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| Anthropology is considered a holistic science that refers to... |
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| The study of the whole human condition (past, present and future) in areas of biology, language, culture and society. |
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| What is true of cultures? |
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| They are traditions and customs, transmitted through learning, that govern belifes and behavior of the people exposed to them. |
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| General anthropology includes which sub disciplines? |
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| cultural, archaeology, linguistics and biological anthropology |
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| Who wrote "in scientific language, culture is not a function of race"? |
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| The American anthropological association has formally acknowledged a public service role by recognizing that anthropology has two dimensions. What are the dimensions? |
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| Theoretical/academic anthropolgy and practicing applied anthropology |
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What does the subfield of archaeological anthropology do?
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| Reconstruct, describe, and interpret past human behavior and cultural patterns through material remains |
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| What did Franz Boas notice? |
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| That cultures are not isolated, and the contact between them has always existed. |
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| What statement about anthropology is true? |
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| anthropology is a science. |
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| What do anthropologists in the field of ethnography try to do? |
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| Provide an account of a particular community, society, or culture. |
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| Which subfield uses anthropological data, perspectives, theory and methods to identify, assess, and solve contemporaray social problems? |
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| What is true of Margaret Mead? |
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| She attempted to show that psychological and personality traits varied cross-culturally. |
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| Ethnographic techniques include: |
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all of the above: participant observation and longitudinal research. Interviews, interview schedules, and participant observation. Genealogical methodology, life-histories, and key consultants. |
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| an object that is made by a human is called... |
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| What is not an ethnographic method? |
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| Which statement is an example of an etic persepective? |
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| Different societies may interpret the color spectrum differently. |
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| Archaeologists use what two basic fieldwork strategies? |
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| Systematic survey and excavation. |
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While excavating a site, archaeologists pay close attention to the principles of superposition. What does this mean? |
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The oldest layer in an undisturbed sequence is on the bottom; thus the top layer is younger than the one below it. |
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| Culture resource management (CRM) is... |
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| archaeology that focuses on sites threatened by modern development. |
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| What statement about theories is true? |
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| Even though much evidence may support them, theories are unprovable. |
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When writing a grant proposal for research funding, anthropologists must answer what questions? |
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All of the above: why this topic/problem? Why this person? Why this place? how will study be done? why this topic/problem? why this place? |
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| What are the subfields of anthroplogy? |
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Archaeology: The reconstruction of society or a culture.
Linguistics: study of the histories of the language
Cultural: study the customary ways of life of people throughout the world (describe through ethnography, finding simmilarities and differences between cultures).
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| What are the design features of anthropology? |
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Comparative method: study of other cultures to learn about ourselves.
Holistic: customs of people are related to the needs, oppurtunities and challanges people face.
naturalistic fieldwork: study people on their own land to make sense of their customs
culture: socially acquired set of customs for living.
*anthropology is not only a science but a humanity. |
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