Anthropology

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A field of the social sciences that focuses on the study of man.

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Anthropology

Question 2

This field includes man’s physical or biological characteristics and his social relationships as well as the influence of his culture from the dawn of civilization up to the present.

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Anthropology

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“in spite of diversity, there is similarity.”

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Anthropology

Question 4

What are the four subfields of anthropology?

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Archaeology
Biological Anthropology
Linguistics
Cultural Anthropology

Question 5

The study of ancient and recent human pasts through material remains.

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Archaeology

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What are archaeological records consist of?

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Artifacts
Architecture
Biofacts
Cultural Landscapes

Question 7

These people focus on the past and how it may have contributed to the present ways of how people conduct their daily lives.

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Archaeologist

Question 8

What is the most important aspect of human nature?

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Survival

Question 9

What is the similarity and diversity in archaeology?

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Similarity: People continue to adapt in order to survive.

Diversity: The manner that they choose to survive differs.

Question 10

Also called physical anthropology.

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Biological anthropology

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The study of the past and present evolution of the human species and especially concerned with understanding the causes of present human diversity.

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Biological anthropology

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It focuses primarily on how the humans adapt to the different earth environments and explains how the biological characteristics of human beings affect how they live their lives.

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Biological anthropology

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It states that human beings share the same biological strengths and vulnerabilities.

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Biological anthropology

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It states that human survival is primarily linked to their ability to communicate.

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Linguistic anthropology

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It studies the role of language in the social lives of individuals and communities and explores how language shapes communication and how modes of communication change over time.

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Linguistic anthropology

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What do you call a system of communication used by a particular country or community which also identifies a group of people?

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Language

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What does linguistic anthropologist interest focus on?

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Language as a means to discover a group’s manner of social interaction and his worldview.

Question 18

___ have evolved which represent the subculture of a particular group and adapt to the existing conditions in the society.

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Language

Question 19

What is the universal language?

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English

Question 20

The study of human cultures, their beliefs, practices, values, ideas, technologies, economies, and other domains of social and cognitive organization.

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Cultural anthropology

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Described as a group of people’s way of life.

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Culture

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How do values and symbols transmit socially?

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Communication
Imitation from generation to generation

Question 23

This theory states that human nature is determined by the ideas, meanings, beliefs, and values learned as members of a society.

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Theory of Cultural Determinism

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This theory states that human nature is determined by the ideas, meanings, beliefs, and values learned as members of a society.

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Theory of Cultural Determinism

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What is the positive and negative implication of the theory of cultural determinism?

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Positive: Human beings can be shaped or formed to have the kind of life they prefer. There is no limit to do whatever they set their minds and hearts into. Negative: People have no control over what they learn. Humans are helpless as they blindly accept the learning their cultures exposed them to.

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What are the four ways that culture may manifest itself in people?

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Symbols Heroes Rituals Values

Question 27

The most superficial level of culture which can be shared or copied by other cultures who find them also fitting for their own.

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Symbols

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Real or fictitious models for behavior from the past or present who have characteristics that are important in a culture.

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Heroes

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Religious or social activities participated in by a group of people for the fulfillment that are considered to be socially essential.

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Rituals

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The core of every culture which involves a human tendency towards good or bad and right or wrong.

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Values

Question 31

Unconscious and can neither be discussed nor be directly observed but can only be inferred from the way people act and react to circumstances.

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Values