ANTHROP 1AA3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Homo Erectus, Homo Habilis, Zero Population Growth
28 Apr 2013
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Inductive method: scientist first makes observations and collects data: data collected referred to as variables. Deductive method: begins with a general theory from which a testable hypotheses is developed: hypotheses tests through experimentation and replication, contrasts with inductive method because inductive method tests and retests. Hypothesis: testable proposition concerning relationship between sets of variables in the collected data. Theories: statements that explains hypothesis and observations about natural or social phenomena: eg. Health problem with a set of symptoms associated with a particular culture (see page 168, figure 4. 2 for full list) Definition according to harvard criteria: unreceptive and unresponsive, no spontaneous movement/respiration, no reflexes, a flat eeg (electrical activity in the brain, no circulation to or within the brain. Meanings given to death: death is . Family/religious figure typically present: death is to be avoided, eventually became a status symbol to die under medical care, death may be prevented (or at least delayed) by medicine.
