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