Introduction to Anthropology
This is the study of human beings, their societies, and cultures across time and space
What is Anthropology?
Culture is a system of shared, _____, ______, and ______.
What are values, beliefs, and practices?
The practice of understanding a culture based on its own values rather than judging it by another’s.
What is cultural relativism?
The descriptive study of one culture based on long-term fieldwork.
What is ethnography?
A group within a larger culture that shares distinct values or interests.
What is a subculture?
Give one example of a cultural norm and its purpose.
Ex. Shaking hands or bowing as a greeting or a sign of respect.
Anthropology helps us understand the full range of human experience and difference.
What is human diversity?
These four components of culture include symbols, language, values/beliefs, and this set of expected behaviors.
What are norms?
The belief that one’s own culture is superior to others.
What is ethnocentrism?
The comparative study of multiple cultures to identify similarities and differences.
What is ethnology?
A group that rejects dominant societal values and creates its own norms.
What is a counterculture?
A wedding ceremony is an example of this type of cultural act.
What is a ritual?
These are the four branches of Anthropology.
What are Cultural, Archaeological, Biological, and Linguistic Anthropology?
These are established, habitual ways of doing things in a society.
What are customs?
According to Rosado, cultural relativism encourages these two attitudes toward unfamiliar traditions.
What are empathy and appreciation for diversity?
Ethnographers often collect data through this immersive method.
What is participant observation?
The coexistence of several cultures within the same society.
What is multiculturalism?
Ethnocentrism in international relations can lead to this type of conflict.
What is a cultural or diplomatic misunderstanding?
This branch of Anthropology studies how humans use and understand language in their societies.
What is linguistic anthropology?
A repetitive, symbolic action performed for social or religious meaning.
What is a ritual?
One major consequence of ethnocentrism in multicultural societies.
What is prejudice or conflict between groups?
Ethnology often relies on data gathered from these individual studies.
What are ethnographies?
A term for popular or mass culture (such as TV or fashion) consumed by many people.
What is low culture?
Practicing cultural relativism can reduce this type of bias toward other societies.
What is cultural bias or prejudice?
This branch of Anthropology examines human evolution, genetics, physical variation, and includes primatology?
What is biological anthropology?
The learned and shared ways of life of a group of people that are transmitted through generations.
What are cultural traditions?
This article uses satire to critique ethnocentrism by describing American hygiene rituals as exotic
What is “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema”?
The main goal of ethnographic fieldwork is to understand this, the insider’s cultural perspective.
What is the emic viewpoint?
The theory that social institutions exist because they serve necessary functions for society.
What is structural functionalism?
One modern challenge of applying cultural relativism to global issues.
What is balancing respect for cultural differences with human rights concerns?