Anthropology Flashcards

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Anthropology

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The study of human kind

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Behavioral sciences

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The study of how people perceive, think, and act

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Anthropologists

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A person who studies anthropology

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Culture

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Everything about how people in a society live in groups

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Observation and analysis

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Tools that psychologists and sociologists use

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Physical anthropology

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Study of heredity and biological evolution

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Cultural anthropology

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Study of how people in different societies live and the effects their environments have on their lifestyle

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Field experience

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How anthropologists live the same way the people they’re studying do so they can understand better

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Artifacts

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Ancient human-made things

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Excavation

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Digging things out of the ground

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Archeologists

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Study archeology and use excavation

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Archeology

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The field archeologists study

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Pre-history

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Time before written records

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Enculturation

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The process of learning your own culture

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Acculturation

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The process of taking parts if other cutlures and adding them to your own

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Material culture

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The things a society makes and uses

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Examples of material culture

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Homes, transportation, communication, tools, weapons, clothing, food, etcetcetc

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Non-material culture

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All the intangible things about a culture

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Examples of non-material culture

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Religion, language, values, music, education, family, etcetcetc

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What are the 2 kinds of culture

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Material and non-material

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What are the 2 branches of anthropology

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Physical and cultural

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Enthrocentrism

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Believing your society’s way of doing things is the right way

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Subculture

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A group within a culture which has some traits which are different from the main culture

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Examples of subcultures

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Hunters, motorcyclists, fisherman, jews, teens, police

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Counterculture
A group whose entire way of life deviates from that of the main culture
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Examples of countercultures
Gangs, hippies, amish, junkies
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3 ways cultures change over time
Inventions, innovations, cultural diffusion
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Inventions
Creating something new
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Innovation
Improvements on existing technology
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Cultural diffusion
The spreading of ideas from 1 culture to another
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How did written languages begin?
Cave drawings > symbols for words > symbols for sounds (letters)
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Dialect
Different versions of the same language Diff pronunciations Some diff words
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Six indo-european language examples
``` Russian German French Spanish English Portuguese ```
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Would ppl in desert have word for ice?
No bc ice isn't important to them, they don't have it or know what it is so it would pointless to them
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2 examples of english dialects
Boston | Southern
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Most widely spoken native language?
Mandarin Chinese
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4 countries where english is primary
Us Canada Ireland S. Africa
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Linguistics
Field studied by linguists that study language and its relationship with a culture
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Importance of understanding languages of cultures?
Their language reflects their values and lifestyles