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| The study of the human species and its immediate ancestors |
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| A basic feature of language; transmission through learning |
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| A suggested but as yet unverified explanation |
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| A set of ideas formulated to explain something |
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| Field work in a particular culture |
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| The social process by which culture is learned and transmitted across the generations |
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| No culture is better than any other culture |
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| When humans developed the ability to think symbolically; or, when humans became human |
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| Cultural pattern or trait that exists in some, but not all cultures |
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| Distinctive or unique culture trait, pattern or integration |
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| The tendency to view one's own culture as best and to judge the behavior and beliefs of culturally different people by one's own standards |
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| The position that the values and standards of cultures differ and deserve respect |
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| The Psychic Unity of Humans |
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| Everyone has the same psychological capacities for culture |
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| Cultural forces are so powerful that the individual makes no difference |
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| A special domain of culture beyond the organic and inorganic realms; culture as an entity |
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| Views anthropology as the study of social facts which are analytically distinct from the behavior of the individuals from which the facts are inferred |
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| The actions of individuals, alone and in groups, that create and transform culture |
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| The application of anthropological data to solve contemporary social problems |
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| Traditional Anthropological inquiry conducted for the purpose of gaining knowledge |
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| A condition of poor health perceived or felt by an individual |
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| A scientifically identified health threat caused by a pathogen |
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| Making sure that the work being done is beneficial for the population rather than an organization or government |
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| mediator between two different cultures (facilitating communication) |
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| Something that arbitrarily stands for something else |
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