIVE
study and application of how the brain learns.
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HUMANIST
clients should be involved in their own recovery rather than relying just on the therapist's interpretation of the issues.
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Sigmund Freud
believed our problems in life come from unresolved problems from childhood
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the unconscious mind
id - pleasure principle ego - reality principle superego - moral principle
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Psychosexual development:
stages that kids grow up through that's fixed on a different part of the body that must be resolved to advance.
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Oral
: placing things in the mouth, conflict; child being weaned off mothers breast, fixation: overeating
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Phallic:
awareness of sexual organs, most important stage, fixation: poor relationships
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Latency:
least sexual drive, same-sex friendships, fixation: lack of friends
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Anal
Bowel pleasure, conflict; child is potty trained, fixation: perfection
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Gential
interest in dating and marriage, fixation: poor sexual relationships
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Karen Horney
founder of feminine psychology
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Carl Jung
disagreed with freud, founder of analytical psychology
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Abraham Maslow:
founder of humanistic; studied well people instead of sick people. hierarchy of needs
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Hierarchy of Needs
basic needs must be met first before we can consider satisfying other needs BASIC NEEDS: Physiological needs - basic necessities Safety needs - security PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS: Belongingness and love needs - intimate relationships Esteem needs - confidence, accomplishment SELF-FULFILLMENT NEEDS: Self-actualization: achieving one's full potential, find purpose
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Lost-in-mall-experiment:
Participants were read stories of real events from their childhood, as well as one fake story about being lost in a mall Most participants claimed to remember the false story from their childhood
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Elizabeth Loftus
Believed repressed memories rarely exist and can be created through the power of suggestion - false memories
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BoBo Doll experiment:
Some children watched adults hit a doll with a ax These Children were placed in a room to interact with the same doll Some children behaved violently towards the doll just like the adults, and did even worse
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Viktor Frankl:
observed that those who survived in the concentration camps did so because they had something to hold on to/live for. made logotherapy
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Albert Bandura:
believes people learn behaviors by watching then imitating others
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Pavlov's Dogs:
Sight of food caused dog to salivate Pavlov rang a bell before feeding dog, eventually the sound of the bell combined with presence of food made dog salivate The bell became a conditioned stimulus Later the dog would salivate from just hearing the bell
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operant conditioning:
B.F. Skinner uses rewards and punishment to achieve a desired behavior.
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The Skinner Box
Placed rat in a cage Rat pressed lever Got rewarded for behaviours Continued to press lever
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Erikson's theory
argued that an individual’s identity emerges and matures as the person works through and resolves dilemmas at each stage in their life.
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Dreams
during REM sleep, We dream to: Fulfill wishes To remember To forget To keep brain working To rehearse To heal To solve problems
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Client-centered therapy:
humanistic therapy developed by Carl Rogers in which the client plays an active role
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Nature
refers to how genetics influence an individual's personality
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Nurture
refers to how their environment (including relationships and experiences) impacts their development.
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Heredity
Certain diseases and illnesses can be genetic and ultimately passed down from generation to generation.
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Environment
Many factors in your environment can have an influence on your development and pressures genetics Ex. family, friends, peers, socio-economic status
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Mental health
maintenance of successful mental activity.
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signs of mental disorders
eating and sleeping changes mood swings difficulty coping anxiety
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causes of mental health problems
Trauma Biological/Physical Health Social Determinants of Health: (income, education)
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mental illness
occur when the brain is not working well. start in childhood ADHD Austism symptoms: problems focusing extreme mood swings sleep problems
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brain disorder
genetics + enviroment
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OCD
experience obsessions, compulsions. Experience recurring thoughts
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primary socialization
done by family meeting an individual’s basic needs providing skills needed to survive
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agents of socialization
primary: family secondary: school, friends
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secondary socialization
non-family people schools: socialize individuals through a hidden curriculum workplaces: teaches the individual how to behave in certain situations and work with others. peer groups:creates the opportunity to learn such skills as communication, collaboration, and compromise. media: influential in a child’s socialization religion: moral codes and often a set of standards
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anthropologist questions
What does it mean to be human? How did people live? How have humans adapted to their environments? What do certain cultures believe to be true?
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Psychological questions
If the mind and the brain are not the same thing but somehow related, how do you study what you cannot see? What role does biology (nature) and environment (nurture) play in complex human behaviour? How does the mind develop and change over time?
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Anticipatory Socialization
learning how to plan the way to behave in new situations.
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Resocialization
process by which negative behaviour is transformed into socially acceptable behaviour.
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Abnormal Socialization
Child Abuse Feral children Isolated Children; Genie Wiley
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co-corring Disorder
mental health issue and substance abuse
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Natural selection
Individuals pass on traits with variety within it which is heritable. Those who are fit are better adapted to their environment and will survive and reproduce passing on these advantageous traits.
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behaviourism
- psychologists need eviednce to understand and change human behaviour. - based on nature vs nurture - innate behaviour: determined by genetics - learned behaviours: determined by environment
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Conditional/classical Learning
a conditioned stimuli is paired with an unconditioned stimuli to produce a conditioned response - Pavlovs dogs
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operant conditioning
made by B.F Skinner and the SKINNER BOX. - using positive and negative reinforcement to get a desired behaviour.

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