ANTH 1002- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 23 pages long!)
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Culture: a system of knowledge, beliefs, patterns of behavior, artifacts, and institutions that are created, learned, and shared by a group of people. Norms: are ideas or rules about how people should behave in particular situations or toward certain other people what is considered normal and appropriate behavior. Values: fundamental beliefs about what is important, true, or beautiful, and what makes a good life. Symbols: elicit the norms and values of a culture. Inculturation : the way you learn cultural, whether formal or informal. Every aspect of culture has a function (functionalism) All those functions reinforce the way that society works. Anthropology is the study of the full scope of human diversity and the application of that. Ethnographic fieldwork: a primary research strategy in cultural anthropology involving knowledge to help people of different backgrounds better understand one another. living with a community of people over an extended period to better understand their lives.
