Exam #1 ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
, Anthropology The study of humans across time and space
The scientific and humanistic study of human beings encompassing the
evolutionary history of humanity, physical variation among humans, the study of
past societies, and the comparative study of current-day human societies and
cultures
Holistic encompassing past, present, and future; biology, society, language, and culture
local and global; individual and collective
Comparative/ Cross Cultural comparisons within subgroups or cross-culturally
Ex: Thanksgiving --> American holiday or harvest festival? & Childbirth practices
Applied Anthropology using anthropology to solve contemporary problems
Biocultural considers biological and cultural approaches to a given problem
Society A community of people who share a common culture (organized life groups)
Cultural and Biological adaptation interest in change over time
ex: technology is _______ and genetic adaptations is ________
Four Fields of Anthropology cultural, archaeological, biological, linguistic
Anthropological archaeology the study of past cultures based primarily on their material remains
Biological Anthropology the study of human biological variations through time and as it exists today
Five specialities:
- Paleoanthropology
- Human genetics
- Human growth and development
- Human biological plasticity
- Primatology
, Anthropology The study of humans across time and space
The scientific and humanistic study of human beings encompassing the
evolutionary history of humanity, physical variation among humans, the study of
past societies, and the comparative study of current-day human societies and
cultures
Holistic encompassing past, present, and future; biology, society, language, and culture
local and global; individual and collective
Comparative/ Cross Cultural comparisons within subgroups or cross-culturally
Ex: Thanksgiving --> American holiday or harvest festival? & Childbirth practices
Applied Anthropology using anthropology to solve contemporary problems
Biocultural considers biological and cultural approaches to a given problem
Society A community of people who share a common culture (organized life groups)
Cultural and Biological adaptation interest in change over time
ex: technology is _______ and genetic adaptations is ________
Four Fields of Anthropology cultural, archaeological, biological, linguistic
Anthropological archaeology the study of past cultures based primarily on their material remains
Biological Anthropology the study of human biological variations through time and as it exists today
Five specialities:
- Paleoanthropology
- Human genetics
- Human growth and development
- Human biological plasticity
- Primatology
