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4 subfields of anthropology - Answer-1. cultural 2. archaeology 3. physical 4. linguistics Cultural antropology - Answer-The study of all aspects of living human behavior. Archeology - Answer-The scientific study of the material remains of past cultures. Physical anthropology - Answer-T...

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Cultural Anthropology - Exam Questions
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4 subfields of anthropology - Answer-1. cultural
2. archaeology
3. physical
4. linguistics

Cultural antropology - Answer-The study of all aspects of living human behavior.

Archeology - Answer-The scientific study of the material remains of past cultures.

Physical anthropology - Answer-The study of the biological aspects of humans.

Linguistics - Answer-The study of language origins and acquisition.

Holistic view - Answer-A view that combines both biological and sociocultural aspects of
humanity as a way to describe in the broadest sense possible what it means to be
human.

Definition of 'culture' - Answer-That complex whole which includes knowledge, belief,
art, law, morals, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired as a member of
society.

Culture is... - Answer-1. learned
2. shared
3. symbolic
4. integrated
5. adaptive
6. changing

Learned (culture) - Answer-People acquire cultural 'norms', 'values' and 'symbols' from
others in the process of growing up in a society.
- 90% of culture is learned.
(example: children modeling behavior)

Shared (culture) - Answer-Numerous people hold roughly the same set of beliefs,
values, etc. This gives them the capacity to communicate with one another without
serious misunderstanding.
(example: "M&Ms melt in your mouth, not in your hands")

Symbolic (culture) - Answer-Events, objects and behaviors become symbols that are
understood within a culture.
(examples: weddings, solute)

, Integrated (culture) - Answer-As one aspect of culture changes, others are affected.
(examples: as technology changes, our pattern of communication changes - portable
devices)

Adaptive (culture) - Answer-Our culture is a toolbox. Being able to adapt helps us to
solve problems in our physical, social and emotional environment.
- Needed for surival.
(examples: behaving appropriately in social groups, dealing with death - funeral
tradition, heaven)

Changing (culture) - Answer-Our plasticity allows us to thrive under a wide variety of
social and ecological conditions.
- Often occurs via innovation or diffusion.
- Culture is always changing.

Innovation (aka invention) - Answer-The creative innovating of new solutions to old and
new problems.
(example: fax machines, email)

Diffusion - Answer-The spread of cultural traits through borrowing from one culture to
another.
- Can be direct or indirect.
(example: salsa)

Ethnocentrism - Answer-The assumption that one's own culture is the best, most
sensible, natural and normal.

Cultural relativism - Answer-The notion that cultures are best understood from the point
of view of their own culture, rather than according to the values of another culture.
- Accepting other cultures as products of their own realities (non judgemental).

Comparative approach - Answer-Identifying similarities and differences from the widest
possible range of human societies.
- Valuing all different ways equally.
- No assumption that our way is the best way.

Holistic approach - Answer-Looking at the whole picture - factoring in genetics,
biological evolution, prehistoric development of culture, language technology, and the
diversity of modern cultures.

Applied anthropology - Answer-The application of anthropology to the solution of human
problems.
(example: research and fieldwork that leads to suggestions on the best way to sell
products or deliver services)

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