Anthropology Flashcards
Anthropology
The study of human kind
Behavioral sciences
The study of how people perceive, think, and act
Anthropologists
A person who studies anthropology
Culture
Everything about how people in a society live in groups
Observation and analysis
Tools that psychologists and sociologists use
Physical anthropology
Study of heredity and biological evolution
Cultural anthropology
Study of how people in different societies live and the effects their environments have on their lifestyle
Field experience
How anthropologists live the same way the people they’re studying do so they can understand better
Artifacts
Ancient human-made things
Excavation
Digging things out of the ground
Archeologists
Study archeology and use excavation
Archeology
The field archeologists study
Pre-history
Time before written records
Enculturation
The process of learning your own culture
Acculturation
The process of taking parts if other cutlures and adding them to your own
Material culture
The things a society makes and uses
Examples of material culture
Homes, transportation, communication, tools, weapons, clothing, food, etcetcetc
Non-material culture
All the intangible things about a culture
Examples of non-material culture
Religion, language, values, music, education, family, etcetcetc
What are the 2 kinds of culture
Material and non-material
What are the 2 branches of anthropology
Physical and cultural
Enthrocentrism
Believing your society’s way of doing things is the right way
Subculture
A group within a culture which has some traits which are different from the main culture
Examples of subcultures
Hunters, motorcyclists, fisherman, jews, teens, police