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Introduction to Cultural Anthropology University of Amsterdam (UVA) course. (FIRST BLOCK ONLY) University of Amsterdam Cultural Anthropology Bachelor. Includes: - Small Places, Large Issues summary ; chapters 2-13 (Thomas Hylland Eriksen. ISBN 5933) - lectures notes - summary of articles (readings)

Sigmund Freud, when analyzing the origin of religion, emphasized correct answer: the human need for psychological security The approach that especially makes use of reason to find answers to religious questions is correct answer: philosophy The German theologian who held that religions originate in human response to the mysterious side of reality was correct answer: Ruldolph Off belief in many Gods correct answer: polythesim That area of investigation that looks for and interpret...

Anthropology 101 Exam 1 Anthropology - correct answer It is the study of all aspects of human kind, biological, cultural, and linguistic, past and present, throughout the world, using a holistic approach. Archaeology - correct answer the scientific study of historic or prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, and other such remains, especially those that have been excavated. Armchair approach - correct answer British anthropologists g...

Greek Mythology Exam #1 || All Questions & Answers (100% Verified) Greek Mythology Exam #1 || All Questions & Answers (100% Verified) mythos - ANSWER - "story"; doesn't necessarily mean a true or false one, just means it's a story Max Mueller - ANSWER - this person concluded that all ancient myths are really about nature or natural phenomenons; nature is the entirety for primitive ppl b/c primitive ppl were in constant contact & conflict w/ nature (hurricanes, floods, etc.) Carl Ju...

Personality - an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting Ethnopsychology - The study of how various cultures define and create personality identity and mental health Enculturation - The social process by which culture is learned and transmitted across generations through both informal and formal processes Cultural Configuration - cultures are formed through the unconscious selection of cultural traits to form a cohesive pattern shared by all members of the cul...

Gold Rush Questions and Answers Rated A+ What was the Gold Rush? When lots of people race off to where gold has just been discovered What was the rumor that led people to go to California? That gold was easy to find in California, but it might not last forever What are prospectors? men who left their jobs and families and hunted for gold What is a mineral called that looked like gold but was worthless? Fool's gold Why is the date of January 24, 1848 significant? when a carpenter found gold ...

According to David Hume, what do we directly observe? correct answer: sense impressions According to David Hume, why can't past experience justify claims about the future? correct answer: We can never know whether or not the future will be like the past Arguments that attempt to establish something as a necessary precondition of the possibility of experience are called _____. correct answer: transcendental arguments According to the philosophy of Absolute Idealism, what is the relat...

According to David Hume, what do we directly observe? correct answer: Sense impressions According to Immanuel Kant, the world being "noumenal" means the _____. correct answer: World as it is in itself, independent of our experiences According to David Hume, why can't past experience justify claims about the future? correct answer: We can never know whether or not the future will be like the past. According to the philosophy of Absolute Idealism, what is the relationship between "...

According to David Hume, what do we directly observe? correct answer: sense impressions According to David Hume, why can't past experience justify claims about the future? correct answer: We can never know whether or not the future will be like the past Arguments that attempt to establish something as a necessary precondition of the possibility of experience are called _____. correct answer: transcendental arguments According to the philosophy of Absolute Idealism, what is the relat...

Anthropology Chapter 1-4 Latest Update Graded A physical anthropology the scientific study of humans from a biological perspective paleoanthropology asking questions about the emergence of of humans and how humans evolved up to the present time primatology the study of the evolutionary fossil record of our nearest living relatives (ie apes, monkeys, and prosimians) and the behavior of living populations in their natural habitats human variation deals with how and why the physical traits of co...