SOCL 2001 Chapter : Crime And Deviance2
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- biocultural approach: the perspective that considers the interaction between biology and culture. -holistic: refers to the fact that there are many different things that make a human human. - ethnocentric: a belief in the apparent superiority of one"s own ethnic group or culture. - field work: a time of data collection. - four subfields: linguistics, archeology, social cultural, biological or physical. - cultural anthropology: "a learned behavior among groups of people,, passed down through and changes" - archeology: the study of the past based on the material remains of a culture. - biological anthropology: the study of humans from a biological perspective, including the past and the present. - franz boas: significant for anthropology; father of american. Set the standards for how anthropology is studied in the. Came up with the four field biocultural approach. ~ carolus linnaeus: binomial nomenclature; help come up with the organization of life; created the basis of taxonomy.