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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. A practice value - or form of social organization that evens out wealth within a society






2. A system of creating words from sounds






3. Something that stands for something else. central to language and culture






4. The process of learning to be a member of a particular cultural group






5. Productive resources that are used with the primary goal of increasing their owners financial wealth






6. The focus between biological anthropology that is concerned with the biology and behavior of nonhuman primates






7. Focuses on recording and examining ways in which members of a culture use language to classify and organize their cognitive world






8. The analysis and study of touch






9. The study of the different ways that cultures understand time and use it to communicate






10. A group of people that depend on one another for survival or well-being as well as the relationships among such people - including their status and roles






11. The study of human thought - behavior - and lifeways that are learned rather than transmitted and that are typical of groups of people






12. A focus that examines the relationship between humans and plants in different cultures






13. Exchange in which goods are collected from or contributed by members of a group and then given out to the group in a new pattern






14. The belief that some human populations are superior to others because of inherited - genetically transmitted characteristics






15. A form of animal communication composed of a limited number of sounds that are tied to specific stimuli in the environment






16. The idea that humans can combine words and sounds into new - meaningful utterances they have never befoe heard






17. A person from who anthropologists gather data; also known as consultant or interlocutor or respondent






18. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






19. Moving seamlessly and appropriately between two different languages






20. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






21. An institution composed of kin and/or nonkin that is organized primarily for financial gain






22. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






23. The process of the mechanization of production






24. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






25. A group of people united by kinship or other links who share a residence and organize production - consumption - and distribution among themselves






26. A statistical technique that linguistics have developed to estimate the date of separation of related languages






27. The focus between biological anthropology that is concerned with the biology and behavior of nonhuman primates






28. A focus that examines the relationship between humans and plants in different cultures






29. A food getting strategy that depends on the care of domesticated herd animals






30. Material goods - natural resources - or information used to create other goods or information






31. The pattern of apportioning different tasks to different members of society






32. A language that allows a great number of morphemes per word and has highly regular rules for combining them






33. An object or a way of thinking or behaving that is new because it is qualitatively different from existing forms






34. A theoretical position in anthropology that held that cultures could best be understood by examining the patterns of child rearing and considering their effect on adult lives and social institutions






35. A change in the biological structure of lifeways of an individual or population by which it becomes better fitted to survive and reproduce in its environment






36. Ethnography that gives priority to cultural consultants on the topic - methodology - and written results of fieldwork






37. Exchange conducted for the purpose of material advantage and the desire to get something for nothing






38. The idea that humans can combine words and sounds into new - meaningful utterances they have never befoe heard






39. A filed is cleared by felling the trees and burning the bush






40. An economic system in which goods and services are bought and sold at a money price determined by the forces of supply and demand






41. The spread of cultural elements from one culture to another






42. Examining societies using concepts derived from science; an outsiders perspective






43. Social honor or respect






44. Social honor or respect






45. Material goods - natural resources - or information used to create other goods or information






46. The hypothesis that perceptions and understandings of time - space - and matter and conditioned by the structure of a language






47. Focuses on using humanistic methods to analyze culture and discover the meaning of culture to its participants






48. The smallest unit of sound that serves to distinguish between meanings of words within a language






49. A group of people that depend on one another for survival or well-being as well as the relationships among such people - including their status and roles






50. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society