ANTH 1001 Chapter : ANTHROPOLOGY 1001 Day 1 And 2
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Biocultural approach: looks at the interaction between biology and behavior to provide insight into the human condition. Both biology (inherited traits) and the environment in which someone is raised are equally important. Holistic: concerned with a whole system rather than individual parts (whole human), anthropology draws itself from different disciplines. Comparative (cross-cultural): making comparisons between different groups of people looking for similarities and differences. Ethnocentric: belief in the superiority of one s own culture. By implication, if one way is right, than any other way is wrong and bad. Most people in most cultures are ethnocentric in some way. Cultural relativism: strive for the view that all cultures have merit or value within their own historical and environmental contexts. In order to understand another culture, anthropologists need to go in with the idea that each has value. Fieldwork: time of data collection and analysis; excavation, working with an informant in a foreign culture.
