Chapter 1 Flashcards
Define Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of humankind in all times and places.
Explain the importance of holistic approach
In anthropology it’s important to view that the various aspect of humanity and culture in the broadest possible context to avoid bias and inaccuracy.
Cultural Anthropology
The study of patterns in human behavior, thought, and emotions, focusing on humans as culture producing and culture reproducing creatures.
Linguistic Anthropology
The study human languages that looks at their structure, history and relationship to social/cultural context.
Archeology
A branch of anthropology that studies culture through analysis of material remains and environmental data.
Biological Anthropology
The study of human biological diversity in time and space.
Explain the relationship between ethnography and ethnology,
Discovers data based on fieldwork then ethnology analyses, interprets and researches the data, helping to guide future ethnographical studies.
Paleoanthropology
The study of origins, predecessors, and early representations of human species.
Primatology
The study of living and fossil primates
Forensic Anthropology
The examination of human biological and cultural remains for law purposes.
Forensic Anthropology
The examination of human biological and cultural remains for law purposes.
Hypothesis
A hypothesis in anthropology is a tentative explanation for observed phenomena, which which anthropologists develop based on initial observations. A hypothesis is not yet proven.
Theory
A theory in anthropology is a well substantiated explanation for a wide range of phenomena based on a body of evidence that has been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experimentation.
Doctrine
Doctrine refers to a belief or set of beliefs, held and taught by a group of often without the requirement of empirical evidence or scientific validation. In the context of anthropology. A doctrine could be a culturally or religiously base explanation for human origins behaviors or practices that is accepted on the basis of tradition or authority rather than scientific evidence.
What is the relationship between hypothesis, theory, and doctrine?
The relationship between these concepts is one of progression and differentiation a hypothesis of starting point et theory as a validated and broader explanatory framework and the doctrine is a set of believes that might not be scientifically validated, but is accepted within a particular culture or religious context.
