ANTH 1001 : Anthropology 1001 Test 1- Lisit Spring 2012
Document Summary
Biological approach- understanding relationships between biology and culture. Holistic- referring to a whole system rather than the parts of the system. Every aspect of a human is considered this. Comparative (cross-cultural)- comparing one culture to another one. Ethnocentric- the belief in the inherited superiority of one"s own ethnic group or culture. Usually every culture thinks of itself as ethnocentric. Linguistic anthropology- the study of human language and how they communicate. Social normality, origins of language, how gender affects speech. Cultural (sociocultural) anthropology- the study of learned behavior that is distinct among groups of people. This is passed down generations, and it is evolutionary. Archaeology- study of the past, based on material remains. Biological anthropology- the study of human biological evolution and biological variation. American anthropology: franz boas- this man set the standard for the main four subfield of anthropology. He also trained the first generation of anthropologists: ales hrdlicka- created the american journal of physical anthropology. (1918).
