AN101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cultural Relativism, Primatology, Scientific Method
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Chapter 1-3: intro to anthro; diversity and field research. Matching: anthropologists with their contribution fill in the blanks {kinda} Holistic: considers everything [mind, body, soul] to be important. Anthropology: the study of humankind through their society and culture; temporal and spatial. Ethnocentrism: believing your group is superior to others. Trans-nationalism: immigrants; those who are now able to move to other countries. Multiculturalism: brings problems of unwanted traditions such as sex trade to another country. Evolutionary perspective: believing that biological and symbolic processes will produce change over time. Fallacy of ethnocentrism: the opinion that one"s own way of life is natural or correct [the only way of being human] Cultural relativism: the perspective that all cultures are equally valid and it can only be understood in their own terms [from the inside]. Absolute cultural relativism: the thought and doing of questioning cultural practices is not allowed. Naive realism: not seeing any differences between cultures [equality; opposite of ethnocentrism]
