Who was the first anthropologist to study extensively in the Trobriand Islands?
Bronislaw Malinowski
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Name two fields of study in physical (biological) anthropology
Contemporary Human Biological Variation, primatology, paleoanthropology
200
What is cultural relativism?
Judging other cultures within their own context. Cultural relativism is the principle that an individual human's beliefs and activities make sense in terms of his or her own culture.
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When did Malinowksi spend time in the Trobriands
For two years between 1915 and 1918.
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What is archaeology
The study of artifacts
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What is ethnocentrism?
Judging other cultures based on your own culture and findng them to be inferior to your own.
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Name a group that Weiner spent more time with than Malinowski and name on thing that she discovered that Malinowski missed.
Women and women's wealth.
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What is paleoanthropology?
The study of human or primate remains
400
Name the assumptions of culture.
culture is adaptive, culture is always changing, culture is mostly integrated.
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What nation-state are the Trobriand Islands part of?
Papua New Guinea
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What is sociolinguistics?
The study of relationships among social variation, social context, and linguistic variation, including nonverbal communication.
500
How is culture adaptive?
customs and practices are adapted to allow for survival of a culture. For example, in may cultures women are considered unclean, especially at the time of menses. There will be rules and practices about women separating from the rest of the community or fro m their husbands during menses. But the rules will not be so strict so as to cause spouses to never engage in sexual activity and cause the extinction of the community or culture.
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What does Weiner say that contemporary Trobrianders are good at?
Transforming new ideas into ways that remain distinctively Trobriand.