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| The study of humankind in all times and places |
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| A Fundmental principle of anthropology that the various parts of a human culture and biology must be veiwed in the broadest possible context in order to understand their interconnections and interdependence |
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| Application of anthropological knowledge, theory, and methods to the solution of specific societal problems. |
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| Comparing similar things in different groups to look for similarities and differences. |
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Shared, socially transmitted Knowledge and behavior
- Rules standards, and norms shared by members of a society
- Culture is transmitted by learning
- Culture largely responsible for human behavior
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| The Idea that cultural traits are best understood when veiwed within the cultural context of which they are part. |
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| A detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on field work. |
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| The modern scientific study of all aspects of language. |
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| Attempts to understand what it means to be human from an evolutionary and biological perspective. |
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| Study of life-ways of people from the past through retrieval and analyzing the material remains of past cultures. |
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Study of contemporary cultures
the attempt to understand the general underlying patterns of all human cultures |
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| The Belief that the ways of one's own culture are the only proper ones. |
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| The study and analysis of different cultures from a comparative or historical point of veiw, utilizing ethnographic accounts and developing anthropological theroies that help explain why certian important differences or similarities occur among groups. |
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| A tentative explanation of the relation between certain phenomena. |
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| A specialization in athropology that brings theoretical and applied approaches from cultural and biological anthropology to study human helth and disease |
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| In Science, an explanation of natural phenomena supported by a reliable body of idea. |
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