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Anthropology Mid Term 2
Anth Midterm 2
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
03/19/2012

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Participant Observation
Definition
A fieldwork Method in which the researcher lives with the people and studies them.
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Problem Oriented Research
Definition
A type of research aimed at solving problems.
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Ethnographic Fieldwork
Definition
Research carried out among living peoples in their societies.
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Ethnography
Definition
A written account of the views of the people and the anthropologist.
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Obtrusive Effect
Definition
The presence of the researcher causes people to behave differently.
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Attitudinal Data
Definition
Information that is collected in a fieldwork situation that describes feelings.
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Ethnographic Mapping
Definition
A map of the location of where certain things in cultures takes place.
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Economic Anthropology
Definition
A branch of anthropology that deals with the production and consumption systems of cultures.
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Julian Steward
Definition
Argued that the environment does determine culture and founded cultural ecology.
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Academic Anthropology
Definition
Used in a educational setting and usually is involved with the advancement of theories.
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Forensic Anthropology
Definition
Used in the identification of human remains after a natural or cultural disaster.
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Cultural Resource Management
Definition
Involved in the protection of archaeological sites and other culturally important areas.
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Medical Anthropology
Definition
The study of biological behaviors that affect health.
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Cross Cultural Training
Definition
Train people for future interactions.
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Developmental Anthropology
Definition
Creates programs to help social and economic problems.
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Impact Assessment
Definition
Seeing how a program or action would affect a culture.
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Needs Assessment
Definition
Collecting data for future programs.
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Environmental Determinism
Definition
The place where a culture exists plays a major role in the development of that culture.
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Cultural Ecology
Definition
Process in which humans adapt to their environment and learn to work with it.
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