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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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Define ethnography

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A written description of culture

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2
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Name two kinds of explanations

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Theory and relationship

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3
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Wet rice is a cultivation of what system

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Intensive agriculture

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4
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What is a norm

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Rules and standards about what is acceptable behavior in a society

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5
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What is operational definition

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6
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What is Neo-Evolution

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The progress of a society depends of the development and use of technology in the country

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7
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What is falsification

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Proving a theory wrong with collected data

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8
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What are mal-adaptive customs

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Customs that decrease the chance of Survival and reproduction

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9
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Define diffusion

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Cultural elements are borrowed from another society and incorporated into the recipients group

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10
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Feminist approach

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Including women’s voice in academia and analyzing women’s role in culture over time

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11
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What are the two sub fields of archeology

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Prehistorical and historical

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12
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Name the 3 food product systems

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Horticulture, pastoralism, intensive agriculture

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13
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Who is the former father of American anthropology

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Franz boas

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14
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What are the sub fields of biological anthropology

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Paleontology, human primatology, human variation

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15
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Define sociolinguistics

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How language is used in social constructs

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16
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Define ethnohistorian

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An ethnologist who uses historical documents to study how a culture changes over time

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17
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What is applied anthropology

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When you use anthropological knowledge to solve social or political problems

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18
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What is culture

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Learned and shared behaviors in a society

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19
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What is ethnocentrism

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20
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Define subculture

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The shared customs of a subgroup within a society

21
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Define cultural relativism

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The attitude that a society’s customs should be viewed within the context of that society’s opportunity and problems

22
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Name two types of cultural restraints

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Direct and indirect

23
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Define a theory

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Explanation of association or laws

Don’t hold absolute truth

24
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What society is used to explain cultural ecology

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Tsembaga

25
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What is cultural ecology

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26
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Define political economy

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27
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Define participant observation

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28
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Define informant

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29
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What is ‘within culture comparison’

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30
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What is the function of language

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Communication

31
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Is silence a form of communication

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Yes

32
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Name three ways non human communicate

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33
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What’s the difference between an open and closed system

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34
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What is morphology

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35
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Spanglish is an example of what

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36
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Name two ways linguistic divergence occurs

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37
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What are the four characteristics of food collectors

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38
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Define food production

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39
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What is culture shock

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40
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Define commercialization

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41
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Why did we start to grow food

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Population growth

42
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What does anthropos mean

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43
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What is sampling universe

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The list of cases to be sampled from

44
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Define single case analysis

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Explaining one aspect of a particular culture

45
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What is psychological anthropology

A

The study of group behaviors

46
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Who created the theory of cultural evolution

A

Edward Taylor and Lewis Henry Morgan

47
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Define post-modern

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People who have power shape our reality we don’t make our own reality

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