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Cultural Anthropology

Subject : humanities
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1. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






2. The norms governing production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services within a society






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






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






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






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






7. Global distribution of people associated with each other by history - kinship - friendship - and webs of mutual understanding






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






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






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






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






12. A system of rules for combining words into meaningful sentences






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






14. The number of people inhabiting a unit of land






15. Focuses on understanding cultures by discovering and analyzing the symbols that are most important to their members






16. 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






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






18. A language with relatively few morphemes per word and fairly simple rules for combining them






19. The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space






20. A mutual give and take among people of equal status






21. Studies people from a biological perspective; focuses primarily on aspects of humankind that are genetically inherited






22. Production of plants using a simple - nonmechanized technology and where the fertility of gardens and fields is maintained for long periods






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






24. Yield per person per unit of land






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






26. An approach that considers culture - history - language and biology essential to a complete understanding to human society






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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. Two or more different phones that can be used to make the same phoneme in a specific language






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






34. 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






35. A change in the pronunciation of English language that took place between 1400 and 1600






36. The smallest unit of language that has meanings






37. The capacity of all human languages to describe things not happening in the present






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






39. Communication by clothing - jewelry - tattoos - piercing - and other visible body modifications






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






41. 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






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






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






44. 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






45. Focuses on the adaptive dimension of culture






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






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






48. The analysis and study of touch






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






50. The major research tool of cultural anthropology; includes both fieldwork among people in a society and the written results of such fieldwork