1st Test Flashcards

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fields of anthropology

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physical,linguistics sociocultural, and archeology

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holistic

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characterized by comprehension of the parts of something as intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole

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society

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the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community

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archeology

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the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture()ar

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archeology

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the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture (artifacts, architecture, biofacts, exofacts, and cultural landscapes)

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ethnocentrism

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evaluation of other culturea according to preconceptions originating in the satndards and customs of of one’s own culture

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ethnicity

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the fact or state of belonging to a social group that has common national or cultural tradition

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ethnography

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the scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures

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linguistic

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the scientific study of language and its structure including the study of morphology,syntax,phonetics, and semantics

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fieldwork

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living among a group of people for tthe purpose of learning about the culture

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culture change

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modification of a society through innovation, invention, discovery or contact with other societies

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participant observation

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a research techniquwe characterized by the effort of an investigator to gain entrance into and social acceptance by a foreign culture

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primatology

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the study of both fossilized and living primates, includding homosapians, and our homonid extinct relatives

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primatology

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the study of both fossilized and living primates, includding homosapians, and our homonid extinct relatives

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ethnology

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branch of anthropology that compares and analyses the characteristics of diffrent peoples and the relationship between them

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cutural relativism

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the principle that an individual persons beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual’s own culture

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paralanguage

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a component of meta-communication that may modify or nuance meaning or convey emotion such as prosody.pitch,volume ect.

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forensic

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of, relating to, or denoting the application of scientific methods and techniques to the investigation of a crime

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ethics

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moral principles that govern a person’s or group’s behavior

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globalization

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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

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metaphor

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application of a word or phrase to an object or concept in order to suggest a comparison

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hominoids

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a member of the biological superfamily hominidea including all modern greatr apes and humans and a number of their extinct ancestors and relatives

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enculturation

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the process of learning one’s own culture

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qualitative data

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information about qualities that cant be measured(colo of eyes, skin softness)

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qualitative data
information about qualities that cant be measured(colo of eyes, skin softness)
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cultural transmission
how culture is passed on through learning from one generation to another
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emic
views of the world that members of a culture accept as real meaningful or appropriate
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animism
the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects and natural phenomena
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etic
views of a culture that are accepted by a group of scientists as a valid description
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bipedalism
a form of terrestrial locomotion where an organism moves by means of its 2 rear limbs or legs
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homo erectus
an extinct species of hominid that lived throughout the pleistocene geological epoch.
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adaptation
patterns of behavior which enable a culture to cope with its surroundingd
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shamans
a religious specialist who uses supernatural power in curing (curandero)
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domestication
when human intervene in the breeding of plants or animals
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band
a group of related people who are primarily organized through family bonds
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symbols
physical objects, colors, sounds, movements, scents which convey arbitrary or culturally assigned meaning
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Çatalhöyük
was a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from approximately 7500 BC to 5700 BC, and flourished around 7000 BC. In July 2012, it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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tribe
a notional form of human social organization based on a set of smaller groups (known as bands), having temporary or permanent political integration, and defined by traditions of common descent, language, culture, and ideology.
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chiefdom
political organization is typically inherited through organization with a central bureaucracy with the authority to deploy legalized force
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Göbekli Tepe
"Potbelly Hill" in Turkish, is an archaeological site atop a mountain ridge in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of modern-day Turkey, approximately 12 km northeast of the city of Şanlıurfa.