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EXAM 1 | ANTH - Anthropology 1 - Introduction, Quizzes of Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Class: ANTH - Anthropology 1 - Introduction; Subject: Anthropology; University: College of DuPage; Term: Forever 1989;

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2010/2011

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TERM 1
ANTHROPOLOGY
DEFINITION 1
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.
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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.