ANTH 1001 Chapter : Anthropology Unit 1
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Biocultural approach-helps to understand people; relationship between what humans have inherited genetically and what they learn culturally: humans are product of both genes and cultural approach. Holistic: concerned with a whole system (includes everything about humans: behavior, how eat, reproduction, body structure) Comparative (cross-culture): make comparisons to draw meaning if different, why different. Ethnocentric: view centered on a specific ethnic group (usually one"s own ethnic group): belief in the inherent superiority of one"s own ethnic group or culture, ex: yononami ( the humans ): indigenous people in south. Cultural relativism : view that considers human interactions and behavior within their own cultural context. Keeping an open mind about a particular group or culture: ex: most common form of marriage in the world today- Polygamy-one man married to multiple women: ex: na: an indigenous group in china, men go around having.
