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Question 1

Define anthropology. Briefly describe how anthropology applies a holistic perspective. What is meant by the “four-field approach”?

Answer 1

• The study of people, human beings and their cultures
  
  • Holistic perspective - encompasses many different areas of study,
    Four fields approach - using 4 subfields to understand what it means to be a human being

Question 2

What is the focus of physical anthropology? Identify two subfields of physical anthropology.

Answer 2

• Traces our biological origin’s, evolutionary development, and genetic diversity
  
  • Person as a biological organism
  • Forensic anthropology (identifying human remains)
    Paleoanthropology (study of fossils/humans in the past)

Question 3

Briefly describe the biocultural approach. How is food an example of the biocultural approach?

Answer 3

• Looks at both cultural and biological aspects of humans
  Food is something everyone needs for nutrition, development and reproduction, but there are cultural differences that define what food is appropriate, how it should be cooked, what food is forbidden

Question 4

Define archaeology.

Answer 4

Studies human cultures through the recovery and study of human artifacts

Question 5

Define linguistic anthropology. What is the focus of linguistic anthropology?

Answer 5

• The study of human language with language being the most distinctive aspect of the human species
  Focus on how culture affects language performance, non verbal communication

Question 6

Define cultural anthropology. What is the focus of cultural anthropology? What is ethnography?

Answer 6

• The study of historical and modern day human societies globally
  
  • Focus on culture - societies shared behaviors etc
  • Ethnography - a detailed description of a particular culture

Question 7

hat is meant by fieldwork? How does participant observation play into fieldwork?

Answer 7

• On location research
  
  • Participant observation - research strategy used to learn about a culture through social participation and observation
    Help understand culture bound

Question 8

Define culture bound.

Answer 8

Theories about the world that are based in one’s own culture.

Question 9

What is meant by globalization?

Answer 9

• A world wide interconnectedness that is evidenced through global movements of natural resources, goods, diseases, labor, finance capital, and information

Question 10

define anthropology

Answer 10

The scientific and humanistic study of the human species including the exploration of human diversity through time and space.

Question 11

define applied anthropology

Answer 11

This field uses anthropological knowledge to solve practical problems.

Question 12

define * Archaeology

Answer 12

The study of human cultures through the analysis of artifacts.

Question 13

what is the biocultural approach

Answer 13

Investigates cultural and biological aspects of people.

Question 14

define Biological/Physical anthropology

Answer 14

The study of human biological, evolutionary, and genetic diversity.

Question 15

define Cultural anthropology

Answer 15

The study of historical and modern-day human societies in all parts of the world.

Question 16

define cultural relativism

Answer 16

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

Question 17

what is culture bound

Answer 17

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

Question 18

define ethnography

Answer 18

A detailed description of a particular culture or cultural practice.