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Anthropology - Answer-the study of the human condition or species, its evolution through time, its variations over time and space Two things Anthropology strives to do - Answer-1. Make the Familiar Strange 2. Make the Strange Familiar Kottak Anthropology - Answer-organized life in groups; s...

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Anthropology 1000 Exam 1- Questions
and Answers
Anthropology - Answer-the study of the human condition or species, its evolution
through time, its variations over time and space

Two things Anthropology strives to do - Answer-1. Make the Familiar Strange
2. Make the Strange Familiar

Kottak Anthropology - Answer-organized life in groups; study of human species and its
immediate ancestors

4 Fields of Anthropology - Answer-1. Cultural
2. Archaeological
3. Biological
4. Linguistic

Cultural Anthropology - Answer-culture being social can be learned through direct or
indirect ways
ex: how we view things socially such as female swimmers

Archaeological Anthropology - Answer-looking at past cultures or artifacts that allow
anthropologists to draw conclusions about social organization, diet, culture shift, etc.
ex: Moundville, AL

Biological Anthropology - Answer-focuses on human biological diversity in time and
space units through human evolution, genetics, growth/development, biological
plasticity, primates
ex: Lucy

What do anthropologists strive to show? - Answer-to explain similarities and differences
among humans through comparison

Enculturation - Answer-learning our cultures from the time of birth throughout our lives;
can be direct (told) or indirect (picking up through observation)

Holism - Answer-The study of the whole of the human condition: past, present, and
future; biology, society, language, and culture

Applied Anthropology - Answer-application of anthropological data, perspectives,
theory, and methods to identify and assess contemporary social problems

ex: applied medical anthropology

, Anthropology as a Qualitative Science - Answer-more depth driven; less focused on
data

Anthropology as a Quantitative Science - Answer-number driven science

Ethnography - Answer-based on fieldwork and provides an account of a particular
community, society, or culture

Ethnology - Answer-based on cross cultural comparison and examines, compares,
interprets and analyzes results of ethnography (more global and theoretical)

Bronislaw Malinowski - Answer-one of founding fathers of anthropology; consolidated
an ethnographic fieldwork program while in Trobrian islands during WWI

Malinowski's approach - Answer-1. Cut yourself off from own kind of people
2. Immerse yourself in social world you're studying (patterns, everyday life, anecdotes)

Point in Malinowski's Approach - Answer-in order to grasp the native's point of view , his
relation to life, and to realize his vision of his world

Ethnographical Research - Answer--long term residence in community
-learning a new language/form of comm.
-developing intimate relationships w people unlike you

Participant Observation - Answer-a characteristic ethnographic technique; taking part in
the events one is observing

Rapport - Answer-good, friendly working relationship with the people you are working
with (hosts)

Emic - Answer-local perspectives, experiential, particular
ex: local thoughts on health (superstition v science)

Etic - Answer-outsider perspective, more scientific looking at the "big picture"
ex: perspective on Thanksgiving

Genealogical Method - Answer-documenting who is related to who or who marred who
in order to get a good idea of patterns

Key Cultural Consultants - Answer-key informants; people who will help teach you;
power is associated

Life History - Answer-cultural biography looking in depth that can speak to the culture as
a whole

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