GLST 290 Final Exam Questions And Answers Graded A+

What is cultural anthropology? - The truth is that cultural anthropology is the description, interpretation, and analysis of similarities and differences in human cultures What are the four subfields of anthropology? - archaeology, physical/biological, cultural/social, linguistic How does Psalm 8 add to the study of cultural anthropology? - What is ethnography? - a type of research in which individuals are observed in their natural settings How do anthropology and sociology differ? - Anthropology studies human behavior more at the individual level, while sociology focuses more on group behavior and relations with social structures and institutions. What does unilinear cultural evolution support? - cultural superiority, enlightened, advanced, civilized or intelligent How does Paul Hiebert define culture? - as "the integrated system of learned patterns of behavior, ideas, and products characteristic of a society." What does "The natural history of the kiss" teach us? - Kissing is not a universal cultural practice and it has different meaning across cultures What is ethnocentrism and how does it affect us? - when an individual views the world from the perspective of his or her own culture and rates all other groups with reference to this ideal. It keeps us from seeing others as we should. What does cross-cultural servanthood say about humility - It is essential to working with people of other culturesWhat is language? - A system of verbal and nonverbal symbols used to communicate Three ways to study linguistics: - Historical linguistics, descriptive linguistics, and sociolinguistics "There is no _______________ language for Christians; no language is more _______________ or _______________ for Scripture than any other" - Sacred, suitable, appropriate What is the difference between phonetics, syntactic, semantics, and pragmatics? - What did Eugene Nida believe? - That humans have similar human reasoning, similar human experience, and similar symbolic framework Social structure: - (also called social organization or social order) refers to the ways people COORDINATE their lives in relation to one another at the level of society" Max Weber's three main factors for social stratification: - Wealth, power, and prestige For anthropologists, sex and gender are ___________ concepts - distinct Difference between sex and gender: - Sex refers to biological maleness or femaleness, known as sexual dimorphism, usually given at birth. Gender describes what it means to be male or female in a particular culture What is subsistence? - The state or fact of existing/the providing of sustenance or support Why is subsistence important? - Everyone needs to eat. Subsistence is a culturally created means of securing food. What are the four modes of food production? - foraging, horticulture, pastoralism, agricultureHow does foraging work and how does it shape culture? - it is a subsistence strategy based on gathering plants that grow wild in the environment and hunting available animals