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Ethnography - Answer-Field work in a particular culture Anthropology - Answer-The study of the human species and its immediate ancestors Society - Answer-Organized life in groups; typical of humans and other animals Enculturation - Answer-The social process by which culture is learned and ...

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Ethnography - Answer-Field work in a particular culture

Anthropology - Answer-The study of the human species and its immediate ancestors

Society - Answer-Organized life in groups; typical of humans and other animals

Enculturation - Answer-The social process by which culture is learned and transmitted
across the generations

Adaption - Answer-The process by which organisms cope with environmental stresses

Cultural anthropology - Answer-The study of human society and culture; describes,
analyzes, interprets, and explains social and cultural similarities and differences

Ethnology - Answer-The theoretical, comparative study of society and culture; compares
cultures in time and space

Archaeology - Answer-The branch of anthropology that reconstructs, describes, and
interprets human behavior and criltiral patterns through material remains; best known
for the study of prehistory

Artifact - Answer-Portable, man-made or used objects
Ex: Stone tools, pottery, golden tablets

Public archaeology - Answer-Engaging the public in order to share archaeological
findings and/or promote stewardship of cultural resources or to otherwise make
archaeology relevant to society by providing the public with the means for constructing
their own past

Cultural resource management (CRM) - Answer-The branch of applied archaeology
aimed at preserving sites threatened by dams, highways, and other projects

Biological/physical anthropology - Answer-The branch of anthropology that studies
human biological diversity in time and space- for instance hominoid evolution, human
genetics, human biological adaptations; also includes primatology (behavior and
evolution of monkeys and apes). Also called PHYSICAL ANTH

Linguistic anthropology - Answer-The branch of anthropology that studies linguistic
variation in time and space, including interrelations between language and culture;
includes historical linguistics and sociolinguistics

,Sociolinguistics - Answer-Study of relationships between social and linguistic variation;
study of language in its social context

Ethnomusicology - Answer-Branch of linguistics: Studies of forms of music worldwide

Applied anthropology - Answer-The application of anthropological data, perspectives,
theory, and methods to identify, assess, and solve contemporary social problems

Symbols - Answer-Something, verbal or non-verbal, that arbitrarily and by convention
stands for something else, with which it has no necessary or natural connection

Culture - Answer--Adaptive, extrasomatic, symbolic information and beliefs shared
among individuals through social learning
-Encompasses everyday life and psychology of humans
-Necessary for human survival
-Signals are used to denote group membership and status

Ideal culture - Answer-What people SAY they do

Real culture - Answer-What people ACTUALLY do (Ex: people downplay alcohol, sex,
sin)

Individualism - Answer-A social theory favoring freedom of action for individuals over
collective or state control?

Core values - Answer-Key, basic, or central values that integrate a culture and help
distinguish it from others

Adaptive - Answer-Culture is adaptive to biological and environmental needs

Maladaptive - Answer-Maladaptive traits do exist in culture
Ex: over-consumption, ideals of beauty, gender roles, family planning
Not just harmful to group but also individual

Universal features - Answer-Found in EVERY culture
(Ex: Some form of marriage)

Generalities - Answer-Culture pattern or trait that exists in some but not all societies
(Ex: Nuclear family, patriarchal system)

Particularities - Answer-Distinctive or unique culture trait, pattern, or integration
(Ex: Aggie War Hymn)

Diffusion - Answer-Borrowing between cultures either directly or through intermediaries

, Agency - Answer-The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own
free choices. The structure versus agency debate may be understood as an issue of
socialization against autonomy in determining whether an individual acts as a free agent
or in a manner dictated by social structure.

Popular culture - Answer-Culture based on ordinary people rather than educated elite.
Mass media, etc.

Civic culture - Answer-

Public culture - Answer-

National culture - Answer-Culture experiences, beliefs learned behavior patterns, and
values shared by citizens of the same nation

International culture - Answer-Cultural traditions that extend beyond national boundaries

Subculture - Answer-Different cultural symbol-based traditions associated with
subgroups in the same complex society

Ethnocentrism - Answer-The tendency to view one's own culture as best and to judge
the behavior and beliefs of culturally different people by one's own standards
("weird" "exotic" "strange" "barbaric" etc.)

Cultural relativism - Answer-The position that the values and standards of cultures differ
and deserve respect. Anthropology us characterized by methodological rather than
moral relativism: In order to understand another culture fully, anthropologists try to
understand its members' beliefs and motivations. Methodological relativism does not
preclude making moral judgements or taking action
What morals are better than any others?

Clitoridectomy - Answer-Surgical removal of the clitoris

Human rights - Answer-Doctrine that invokes a realm of justice and morality beyond and
superior to particular countries, cultures, and religions. Human rights, usually seen as
vested in individuals would include the right to speak freely, to hold religious beliefs
without persecution, and not to be enslaved

Cultural rights - Answer-Doctrine that certain rights are vested not in individuals but in
identifiable groups, such as religious and ethnic minorities and indigenous societies

Acculturation - Answer-The exchange of cultural features that results when groups
come into continuous firsthand contact; the original cultural patterns of either or both
groups may be altered, but the groups remain distinct

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