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ANTHROPOLOGY
THE STUDY OF THE HUMAN SPECIES AND ITS IMMEDIATE
ANCESTORS.
TERM 2
APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY
DEFINITION 2 THE APPLICATION OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL DATA, PERSPECTIVES, THEORY, AND METHODS TO IDENTIFY, ASSESS, AND SOLVE CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PROBLEMS. TERM 3
ARCHAEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
DEFINITION 3 THE STUDY OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND CULTURAL PATTERNS AND PROCESSES THROUGH THE CULTURE'S MATERIAL REMAINS. TERM 4
ASSOCIATION
DEFINITION 4 AN OBSERVED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO OR MORE VARIABLES. TERM 5
BIOCULTURAL
DEFINITION 5 REFERRING TO THE INCLUSION AND COMBINATION (TO SOLVE A COMMON PROBLEM) OF BOTH BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL APPROACHES-- ONE OF ANTHROPOLOGY'S HALLMARKS.
BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
THE STUDY OF HUMAN BIOLOGICAL VARIATION IN TIME AND
SPACE; INCLUDES EVOLUTION, GENETICS, GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT, AND PRIMATOLOGY.
TERM 7
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
DEFINITION 7 THE STUDY OF HUMAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE; DESCRIBES, ANALYZES, INTERPRETS, AND EXPLAINS SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES. TERM 8
CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
DEFINITION 8 THE BRANCH OF APPLIED ARCHAEOLOGY AIMED AT PRESERVING SITES THREATENED BY DAMS, HIGHWAYS, AND OTHER PROJECTS. TERM 9
CULTURE
DEFINITION 9 THE SET OF SHARED, MORALLY FORCEFUL UNDERSTANDINGS THAT ARE SOCIALLY TRANSMITTED AND WHICH INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR AND INTERPRET EXPERIENCE. TERM 10
ETHNOGRAPHY
DEFINITION 10 FIELD WORK IN A PARTICULAR CULTURE.
LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY
THE DESCRIPTIVE, COMPARATIVE, AND HISTORICAL STUDY
OF LANGUAGE AND OF LINGUISTIC SIMILARITIES AND
DIFFERENCES IN TIME, SPACE, AND SOCIETY.
TERM 17
PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
DEFINITION 17 SAME AS BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY TERM 18
SCIENCE
DEFINITION 18 A SYSTEMATIC FIELD OF STUDY OR BODY OF KNOWLEDGE THAT AIMS, THROUGH EXPERIMENT, OBSERVATION, AND DEDUCTION, TO PRODUCE RELIABLE EXPLANATIONSOF PHENOMENA, WITH REFERENCE TO THE MATERIAL AND PHYSICAL WORLD. TERM 19
SOCIOLINGUISTICS
DEFINITION 19 STUDY OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SOCIAL AND LINGUISTIC VARIATION; STUDY OF LANGUAGE (PERFORMANCE)IN ITS SOCIAL CONTEXT. TERM 20
THEORY
DEFINITION 20 A SET OF IDEAS FORMULATED TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING. THE MAIN VALUE OF A THEORY IS TO PROMOTE NEW UNDERSTANDING. A THEORY SUGGESTS PATTERNS, CONNECTIONS, AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT MAY BE CONFIRMED BY NEW RESEARCH.
