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| The four main types of anthropology |
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Cultural Anthro.
Anthropological linguistics
Physical Anthropology
Archaeology |
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| anthropological description of a culture by means of direct field work |
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| comparative study of cultural differences and similarities |
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| scientific study of similarities and differences wherever and in whatever form they may be found |
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| study of disease in pre-hisotric populations |
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Urban Anthropology
Medical Anthropology
Development Anthropology
Environmental Anthropology
Psychological Anthropology |
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| rural/urban settings, integration, etc. |
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| biological, and sociocultural factors. (How cultures deal with illness etc. ) |
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| Environmental Anthropology |
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| Ecological Influences on culture |
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| Psychological Anthropology |
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| culture vs. psychological makeup of individual |
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| perspective in anthropology that attempts to study a culture by looking at all parts of the system and how they're interrelated |
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| the practice of viewing cultural features of other societies in terms of one's own, and thinking that your ways are the best |
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| Thinking that everyone in other cultures thinks the same way as you |
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| the idea that cultural traits are best understood when viewed within the cultural context or which they are a part |
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| The inside view of a culture (their view of themselves) |
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| subgroup of human population whose members share a greater number of genes and physical traits with one another than they do with members of other subgroups (idea is greatly disregarded nowadays) |
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| study of the occurrence distribution and control of disease in populations |
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| physical remains- found by archaeologists - that were used by humans but not made or reworked by them (for example seeds and bones) |
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| Anthropological Linguistics |
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| study of human communication within its sociocultural context |
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| studies how languages emerge and change over time |
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| technique of determining the approximate date that two languages diverged by analyzing similarities and differences in their vocab. |
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| how languages are structured |
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| studies relationship between language and culture |
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| how language is used in different social contexts |
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| idea that cultural traits are best understood when viewed within the cultural context of which they are a part |
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| process by which human infants learn their culture |
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| new combination of existing cultural features |
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| change brought about by recombination of already existing items within a culture (caused by invention) |
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| subordinate culture adopts many cultural traits of more powerful culture |
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| changes in one part of the culture brought about by changes in other parts |
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| 3 types of applied anthro. |
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Adjustment (use of anthropological knownledge to make social interaction more predictable)
Administrative (change caused by people in power)
Advocacy (change caused by group itself) |
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| people in similar environments will behave similarily |
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| reasoning from general propositions to specific cases |
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| reasoning that develops theories from specific cases |
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| social stratification exists because it is beneficial to the society |
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| examines how cultural structures function for well-being of society |
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| every part of culture has a function |
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| analysis of cultural data at a single pint in time rather than through time |
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| analysis of sociocultural data through time, rather than at a single point in time |
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| use of euphemisms to confuse or deceive |
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