Introduction to course

Question 1

What is anthropology

Answer 1

• the study of people
• human culture, behaviour, and biology
• past a present

Question 2

What are the 4 fields of anthropology

Answer 2

1. cultural/social
2. linguistic
3. archaeology
4. biological/physical/evolutionary

Question 3

What are the two approaches to anthropology

Answer 3

• Holistic approach
• comparative approach

Question 4

What is holistic approach

Answer 4

people cannot be separated from the context in which they live

Question 5

what is comparative approach

Answer 5

comparisons between different groups or the same group at different times

Question 6

Cultural anthropology**

Answer 6

• study of cultural practices, beliefs, economics, politics, gender roles of living people
• make observations, conduct interviews, and examine things made by the people being studied
• examples: “coming of age in samoa”, “matatu work”

Question 7

linguistic anthropology (*

Answer 7

• study of how people make and use language
• similar methods to cultural anthropology, with a focus on language

Question 8

archaeology

Answer 8

• study of cultural practices, economics, gender roles, and rituals of people and cultures in the past
• primarily examine material remains

Question 9

evolutionary anthropology

Answer 9

• study of the evolution of the behavioural and biological traits of humans, our primate relatives, and our ancestors as well as our current biological similarities and differences
• examine a wide range of material, including fossils, living primates (e.g., skeletons, behaviour, hormones), and DNA

Question 10

behaviour

Answer 10

Responses to internal/external stimuli

Question 11

culture

Answer 11

a set of learned behaviours transmitted between generations with non-genetic means to adapt to environment

Question 12

subfields of evolutionary anthropology

Answer 12

• human biology
• osteology/skeletal biology
• primatology
• palaeoanthropology