introduction to anthropology

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the study of humanity

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anthropology

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5 social sciences

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anthropology
sociology
politcal science
psychology
economics

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4 fields of anthropology

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biological
linguistics
archeology
cultural

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the study of the anatomical, physiological, and genetic characteristics of both ancient and modern human populations

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biological anthropology

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3 sub fields of biological anthropology

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primatology
paleoanthropology
study of human biological variation

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the study of the human society and cultures through the analysis of material remains such as bones, pottery, tools, and architecture

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archaeology

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2 sub fields of archaeology

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pre historic and historic archaeology

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the descriptive, comparative, and historical study of communication (primarily language) among humans, including its similarities and differences in time, space, and society

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linguistics

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three sub fields of linguistics

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historical
descriptive
sociolinguistics

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the study of human society and culture

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cultural anthropology

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is broadly defined as the use of anthropological theory, methods, and data to address real world concerns

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applied anthropology

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each culture is the product of its own history and thus each culture is unique

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historical particularism

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each cultural must be studied on its own terms and evaluated by its own standards not ours

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cultural relativism

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judging culture by our standards

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ethnocentrism

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our beliefs and behaviors serve to maintain our society and culture

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functionalism

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based on the premise that each culture is comprised on several interrelated parts and these parts must be understood to understand the culture

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holism

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most of what we do for example, adolescence and gender roles are not a product of instant or biology, it is the product of culture and thus developed by us and subject to be changed by us

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cultural constructivism

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culture is significantly influenced by our environmental surroundings, culture is how we adapt to the environment

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cultural materialism

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understanding cultures through meanings and ideas people studied

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cultural interpretivism

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a contemporary theoretical approach in anthropology and sociology that challenges the assertion that scientific methods, technological change, mass media, and urbanization as progress

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postmodernism

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acknowledges that economics, political organization, and media influence what people think and what they do

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structure

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the ability to act against the structure and the ability to act in one’s own self interest

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agency

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the belief that biology has a significant influence on why people believe and behave -not true

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biological determinism

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the belief that culture significantly influences behavior - not entirely true absolute because of human free will and the sometimes vagueness of culture

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cultural determinism