Anthropology: Fields & Schools of Thought

Question 1

What are the 2 main fields of Anthropology?

Answer 1

1. Cultural Anthropology
2. Physical Anthropology

Question 2

What are the 3 fields of Cultural Anthropology?

Answer 2

1. Ethnology
2. Linguistic Anthropology
3. Archaeology

Question 3

What are the Schools of Thought for Cultural Anthropology?

Answer 3

1. Cultural Relativism
2. Functionalism
3. Cultural Materialism
4. Feminist Anthropology
5. Postmodernism

Question 4

What are the 3 small categories of Linguistic Anthropology?

Answer 4

1. Historical Linguistics
2. Structural Linguistics
3. Sociolinguistics

Question 5

What are the 3 fields of Physical Anthropology?

Answer 5

1. Paleoanthropology
2. Primatology
3. Human Variation