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Anthropology 1310
Introduction to anthropology Test #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Anthropology? | A global perspective on Human behavior. |
| Cultural Relativism: | Idea that no ONE culture or religion serves as a standard by which others are judged. |
| Cultural Absolutism: | The idea that there is ONE culture and religion that serves as a standard. |
| Ethnocentrism: | Staying to one thing, nothing else. |
| post modernism: | The gradual encroachment of the other into what was once considered privileged space. |
| post culturalism: | a mindset that sees other cultures besides own. |
| Anthropological truth #1 of 3: | The level of technological development in a particular group is not reflective of their level of intelligence. |
| Anthropological truth #2 of 3: | The various components of culture are NOT absolute. |
| Anthropological truth #3 of 3: | Culture is passed down by means of learning and instruction, not genetic inheritance. "culture is learned." |
| The sub-fields of Anthropology: | Physical archaeology sociolinguistics cultural |
| *Culture* | A symbolic matrix of psychological, ideological, and survival oriented adaptation responses that differentiates once's conceptual space from that of the "other." |
| The most important rule of science is: | Rule of Falsifiability |
| Rule of Falsifiability: | Claims that are not falsifiable are meaningless. |
| Title of Charles Darwin's publication: | "On the Origin of species by means of Natural Selection." |
| Evolution: | A change in gene frequency through time. |
| Pre-Darwinian views: | Essentialism catastrophism uniforiatananism |
| How many major extinctions have there been in the past 500 million years? | FIVE. |
| What laws is Lamarck known for? | The law of Use and disuse & law of inheritance of acquired characteristics. |
| What was one of the first signs of the existence of "culture?" | Stone Tools. Circa 2.5 mya |
| What are the two (2) schools of thought regarding how evolution occurred? | 1. Gradualism 2. punctuated equilibrium |
| In what way did modern humans make their way to the Americas? | Through the Bering Strait Land bridge. |
| What is a theory? | It is a hypothesis that has stood the test of Time; has not been proven wrong. |
| What is one way that one can differentiate species? | They might (if possible) be able to mate, but their offspring will be Infertile. |
| What is one characteristic that distinguishes a Hominid? | They are BIpedal.. meaning they walk on two feet. |
| Which evolutionary ancestor is considered to have been the first to leave Africa? | Homo Erectus. |
| For how long have Homo Sapiens been known to be in existence? | 195,000 years. |
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