ANTH 1150 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sociolinguistics, Cowry, Enculturation
13 Feb 2013
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Holism: an approach that assumes that any single aspect of culture is integrated with other aspects, so that no single dimension of culture can be understood in isolation. First hand experience with the people being studied. Rely entirely on research subjects as sources of knowledge. Places the ethnographer at the scene where a combination of direct observation and interviewing provides the evidence from with ethnographic accounts are created. The feeling of anxiety and disorientation that develops in an unfamiliar situation when there is confusion about how to behave or what to expect. A firsthand description of a living culture based on personal observation. Anthropologists use the comparative method to understand the patterns of thought or behavior that occur in a number of societies. Refers to the learned, socially acquired traditions of thought and behavior found in human society. Members of a subculture share certain features that are significantly different from those of the rest of society.
