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ANTH 1010, Test 1 terms

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Anthropology
the study of human nature, society, and past
Society
A group of people organized into social relationships to perform certain tasks such as feeding and defending themselves and raising children
Culture Shock
The feeling of being disoriented or scared when one can not find familiar cultural behaviors or cues in a new setting
Subfields of Anthropology
Physical Anthropology, Archaeology, Linguistic Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Applied Anthropology
Ethnic Group
group within society that maintains subculture based on religion, language, common origin, or ancestral traditions.
Ethnocentrism
Constantly comparing other cultures to your own and using that as the standard of "normal" or "civilized
Ethnography
a description of culture by observing what they do, listening to what they say, and examining the objects that they make.
Race
biological differences between populations, while "culture" and "ethnic group" refer to learned behavioral differences between groups.
Enculturation
Learning a culture through years/long period of time of experience with it.
Ethnology
interest in underlying pattern of culture, comparison of ethnographic info on many different groups.
Culture Concept
The learned, shared understandings among a group of people about how to behave and what everything means.
Acculturation
Over time, learning more and more behaviors of a non-native culture and assimilating to that culture
Theory
scientific definition = a statement that explains the relationship among phenomena
19th Century Evolutionism
Societies pass through preordained stages (simple -> complex)

Psychic Unity: belief in same fundamental mental abilities of people Ancient Societies (1877)

Concept of 3 evolutionary periods

Savagery, barbarism, civilization

Need writing/literacy to be civilization.
Psychological Anthropology
What is biology and what is cultural?
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