1st Test Flashcards
fields of anthropology
physical,linguistics sociocultural, and archeology
holistic
characterized by comprehension of the parts of something as intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole
society
the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community
archeology
the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture()ar
archeology
the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture (artifacts, architecture, biofacts, exofacts, and cultural landscapes)
ethnocentrism
evaluation of other culturea according to preconceptions originating in the satndards and customs of of one’s own culture
ethnicity
the fact or state of belonging to a social group that has common national or cultural tradition
ethnography
the scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures
linguistic
the scientific study of language and its structure including the study of morphology,syntax,phonetics, and semantics
fieldwork
living among a group of people for tthe purpose of learning about the culture
culture change
modification of a society through innovation, invention, discovery or contact with other societies
participant observation
a research techniquwe characterized by the effort of an investigator to gain entrance into and social acceptance by a foreign culture
primatology
the study of both fossilized and living primates, includding homosapians, and our homonid extinct relatives
primatology
the study of both fossilized and living primates, includding homosapians, and our homonid extinct relatives
ethnology
branch of anthropology that compares and analyses the characteristics of diffrent peoples and the relationship between them
cutural relativism
the principle that an individual persons beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual’s own culture
paralanguage
a component of meta-communication that may modify or nuance meaning or convey emotion such as prosody.pitch,volume ect.
forensic
of, relating to, or denoting the application of scientific methods and techniques to the investigation of a crime
ethics
moral principles that govern a person’s or group’s behavior
globalization
a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and goverments of diffrent nations, aprocess driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology
metaphor
application of a word or phrase to an object or concept in order to suggest a comparison
hominoids
a member of the biological superfamily hominidea including all modern greatr apes and humans and a number of their extinct ancestors and relatives
enculturation
the process of learning one’s own culture
qualitative data
information about qualities that cant be measured(colo of eyes, skin softness)