Intro to Anthropology - Exam 1 Latest 2022 with complete solution

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Intro to Anthropology - Exam 1 Latest 2022 with complete solution Anthropology - - the study of humankind in all times and places Ethnocentrism - the belief that the ways of one's own culture ar... e the only proper ones Culture - theories about the world and reality based on the assumptions and values of one's own culture Applied Anthropology - use of anthropological knowledge and methods to solve practical problems Medical Anthropology - specialization that brings theoretical and applied approaches from cultural and biological anthropology to the study of human sickness and health Cultural - study of customary patterns in human behavior, thought and feelings Culture - society's shared and social transmitted ideas, values, and perceptions which are used to make sense of experience Ethnography - detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on fieldwork Fieldwork - term for on site location research Participant observation - learning the culture through social participation and personal observation Ethnology - study of analysis of different cultures from a comparative or historical POV explain similarities and differences Linguistic - study of human languages Discourse - an extended communication on a particular subject Archaeology - study of human cultures through the recovery and analysis of material remains and environment data Bioarchaeology - archaeological study of human remains Cultural resource management - concerned with survey and or excavation of archaeological and historical remains Physical anthropology - systematic study of humans as biological organisms Molecular - study of genes and genetic relationship [Show More]

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