Chapter 1

Question 1

Anthropology is derived from a greek word meaning?

Answer 1

Anthropos : Human Logos: Study

Question 2

What are the subfields of Anthropology ?

Answer 2

Physical (biological) anthropology Archaeology Linguistical Anthropology Medical Anthropology Applied Anthropology Cultural (sociocultural) Anthropology

Question 3

What is Biological Anthropology

Answer 3

Attempts to understand what it means to be human from a biological and evolutionary perspective

Question 4

Research techniques fro Biological anthropology? Anthropomentry?

Answer 4

Measurement of human body parts

Question 5

Research techniques fro Biological anthropology? Osteology?

Answer 5

The study of the skeleton

Question 6

Research techniques fro Biological anthropology? Genetics

Answer 6

Study of gene structure, actions, and patterns of inheritance

Question 7

Whats is Archaeology?

Answer 7

Study of lifeways of people from teh past through retrieval and analyzing the material remains of the past cultures

Question 8

Whats is linguestical Anthropology?

Answer 8

A branch in anthropology which is particularly concerned with language and how different sorts of communication are related to other aspects of culture

Question 9

5 Areas of linguestical anthropology research

Answer 9

• Biological nature of language
• historical linguistics: study of language over time
• descriptive linguistics: description of languages
• Ethnolinguistic: relationship between lnaguage and culture
• Socilinguistics: relationship between language and social relationships

Question 10

What is Medical Anthropolgy?

Answer 10

Study of the biological and cultural factors that effect health, disease and sickness

Question 11

What is applied anthropolgy ?

Answer 11

Application of anthropological knowledge, theory, and methods to the solution of specific societal problems

Question 12

What is Cultural anthropology?

Answer 12

The scientific study of cultural similarities and differences wherever and whatever form they may take. Study of contemporary cultures The attempt to understand the general underlying patterns of all human cultures

Question 13

Ethnography

Answer 13

description of a particular contgemporary culture by means of direct fieldwork

Question 14

Ethnology

Answer 14

comparative study of cultures by looking for similiarites and differences Primaary objective is to uncover general cultural principles and rules that govern human behavior

Question 15

what is the shared theoretical concepts in all 6 areas of anthropology?

Answer 15

• Emphasis on culture
• Emphasis on systems
• Holistic perspective
• Comparative method
• Scientific Approach

Question 16

What is culture? (not the definition)

Answer 16

Everything that people have, think and do as a member of a society. Culture is transmitted by learning Culture is largely responsible for human behavior

Question 17

What is a society?

Answer 17

a group of people who occupy a specific locality, share common cultural traditioins and cooperate for their mutual survival

Question 18

What is holism?

Answer 18

Viewing a question from the broadest possible perspective Looking for multiple variables to explain the observed phenomenon

Question 19

whats is a system?

Answer 19

a group of interrelated and interdependent parts forming a whole

Question 20

what is the Compartive approach?

Answer 20

Comparing similiar things in different groups to look for similiarities and differences

Question 21

what is science?

Answer 21

An organized and specific way of asking and trying to answer questions about and understanding the natural world

Question 22

what is Empirical?

Answer 22

Relying upon or gained from experience or direct observation.

Question 23

observation diagram to form a theory?

Answer 23

observation - data collection - hypothesis - test- test- test- conclusion - theory

Question 24

what are the 5 characteristics of science?

Answer 24

creative critical self correcting rejects supernatural explanations for natural phenomenon dynamic

Question 25

Ethnocentrisim

Answer 25

Belief that ones culture is superior in every way to all others

Question 26

Culture-bound assumptions

Answer 26

Theories about the world and reality based on the assumptions and values of ones own culture