ANTH 1003 Chapter : CHAPTER 1
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Anthropology the scientific and humanistic study of human beings. Why study anthropology: everyone needs an anthropologist, we live in a world that requires cross-cultural understanding, understanding other cultures helps us understand our own, good stepping-stone degree for professionals, fast-growth career option. Society a group of people who depend on one another for survival or well-being as well as the relationships among such people, including their status and roles. It is not nature versus nurture but nature and nurture. Ethnocentrism judging other cultures from the perspective of one"s own culture; the notion that one"s own culture is superior to any other: humans beings almost everywhere consider their own behavior not only right but also natural. Cultural relativism the practice of attempting to understand cultures within their context; the notion that cultures should be analyzed with reference to their own histories and values rather than according to the values of another culture.
