Intro to Anthropology 1100 osu Midterm || All Correct.
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Anthropology correct answers study of the human species and its immediate ancestors
Holism correct answers in order to understand the part you must understand the whole; perspective that attempts to integrate all known info ex. interdisiplinary biocultural global temporal
Comparison correct a...
Intro to Anthropology 1100 osu Midterm || All Correct.
Anthropology correct answers study of the human species and its immediate ancestors
Holism correct answers in order to understand the part you must understand the whole;
perspective that attempts to integrate all known info ex. interdisiplinary biocultural global
temporal
Comparison correct answers consider similarities and differences in a wide range of human
socieities as possible
Relativism correct answers view subject only in terms of principles; background; frame of
refernece; history etc. characterizing the subject. avaoids ethocentrism
Ethnocentrism correct answers viewing one's culture as best and to judge the behavior and
beliefs of culturally different people by one's own standards
Variation correct answers differnces and similarites (genetics) ex. redheads not ireland
Evolution correct answers descent with modification; change in form over generations
Adaptation correct answers process by which organisms cope with environmental stresses
Physical Anthropology/Biological Anthropology correct answers Study of the past and present-
human biological evolution-human biocultural variation
Primatology correct answers study of the biology behavior social-life and evolution of monkeys
apes and other nonhuman primates
Paleoanthropology correct answers study of hominin evolutionand human life as revealed by the
fossil record
Human Population Biology correct answers study of human biology in relation to its
environment and cultural contexts. focus on variation and adaption from evolutionary
perspective
Archaeology correct answers Study of past human societies usually through material remains of
past cultures (artifacts)-trash, pottery, fossils
Artifacts correct answers anything modifyed by human behavior
Linguistics Anthropology correct answers Study of the construction/use of language
Sociolinguistics correct answers How social contexts (race, gender) influence the way people
talk
, Cultural Anthropology correct answers Study of culture of present day societies
Ethnography correct answers Collection of qualitative data about beliefs, values, and social
behaviors. i.e interviewing, observing, surveying
Ethnology correct answers the theoretical comparitive study of society and culture; compares
culture in time and space
Applied Anthropology correct answers the application of anthropological data perspectives
theory and methods to identigy assess and solve contemporary social problems
Culture correct answers "Learned behavior that is transmitted from person to person"-Cant exist
in just one person... something that is SHARED
Enculturation correct answers social process by which culture is learned and transmitted across
generations
Science correct answers systematic field of study or body of knowledge that aims through
experiment, observation and deductionto produce reliable explaination of pheonomena with
reference to the material and physical world
Scientific Method correct answers
Theory correct answers explanatory framework containing a series of statements that helps us
understand why (something exists); theories suggest patterns, connectinos and relationships that
may be confirmed by new research
Hypothesis correct answers attempt to explain and predict natural phenomena based on an
observation
Fixity of Species correct answers before Darwin; opposes evolutionary theory
Great Chain of Being correct answers before Darwin; god at top then goes down
Archbishop James Ussher correct answers had exact date for creation of earth 4004 bc saying the
earth is young
Franz Boas correct answers Father of american anthro.-promoted 4 fields approach-cranial
measurements in immigrant parents vs. kids-HEAVY INFLUENCE OF ENVIRO
Charles Darwin correct answers Origin of Species; rtavelled world and studied Galapogos
Finches resulting in evolutionary theory; modification due to environme
Common Descent correct answers similarities indicate common descent; new comes from old
Multiplication of Species correct answers evolution leads to diversity; isolation exaplins
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