ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

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is a field of the social sciences that focuses on the study of the totality of a man. It further deals with one’s physical/biological characteristics, social relationships, and the influence of culture.

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Anthropology

Question 2

4 Subfields of Anthropology

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1. Archaeology
2. Biological Anthropology
3. Linguistics
4. Cultural Anthropology

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the study of the human past using material remains or artifacts such as tools, artworks, or any materials used during ancient times

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Archaeology

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are scientists who study artifacts in order to discover how people lived their lives.

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Archaeologists

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the father of archaeology; the first to scientifically investigate the Great Pyramid in the 1880s.

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Sir William Flinders Petrie

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invented the radiocarbon/carbon-14 dating that determines the age of an object obtaining organic material using properties of radiocarbon.

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Willard Libby

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the study of how humans adapt to diverse environments, how biological and cultural processes work together to shape growth, development, and behavior, and what causes disease and early death.

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Biological Anthropology

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focus primarily on how the human body adapts to different environments; search for probable causes of disease, physical mutation, and death; studies about human beings.

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Biological Anthropologists

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The comparative study of ways in which language reflects and influences social life

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Linguistics

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study how language and modes of communication change over time; discover how language is used to create and share meanings, form ideas and concepts, and promote social change.

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Linguistic Anthropologists

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the study that examines social patterns and practices across cultures, with a special interest in how people live in particular places and how they organize, govern, and create meaning.

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Cultural Anthropology

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a group of people’s way of life, including behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols.

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Culture

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interested in knowing what makes one group’s manner of living is an essential part of one’s personal and social identity.

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Cultural Anthropologists

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human beings can be shaped to have the kind of life they prefer; people have no control over what they will learn, and would blindly accept what their culture dictates.

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Theory of Cultural Determinism

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Ways in which culture may manifest people

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1. Symbols
2. Heroes
3. Rituals
4. Values

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refer to words, gestures, pictures, or objects that have a recognized meaning at a particular time.

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Symbols

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these are individuals from the past or present who have characteristics that are important in a culture.

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Heroes

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these are activities participated in by a group of people for the fulfillment of desired objectives and are considered to be socially essential

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Rituals

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these are the core of every culture; are unconscious and can neither be discussed nor be directly observed; involve human tendencies/preferences towards good or bad, or right or wrong.

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Values