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Anthropology 102 Exam 1Applied Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔Applied anthropology refers to the application of the method
and theory of anthropology to the analysis and solution of practical problems.
etic/emic - correct answer ✔✔refer to two kinds of field research done and viewpoints obtained; from within the social group (from the perspective of the subject) and from outside (from the perspective of the observer).
Ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔✔Ethnocentrism is judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture
Ethnography - correct answer ✔✔Ethnography is the systematic study of people and cultures. It is designed to explore cultural phenomena where the researcher observes society from the point of view of the subject of the study
Ethnology - correct answer ✔✔Ethnology is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationship between them.
Holisim - correct answer ✔✔the theory that parts of a whole are in intimate interconnection, such that they cannot exist independently of the whole, or cannot be understood without reference to the whole, which is thus regarded as greater than the sum of its parts. Holism is often applied to mental states, language, and ecology.
Adaptation - correct answer ✔✔patterns of behavior which enable a culture to cope with its surroundings.
Anthropological Theory - correct answer ✔✔A set of
propositions about which aspects of
culture are critical, how they should
be studied, and what the goal of studying them should be.
cultural ecology - correct answer ✔✔A theoretical position
in anthropology that focuses on the
adaptive dimension of culture.
culture and personality - correct answer ✔✔A theoretical position in anthropology that held that cultures could best be under stood by examining the patterns of child rearing and considering their effect
on social institutions and adult lives.
Diffusion - correct answer ✔✔The spread of cultural elements from one society to another
Dominant Culture - correct answer ✔✔The culture with the greatest wealth and power in a society that consists of many sub cultures.
ecological functionalism - correct answer ✔✔A theoretical
position in anthropology that focuses
on the relationship between environment
and society.
Enculturation - correct answer ✔✔The process of learning
to be a member of a particular cultural
group
Ethnomedicine - correct answer ✔✔A focus within anthropology
that examines the ways
in which people in different cultures
understand health and sicknesses as
well as the ways they attempt to cure
disease.
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