Intro to Anthropology - Exam 1 Questions and Answers | New One | Grade A+

Intro to Anthropology - Exam 1
Questions and Answers | New One |
Grade A+


Anthropology -

Ans: the study of humankind in all times and places




Ethnocentrism

Ans: the belief that the ways of one's own culture are the only proper ones




Culture

Ans: theories about the world and reality based on the assumptions and values of one's own

culture




Applied Anthropology

Ans: use of anthropological knowledge and methods to solve practical problems




Medical Anthropology

, Ans: specialization that brings theoretical and applied approaches from cultural and

biological anthropology to the study of human sickness and health




Cultural

Ans: study of customary patterns in human behavior, thought and feelings




Culture

Ans: society's shared and social transmitted ideas, values, and perceptions which are used to

make sense of experience




Ethnography

Ans: detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on fieldwork




Fieldwork

Ans: term for on site location research




Participant observation

Ans: learning the culture through social participation and personal observation




Ethnology