ANTH 1150 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Franz Boas, Auguste Comte, Antiscience
16 Mar 2015
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Archaeology: study of human conditions through material remains. Biological/ physical anthropology: looking at bones, body parts. Linguistic anthropology: focuses on use of language/communication in social/cultural context, how people communicate. Cultural anthropology: focuses on social aspects, human cultural/ social variations based on groupings in society. Applied anthropology: make concepts to deal with problem. Ethnography: firsthand description of a living culture based on personal observation. Ethnocentrism: belief that one"s own patterns of behaviors are always natural,good, important, strangers live by savage, inhuman or irrational standards. Cultural relativity: stipulates that behavior in a particular culture should not be judged by the standards of another. Culture: refers to the learned, socially acquired traditions of thought and behavior found in human societies, socially acquired lifestyle that includes patterned, repetitive ways of thinking, feeling and acting. Fieldwork: first hand experience with those being studied. Participant observation: ethnographer placed at scene, combination of direct observation and interviewing.
