ANTH 1000 Exam 1 Auburn University Exam #1 Question
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Anthropology - √√Study of the origins and development of people and their societies
Two things that cross-cultural perspective seeks to do: - √√(1) Strives to make the familiar
strange. Takes things that at first glance seem normal and make then seem a little unfamiliar.
(2) Strives to make the strange familiar. Things, practices, beliefs, dietary habits that at first
glance seem strange and make them familiar.
Holism - √√The study of the whole of the human condition; past, present, and future; biology,
society, language, and culture.
Enculturation - √√Culture are traditions, customs, transmitted through learning, that form and
guide that beliefs and behaviors of the people exposed to them. They are social, not biological.
We are taught our culture from birth.
Four Fields of Anthropology - √√Cultural, Archaeological, Biological, and Linguistic.
Cultural Anthropology - √√The study of people's communities, behaviors, beliefs, and
institutions, including how people make meaning as they live, work, and play together.
Archaeological Anthropology - √√Reconstructs, describes, and interprets human behavior and
cultural patterns through material remains.
Biological Anthropology - √√The study of human biological variation in time and space.
Linguistic Anthropology - √√The study of human language in the past and present.
Applied Anthropology - √√The application of anthropological data, perspectives, and methods
to identify, assess, and solve contemporary social problems.
, Qualitative - √√Data in the form of words.
Quantitative - √√Data that is in numbers.
Ethnology - √√Based on cross-cultural comparison and "examines, compares, analyzes, and
interprets the results of Ethnography".
Ethnography - √√Based on fieldwork and "provides an account of a particular community,
society, or culture".
Participant Observation - √√Taking part in community life as we study it.
Bronislaw Malinowski - √√
Rapport - √√A good friendly working relationship based on personal contact, basically trust.
Emic - √√The more local, experimental, more particular perspectives.
Etic - √√The more external analytical, more comparative perspective.
Genealogical Method - √√The documentation of family trees and how relationships are
reckoned or conceptualized in a particular culture.
Key Cultural Consultants - √√These people may be in positions of power; in which case they
may be gatekeepers to certain events and types of information.
Life History - √√Recollection of a lifetime of experiences that provides a more intimate and
personal cultural portrait than would be possible otherwise.
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Anthropology - √√Study of the origins and development of people and their societies
Two things that cross-cultural perspective seeks to do: - √√(1) Strives to make the familiar
strange. Takes things that at first glance seem normal and make then seem a little unfamiliar.
(2) Strives to make the strange familiar. Things, practices, beliefs, dietary habits that at first
glance seem strange and make them familiar.
Holism - √√The study of the whole of the human condition; past, present, and future; biology,
society, language, and culture.
Enculturation - √√Culture are traditions, customs, transmitted through learning, that form and
guide that beliefs and behaviors of the people exposed to them. They are social, not biological.
We are taught our culture from birth.
Four Fields of Anthropology - √√Cultural, Archaeological, Biological, and Linguistic.
Cultural Anthropology - √√The study of people's communities, behaviors, beliefs, and
institutions, including how people make meaning as they live, work, and play together.
Archaeological Anthropology - √√Reconstructs, describes, and interprets human behavior and
cultural patterns through material remains.
Biological Anthropology - √√The study of human biological variation in time and space.
Linguistic Anthropology - √√The study of human language in the past and present.
Applied Anthropology - √√The application of anthropological data, perspectives, and methods
to identify, assess, and solve contemporary social problems.
, Qualitative - √√Data in the form of words.
Quantitative - √√Data that is in numbers.
Ethnology - √√Based on cross-cultural comparison and "examines, compares, analyzes, and
interprets the results of Ethnography".
Ethnography - √√Based on fieldwork and "provides an account of a particular community,
society, or culture".
Participant Observation - √√Taking part in community life as we study it.
Bronislaw Malinowski - √√
Rapport - √√A good friendly working relationship based on personal contact, basically trust.
Emic - √√The more local, experimental, more particular perspectives.
Etic - √√The more external analytical, more comparative perspective.
Genealogical Method - √√The documentation of family trees and how relationships are
reckoned or conceptualized in a particular culture.
Key Cultural Consultants - √√These people may be in positions of power; in which case they
may be gatekeepers to certain events and types of information.
Life History - √√Recollection of a lifetime of experiences that provides a more intimate and
personal cultural portrait than would be possible otherwise.
