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Anthro 102 - Intro to Anthropology - Exam 1 correctly answered to pass
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- Anthropology 102
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- South University
Anthro 102 - Intro to Anthropology - Exam 1 correctly answered to pass
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Anthro 102 - Intro to Anthropology - Exam 1what is anthropology? - correct answer ✔✔incorporates all aspects of being human together to truly understand all aspects of being a human being comparative w fieldwork
what kind of approach does anthropology take? - correct answer ✔✔holistic - integrated
what is a holistic approach? - correct answer ✔✔all aspects of life intersect
biocultural perspective
BROAD AND DEEP ha.
what is fieldwork for anthropologists? - correct answer ✔✔outting yourself in the context of where your study subjects exist
what are the 4 fields of anthropology and the one bonus - correct answer ✔✔1. biological
2. archaeological
3. linguistic
4. cultural
BONUS - applied
what is applied anthropology? - correct answer ✔✔links all four fields by addressing an issue and is just recently emerging
the use of anthropological knowledge to identify and solve contemporary issues
how far back does biological anthropology go> - correct answer ✔✔farther than history define biological anthropology - correct answer ✔✔understanding human biology, variation, and behavior from an EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE
how does bio contribute to culture - correct answer ✔✔our capacity for culture stems from biology because our complex brains and evolutionary history
human behavior and biology. how are they related? - correct answer ✔✔human behavior is learned and flexible based on location of the planet yet it has biological roots. we are a bipedal sp unlike any other primate
3 examples of biological anthro - correct answer ✔✔paleoanthropology - fossil record of evolution
primatologist - nonhuman primates to make connecttion to early humans
contemporary human biological variation
what is archaeology - correct answer ✔✔to look at the remains of a culture and its context
do this by interpreting artifacts - material remains
questions asked by archaeology - correct answer ✔✔what can these objects tell us about our past
how did we get where we are now
how human culture has changed over time
what are the 3 main focuses of cultural anthropology - correct answer ✔✔1. explores cultural diversity among all living societies, including our own
2. interested in how variation between human societies aros from culture
3. interested in all aspects of human life (family, politics, religion,)
what are the two tools of a cultural anthropologist? - correct answer ✔✔ethnography ethnology
define ethnography - correct answer ✔✔fiedlwork, to live w and observe a popu and produce a description of their culture
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