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anthropological perspective Answer: the unique "angle" or point of view of anthropology, consisting
of cross-cultural or comparative study, holism, and cultural relativism
Holism Answer: the part of the "anthropological perspective" that involves consideration of every
part of a culture in relation to every other part and to the whole
4 subfields of anthropology Answer: physical, archaeology, linguistic, cultural
Physical/Biological Anthropology Answer: the study of the diversity of human bodies in the past and
present, including physical adaptation, group or race characteristics, and human evolution
archaeology Answer: study of diversity of human behavior in the past, based on traces left behind
by by past humans or societies
Linguistic Anthropology Answer: the study of diversity of human language in the past and present,
and its relationship to social groups, practices, and values
Cultural Anthropology Answer: the study of the diversity of human behavior in the present
Applied Anthropology Answer:
culture Answer:
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, Ethnocentrism Answer: the attitude or opinion that the morals, values, and customs of one's own
culture are superior to those of other peoples
cultural relativism Answer: the reaction to the fact of cultural diversity in which one attempts to
understand and judge the behavior of another culture in terms of its standards of good, normal, moral,
legal, etc. rather than ones own
Cultural Evolutionism Answer:
culture shock Answer: the surprise, confusion, and pain we feel when we encounter a way of life
that is very foreign to our own
ethnobotany Answer:
Ethnography Answer: a written account or description of a particular culture, usually including its
environment, economic system, kinship arrangements, political systems, and religious beliefs, and often
including some discussion of culture change
fieldwork research method Answer: field notes, census taking, genealogies, interviews, time
allocation studies, surveys and questionnaires, return visits
Enculturation Answer: The social process by which a person learns or acquires his or her culture,
usually as a child. Also known as socialization
5 interrelated developments that laid the foundation for an anthropological perspective Answer: 1.
voyages of discovery 2. encounters with Eurasion Civilizations 3. The Renaissance: Rediscovering
Europe's Cultural Roots in Ancient Greece and Rome 4. The protestant reformation: the other in the
european midst 5. the scientific revolution: replacing authority with experience and observation
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