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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. The study of the ways in which the choices people make combine to determine how their society uses its resources to produce and distribute goods and resources






2. 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






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






4. Giving or receiving goods with no immediate specific return expected






5. A form of redistribution involving competitive feasting practice among Northwest Coast Native Americans






6. Shared ideas about the way things ought to be done; rules that reflect and enforce culture






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






8. 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






9. Focuses on reconstruction of past cultures based on their material remains






10. Social honor or respect






11. Focuses on the relationship between environment and society






12. 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






13. The application of anthropology to the solution of human problems






14. A group within a society that shares norms and values significantly different from those of the dominant culture






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






16. 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






17. The ability of human individuals or cultural groups to change their behavior with relative ease






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






19. A basic set of principles - conditions - and rules that form the foundation of all languages






20. The analysis and study of touch






21. The learned behaviors and symbols that allow people to live in groups; the primary means by which humans adapt to their environment; the ways of life characteristic of a particular human society






22. Focuses on identifying general laws that identify different elements of society - show how they relate to each other - and demonstrate their role in maintaining social order






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






24. The notion that cultures should be analyzed with reference to their own histories and values rather than according to the values of another culture






25. An economic system in which people work for wages - land and capital goods are privately owned - and capital is invested for profit






26. Fishing - hunting - and collecting vegetable food (hunting and gathering)






27. 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






28. The science of documenting the relationships between languages and grouping them into language families






29. The notion that words are only arbitrarily or conventionally connected to the things for which they stand






30. The system of language that relates words to meanings






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






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






33. Examining societies using concepts that are meaningful to the culture






34. The attempt to find general principles and laws that govern cultural phenomena






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






36. Feelings of alienation and helplessness the result from rapid immersion in a new and different culture






37. Feelings of alienation and helplessness the result from rapid immersion in a new and different culture






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






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






40. A ritual system common in Central and South America in which wealthy people are required to hold a series of costly ceremonial offices






41. A practice value - or form of social organization that evens out wealth within a society






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






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






44. The pattern of behavior used by a society to obtain food in a particular environment






45. Focuses on the relationship between the mind and society






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






47. Words that differ in only one sound but have different meanings






48. Smallest identifiable unit of sound made by humans and used in any language






49. Examining societies using concepts that are meaningful to the culture






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