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Question 1

Concept Of Culture

Answer 1

… a complex, organized, integrated system of learned, adaptive, behavior acquired primarily through the use of symbols

Question 2

Principle of Cultural Relativity

Answer 2

An ethical position, endorsed by Franz Boas, holds that:

1) a culture must set aside our own values to study and understand other people
2) we must set aside our own values to study and understand other people

Question 3

Holistic Perspective

Answer 3

Anthropologist attempt to understand all aspects of people’s lives – particular traits are always studied in the context of the whole culture

Question 4

Evolutionary Perspective

Answer 4

All humans alive today are members of the same species, Homo sapiens, sole surviving species of the genus Homo. We are a product of our evolutionary history

Question 5

The comparative Method

Answer 5

The search for similarities and differences, and for human universals, is carried out by systematic examination of two or more cultures, point by point

Question 6

Empirical Method

Answer 6

Data are gathered personally and usually first-hand; the anthropologist observes and experiences the culture he or she studies.
In linguistic and ethnographic research this is called participant observation.
In archaeology it is ethnoarchaeology