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Enculturation - Answer-is a process by which we learn culture through our socializing behaviors Holism (holistic) - Answer-an anthropologists strives to study ALL aspects of the human experience. The field is Holistic although individual studies are typically focused on particular research quest...

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Anthropology Exam 1 UARK Questions
with Latest Update
Enculturation - Answer-is a process by which we learn culture through our socializing
behaviors

Holism (holistic) - Answer-an anthropologists strives to study ALL aspects of the human
experience. The field is Holistic although individual studies are typically focused on
particular research questions in a societal domain
- Ex: an anthropologist might show the interrelationships among different domains of a
society (ex: environment, biology, history, economics, etc.) or chose to explore a social
domain more in depth

Cultural Filedwork Characteristics - Answer-...

Cultural Integration - Answer-cultural systems of practices and beliefs, in other words
how cultural beliefs and values are integrated into daily life
- Anthropologists may explore the interconnections between mental and behavioral
components of cultures (how what people think and fell impacts their behaviors on a
daily basis)

Open vs. Closed Questions - Answer-...

Open Questions - Answer-allow for the informant to tell a narrative or give a more in-
depth response

Closed Questions - Answer-allow for brief or limited responses
-Ex: yes/no questions, like scaled responses, demographic data, etc.

Emic vs. Etic - Answer-...

Emic - Answer-insider, native point of view

Etic - Answer-Outsider, scientific point of view

Participant Observation - Answer-Anthropologists delve into cultural settings and are
active in the day-to-day lives and social rituals of a group
- they closely observe and document the behaviors in which they are participating
- this is the hallmark tool if cultural anthropologists
- it is intensive, which causes anthropologists to work more closely with smaller
communities

Culture Shock - Answer-Feeling uncertainty and anxiety and individual can experience
when places in a strange cultural setting

, Four Fields of Anthropology (know what they are and their approaches to fieldwork
differ) - Answer-Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology, Biological (physical) Anthropology,
Linguistics

Cultural Anthropology - Answer-Primarily focused on living populations and using
immersive cultural fieldwork and interview techniques. Emphasizes information.

Archaeology - Answer-Explores behaviors using excavation and reconstruction
analysis. Often is focused on past populations.

Biological (physical) Anthropology - Answer-Focused on the adaptive and evolutionary
nature of: health, nutrition, growth, demography, physical behavior, and human origins.

Linguistics - Answer-Explores language development, use, and change over time.
Sociolinguistics also incorporates generational, gender, ethnic, and other factors to help
explain differences in language use within populations.

Ethnocentrism (ethnocentricity) - Answer-is the idea that one's own beliefs and
behaviors are right, while those of other peoples are wrong or misguided

Cultural Relativism - Answer-is the perspective that no behavior or belief can be judged
to be odd or wrong simply because it is different from your own

Habitus - Answer-The often taken-for-granted ways of acting, acquired through
individual and social experiences

Rapport - Answer-Building of a working relationship with culture or community

Highlights from discussion of annoyances while driving (How do cultures help shape
and mediate behaviors, including those related to our emotions? If you were to consider
cultural differences in exceptions among to Utku in their potential expressions of
frustration/anger, how might these alter the expected behaviors while driving?) -
Answer-...

Know the highlights from our discussion of body modifications. (Know the types of and
reasons for both female and male circumcisions; where are each are practiced? What
are some of the misconceptions related to this discussion? How may cosmetic surgery
and other modifications like foot binding, corset use, piercings, etc. factor into this
discussion? How should anthropologists position themselves in these discussions, etc.)
- Answer-...

Affinal/Affinity Kin - Answer-Related by law or social arrangement (affiliation, making a
connection)
- in some cultures this may include adopted children, particularly if their adopted status
is obscured

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