ANTHROP 1AA3- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 43 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
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Human culture - learned behaviours and beliefs that shape our human experiences (religion, identity etc) anthropologists study differences and similarities in culture around the world. Culture is learned not biological i. e. nationalism use terms like it"s in my blood to be an american, but americans are taught what it means to be american. Ethnocentrism (denoted) the idea that one"s culture and its values are somehow right or superior to another culture"s. Many people therefore judge another culture according to the standards of their own. (anthropologists ght against this) to overcome culture shock i. e. cultural table manners, white supremacy. Cultural relativism (promoted) - an approach adopted and promoted by anthropologists, the opposite of ethnocentrism, understanding another society in its own terms i. e. accepting other peoples beliefs (eastern european believing in vampires) (acceptance of western medicine) Holistic approach to anthropology: understanding how different aspects of societies are inter-related.
