Exam 1

Question 1

The study of the human experience; physiological characteristics of humans, evolutionary history, social and cultural organizations of human societies

Answer 1

Anthropology

Question 2

Anthropology tries to explain the human experience _____.

Answer 2

Holistically

Question 3

What is the 4 field approach of anthropology?

Answer 3

Cultural, biological, archaeology, linguistics

Question 4

Study of culture as the characteristics of our species; understanding diversity

Answer 4

Cultural anthropology

Question 5

How is the majority of data collected in cultural anthropology?

Answer 5

Participant observation

Question 6

The study of languages

Answer 6

Linguistics

Question 7

Linguistics concerned with how language is constructed

Answer 7

Structural linguistics

Question 8

Anthropology is concerned with how language is used, in a cultural context

Answer 8

Linguistic anthropology

Question 9

The study of human activity in the past; attempts to reconstruct the daily life and customs of past cultures and primarily deals with material culture as well as environmental reconstruction

Answer 9

Archaeology

Question 10

Focuses on humans as a bicultural species; applies the scientific method to humans to better the understanding of our species; anatomy and physiology and how it affects our culture

Answer 10

Biological anthropology

Question 11

Biological anthropology always uses the ______ method

Answer 11

Scientific

Question 12

What 2 major sets of questions does biological anthropology tries to answer?

Answer 12

Evolution of humans and other primates, human variation

Question 13

Human fossil record

Answer 13

Human paleontology

Question 14

Study of human bones

Answer 14

Osteology

Question 15

Study of non-human primates

Answer 15

Primatology

Question 16

Using knowledge gained from studying anthropology to solve modern practical problems

Answer 16

Applied anthropology

Question 17

What are the 3 assumptions of science?

Answer 17

We all experience the same natural world, certain laws that dictate how the universe behaves, laws can be discover by observation and experimentation

Question 18

Scientists believe there is truth and this can be arrived at through empirical research; what is true for one observer is true for all observers

Answer 18

Realism

Question 19

Search for truth in natural world, not certainty

Answer 19

Science

Question 20

Absolute truth does not exist, each mind generates its own reality

Answer 20

Anti-realism and idealism