ANTH 1001 Chapter : ANTHROPOLOGY
Document Summary
Biocultural approach: a perspective anthropologist"s take that looks at the interaction between biology and behavior to provide insight into the human condition. Holistic: (medicine) treating the whole system; it means the anthropologist is concerned with the whole system (human) rather than the individual part. Comparative: (cross cultural): making comparisons between people (cultures); anthropologists draw lines of comparisons and patterns between different groups. Ethnocentric: a belief in the superiority of ones own culture, behavior, way of life, etc. ; an anthropologist is never supposed to judge. This is a belief that is strongly discouraged by anthropologists. Cultural relativism : the view that all cultures have merit (value) within their own historical and environmental concepts. Example: female body weight, our culture reveals people like the stick thin people; people who look at this as gross would be ethnocentric. Monogamy- man and wife polygamy- man and multiple wives polyandry- female with multiple men that are usually all brothers.
