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EXAM #1
For my anthropology exam.
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
03/02/2011

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What are the four main subfields of anthropology?
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Biological, Cultural, Linguistic, and Archaeology
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Who is Malinowski and what is Functionalism?
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He is the founder of modern Anthropology and every system in a culture has a function.
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What is the difference between Ethnography vs. Ethnology?
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Ethnography studies a specific culture, Ethnology compares cultures.
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What is the difference between race and ethnicity?
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Ethnicity is the learned social behaviors... Race is your place of origin and cannot change.
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Idea of evolution and ancient Greek views on Evolution.
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Democritus: claimed humans came from fish and the idea of atomism.

Plato: Actual organism is reality.
Aristotle: Humans did not evolve?

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What is the difference between Class and Caste?
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Class you can change, caste you cannot.
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Church and Evolution
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Bible placed earth in center of the universe.
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Copernicus and Galileo and Heliocentrism?
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Believed earth revolved around sun, got burned to death.
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Lamarckianism Vs. Darwinism
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Lamarck was the first thinker to propose theory of evolution, Darwin thought of natural and sexual selection.
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Natural Selection
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Evolutionary change based on reproductive success of individuals within a species. Accuired traits.
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Adaptation and Speciation
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Species look and act how they do from adapting to environment.
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Sexual Selection
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Two types: male-male competition and female choice.

Males fight for females- why they are bigger and stronger. (Polygynous society)
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Culture is learned and composed of concepts.
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Every individual must learn right from wrong. We learn the culture through symbols and artificats are objects created by people.
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Culture in animals.
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Culture created humans.

Apes learn to use tools from their parents.
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Three brain theory.
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Physical, eomtional, and intellectual parts of brain.
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Types of power.
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Parasitism, predator-prey, social power, institutional, military, technological, idealogical.
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Dominance in apes an ape social systems
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Chimp: Both males and females have dominace hierarchies. Physical violence, intimidation, and making allies is important.
Bonobo: female dominated. Males rely on mothers for support. Not violent.
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Social Power
Definition
Animals that live in social groups have huge advantage over solitary animals.
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Hunter-Gatherer politics
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No high powered leader.
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Cannibals and Kings first 3 chapters.
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Ch. 1 is about population growth.
Ch. 2 talkes about archeological evidence- incredible tools, sophisticated hunting, pros and cons of village life, killing the old, and limited reproduction in huner gatherer societies.
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