ANTH 2 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Ethnocentrism, Emic And Etic, Cultural Relativism
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Anthropology: scientific and humanistic study of human beings. Encompasses the evolutionary history of humanity, physical variation among humans, the study of past societies, and the comparative study of current-day human societies and cultures. Show how groups live in different physical, economic, and social environments. Society: group of people who depend on one another for survival or well-being. Culture: the way members of a society adapt to their environment and give meaning to their lives. Everything that people have, think, and do as members of a society. Ethnocentric: humans consider their own behavior to be right and natural. Ethnocentrism judging other cultures from the perspective of one"s own culture. The notion is that one"s own culture is more beautiful, rational, and nearer to perfection than any other. Cultural relativism: idea that cultures should be analyzed with reference to their own histories and values rather than according to the values of another culture.
