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Anthropology

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Psychology

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Hypothesis

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Case Study

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Sample Surveys

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Unstructured observation

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Structured observation

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Participant observation

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Physical anthro
3 branches + definition

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Paleoanthropology, primatology, human variation
Where humans come from, how we evolve, what makes us unique

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Cultural anthro

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Subcultures

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A small group within a large one
Sharing beliefs, values and lifestyles distinct from the large group

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Cultural materialism + founder

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Environment influences cultural development
Institutions must serve the culture or would disappear
Marvin Harris

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Functional theory

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All beliefs, relationships, actions, ect, in a culture function for individuals needs

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Feminist anthro

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Focuses on making anthro egalitarian
Study is male-dominated

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Cultural relativism

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You can’t compare two cultures bc you’re biased and see through your own cultural lens

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Reflexivity

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Reflecting on your world view/biases and their impact on the culture you’re studying

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Linguistic anthro
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How language affects and expresses culture
Historical, structural, sociolinguistics

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Linguistic historical anthro

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Compares similarities and differences to show relation and migration
Sapir-Whorf theory, language shapes our cultural reality

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Linguistic structural anthro + founder

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How sounds are put together to form meaning
Noam Chomsky - universal grammar, children born with internal grammar rules

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Linguistic sociolinguistics anthro

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How language expresses status + context
Formal vs casual, body language

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Archaeology

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Excavate artifacts to understand and reconstruct past cultures

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Ethnology

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Study of origins and cultures of different races and people

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Natural selection
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Creationism
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Australopithecus
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Homo habilis
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Homo erectus
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Homo sapiens
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Primatology
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Marvin Harris
Founded cultural materialism
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Jane Goodall
Primatologist Studied chimpanzees and learned they made tools Caused people to question the timeline
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Margaret Mead
Determined that gender roles are socially constructed
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Raymond Dart
First evidence of Australopithecus in S. Africa
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Mary Leakey
Almost complete skull (austra) in Tanzania
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Donald Johanson
Discovered Lucy (most complete specimen) in Ethiopia
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Louis Leakey
First homo habilis in Tanzania
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Dian Fossey
Primatologist Studied gorillas
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Behaviourism
Psychologists need empirical evidence to understand behaviour Observation, experiments, mental disorders
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Psychoanalytic theory
Childhood influences your unconscious mind throughout life Your actions/behaviour is influenced by childhood experiences
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Humanism
Therapy involving the patient in their recovery Values qualitative data, open-ended questions
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Cognitive psychology
How the brain learns Consider beliefs, motivations, ect Mental disorders
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Sensation
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Perception
Process of how individuals take in information visually and with other senses
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Ivan Pavlov
Behaviourist Classical conditioning Study with dogs salivating
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BF Skinner
Developed operant conditioning Experiment with rats, positive reinforcement
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Albert Bandura
Bobo doll experiment Proved that humans learn through observation and imitation
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Harlow
Surrogate mother Metal one, cloth one, baby monkeys
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Memory
The ability to acquire, retain and recall knowledge and skills
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Sensory memory
Receives information from the environment through the five senses
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Short-term memory
Conscious mind Holds seven separate unorganized items for 15-20 seconds
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Long-term memory
Important/meaningful items are stored in long-term memory Retain as much as we want for as long as we want, recalling it is the hard part
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Inductive reasoning
Assumption Specific -> general
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Deductive
Fact General -> specific
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Dialectic reasoning
Combining opposite views No clear solution
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REM
Rapid Eye Movement
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Carl Jung
Developed analytical school of thought Archetypes, collective memories Personality, MBTI based off his work
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Alfred Adler
Inferiority complex Personality determined by birth order
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Karen Horney
Feminist Neo-Freudian Neurotic disorders
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William Sheldon
Body composition Endo - jolly, friendly Meso - dominant, aggressive Ecto - shy, low self esteem
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John Watson
Behaviour psych, Little Albert experiment
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Philip Zimbardo
Stanford prison experiment
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Jean Piaget
Cognitive development theory Some - sensory People - pre-operational Can't - concrete operational Focus - formal operational
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Dan Pink
Intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation Extrinsic only helps in few circumstances
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Stanley Milgram
Shock experiment Authority influence
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Hans Selye
Developed General Adaptation Syndrome - exposed to stress, alarm, resistance, exhaustion Stress - negative Eustress - positive/motivating
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Erik Erikson - stages of development
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Mental Health
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Mental illness
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Anxiety disorder
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Phobia
Anxiety about a specific object, activity or situation
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OCD
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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Bipolar affective disorder
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Schizophrenia
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Psychosis
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Neurosis
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Micro/macro sociology
Studies individual/smaller groups Looks at society as a whole
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Structural Functionalism
Social institutions exist to meet the needs of the citizens Tends to overlook social injustices like poverty and racism that are rooted in institutions
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Conflict theory
Studies competition for power between different groups Believes in a constant struggle within the economy (class), different races and genders
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Symbolic interactionism
Individuals are the center of understanding society bc values and roles are formed by individual interpretation Not institutions like function... or conflict
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Looking Glass self
You see yourself through how you think others view you
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Feminist sociology
Egalitarian

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