Mirror for Humanity: A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology,
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Chapter1- WhatIsAnthropology?
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Chapter2- Culture
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Chapter3- DoingAnthropology
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Chapter4- Languageand Communication
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Chapter5- MakingaLiving
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Chapter6- PoliticalSystems
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Chapter7- Families, Kinship,andMarriage
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Chapter8- Gender
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Chapter9- Religion
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Chapter10-Ethnicityand Race
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Chapter11-ApplyingAnthropology
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Chapter12-TheWorld System,Colonialism,andInequality
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Chapter13-Anthropology’sRoleina GlobalizingWorld
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1) Thischapterbeginswitha commonlyheard opinion:"Peopleareprettymuchthesameallove
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rtheworld."Whyisthisassumptionoftenwrong?Howmightyourconsiderationofthis understanding
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affecthowyouwould designananthropologicalstudy?
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2) Whatisculture?Howdoanthropologistsdefineandstudyculture?
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3) Whatdoesholismreferto?Whyistheconceptcentraltoanthropology?Howdoesthisconce
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ptrelatetothe"four-
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field"approachwithinthe discipline?Haveyouencounteredthisconceptinany ofyourotherclasse
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4) Thischapterprovidesanexampleofhumanadaptationtohighaltitudetoillustratethevariou
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sformsofculturalandbiologicaladaptation.Canyou thinkofanotherexample thatillustrates thebr
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oadcapacityofhumansto adaptbothbiologicallyandculturally?
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, 5) Whatdoesbioculturalperspectivereferto?Ifyouareplanningtomajorinthebiologicalscienc
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esorplanningacareerasa medicaldoctor orclinicalresearcher,howmighta minorinanthropologyco
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mplementyoureducation?Ifyouare thinkingofmajoringinthehumanities,how mighta minorinanthr
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opologycomplementyour education?
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6) Thischapterconsidersdifferencesandsimilaritiesbetweenanthropologyandotheraca
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demicfieldssuchassociology.Whatabouthistory?
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D) theevolutionofreligion. t t t
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