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What is Anthropology?
How does anthropology differ from other social and behavioral sciences? ▪ What is the four-field approach to the discipline of anthropology? ▪ What do anthropologists mean by holism? ▪ What is meant by cultural relativism, and why is it important? ▪ What skills will students develop from the study of anthropology? ▪ How can anthropology help solve social problems?
20
cards
The concept of Culture
What do anthropologists mean by the term
culture?
▪ How do we acquire our culture?
▪ Despite the enormous variation in different
cultures, are some features common to all
cultures of the world?
▪ Do cultures change over time, and if so, how
do they change?
22
cards
Applied Anthropology
▪ What is applied anthropology?
▪ How does applied anthropology differ from
ethnographic anthropology?
▪ What specialized roles do applied anthropologists
play?
▪ What ethical dilemmas do applied anthropologists
face when they conduct fieldwork?
▪ What job opportunities are available for students
of anthropology?
▪ How can one apply anthropology in the real world?
22
cards
The Growth of Anthropological Theory
What is a theory, and how can it be useful?
▪ Who have been the important theorists in
cultural anthropology since the mid-
nineteenth century?
▪ What theories have anthropologists used to
explain cultural differences and similarities
among the peoples of the world?
▪ How can anthropological theory be used to
help solve societal problems?
19
cards
Methods in Cultural and Applied Cultural Anthropology
How do cultural anthropologists conduct
fieldwork?
▪ What types of data-gathering techniques do
cultural anthropologists use?
▪ What are some of the problems that make
fieldwork less than romantic for cultural
anthropologists?
▪ What ethical dilemmas do applied
anthropologists face when they conduct
fieldwork?
14
cards
Language and Communication
▪ How do languages change?
▪ Do people from different cultures have different
styles of linguistic discourse?
▪ What is the relationship between language and
culture?
▪ How do people communicate without using words?
▪ How has the recent revolution in communication
technology influenced the way people
communicate in the twenty-first century?
17
cards
Test Review
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Marriage Family (9)
Cross cousin marriage 1,
Endogamy 2,
Exogamy 3
10
cards
Kinship and Descent (10)
Affinal relatives 1,
Collateral relatives 2,
Consanguine 3
10
cards
Sex and Gender (11)
Division of labor 1,
Double workload 2,
Femininity 3
10
cards
Social Stratification (12)
Ascribed status vs achieved status 1,
Caste system vs class system 2,
Egalitarian 3
10
cards
Political Organization and Social Control (13)
Autocracy 1,
Democracy 1,
Deviance 2
10
cards
Belief Systems (14)
Cyber churches 1,
Defining religion 2,
Forms of religion 3
10
cards
Art (15)
Artist 1,
Dance 2,
Definition of art 3
10
cards
Global Challenges and the Role of Applied Anthropology (16)
Colonialism 1,
Development 2,
European expansion 3
10
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