ANT 121- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 20 pages long!)
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Built on advantages in the natural sciences during the age of reason (1600-1700) Cultural observation: trying to see everything from the native pov; anthropologists fully immerse themselves. Culture: taken for granted notions, rules, moralities and behaviors within a social group that feels natural. Culture: the complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, custom and any other capabilities acquired by man as a member of society. Ethnocentrism: the assu(cid:373)ptio(cid:374) that o(cid:374)e"s own way of doing things is correct. Cultural relativism: the moral and intellectual principles that one should withhold judgement about seemingly odd practices. Holism: the idea that anthropology is one broad discipline, the goal is to synthesize these things into one explanation about the entire human experience. Applied anthropology: resear(cid:272)h (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)issio(cid:374)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) a(cid:374) orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)"s (cid:374)eed e(cid:454): (cid:373)ilitar(cid:455) resear(cid:272)h. Enculturation: the process of learning the cultural rules and logic of society. A(cid:374)thropologists go (cid:271)e(cid:455)o(cid:374)d (cid:862)do (cid:374)o har(cid:373)(cid:863) a(cid:374)d a(cid:272)tuall(cid:455) (cid:862)do good(cid:863)
