Test #1 Study

The subfield of anthropology that studies the material remains of past cultures, often focusing on settlement patterns, is called

Archaeology

according to the textbook a key feature of ___ is that it refers to the taken for granted notions, rules, moralities and behaviors within a social group that feels natural

Culture

the _____ perspective aims to identify and understand cultures in their entirety

Holistic

The moral and intellectual principle that one should withhold judgement about seemingly strange or exotic beliefs and practices is

cultural relativism

the process through which we acquire and transmit culture is known as ___

enculturation

In anthropology, the detailed description of a single society based on fieldwork is called

ethnography

A symbol

is the basis of human behavior, is something that conventionally stands for something else and includes numbers and the alphabet

critical cultural relativism asserts ___

that power differences between people who accept cultural practices should be used to understand cultures

even though anthropologists use parts of the scientific method , some don't see what they do as science because

the complexity of social behavior prevents any completely objective analysis of human culture

The primary ethical responsibility of anthropologists is to

the individuals and groups they study

the word "anthropology" derives from the Greek anthropos and logos and literally means

the study of humans

the anthropological theory that proposed that cultures will progress through phases of savagey and barbarism ultimately becomes civilization is

unilineal evolution