[ANTH 1001] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (82 pages long!)
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Introduction to biological anthropology, week 1, lecture 1. Linguistic anthropology- study of one aspect of human culture- language- and its origins, structure and use. Introduction to biological anthropology, week 2, lecture 2. An approach to getting information about natural phenomena through observation and experimentation. Empirical- based on knowledge gained through observation- direct observation, an instrument. A self- correcting process- falsifiability is a key defining trait of the scientific process. Theory- robustly supported set of generalizations that allow us to predict what happens under particular conditions and why: vernacular theory vs. scientific theory, established body of knowledge, based on observation of factual events and collection of factual data. Attempts to explain how these phenomena occurred: must be testable hypothesis, scientific theory- explanatory framework that has been repeatedly tested- supported by a lot of highly consisted evidence, and withstood attempts to be disproved. Co(cid:374)fir(cid:373)ed coper(cid:374)icus" idea that the earth (cid:449)as (cid:374)ot the ce(cid:374)ter of the universe.
