Anthropology 1/9/13 Archaeology * The study of human behavior through material remains * Artifacts: items intentionally modified for use as a tool * Applied Archaeology Archaeological Tools * Survey * Test Pits * Excavation – digging & examining * Trowels * Careful excavation * Lab analysis Biological (Physical) Anthropology * The study of human biological variation in time and space 5 Special Interests within Biological Anthropology
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is so addicted to reality television that it has become an issue. People are not aware of the dangers that reality television can inflict on the human mind and because of this people are becoming socially unproductive. According to Herskovits‚ ethnocentrism is “to view your own way of life superior to all others.” This explains the behavior and reactions of the reality stars‚ but what we don’t realize is that‚ one can be ethnocentric when they watch this and judge. Reality TV shows have also evolved
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ETHICS: DISCOVERING RIGHT AND WRONG Louis Pojman‚ James Fieser Book Outline to Seventh Edition Prepared by James Fieser with additions by Sandra Dreisbach 1. WHAT IS ETHICS 1) Introduction i) Kitty Genovese example 2) Ethics and its subdivisions i) Philosophy a) Clarify concepts‚ analyze and test propositions and beliefs b) Major task is to analyze and construct arguments ii) Ethics vs. morality a) Both terms derive their meaning
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Exam 1 study guide PEOPLE * EB Tylor- the father of modern anthropology‚ supported evolutionism/uni-lineal evolution * Franz Boaz- the father of American anthropology‚ supported empiricism * Margaret Mead- Boaz’s student‚ wrote about the sexual revolution * Borshay Lee- studied the !Kung San from Africa * Zora Neal Hurston- one of Boaz’s students‚ an African-American folklorist * Bronislaw Malinowski- the father of fieldwork‚ said anthropologists need to learn the language
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Conflict clash of different ways of life over scarce resources‚ religion‚ race‚ land‚ oil‚ water‚ power‚ etc 2. Cultural Relativism judge culture on their own standards and values 3. Culturally different one culture different from every other culture 4. Culture total way of life of someone 5. Diffusion mixing of different cultures from place to place 6. Ethnocentrism belief that ones own culture is superior to other’s: judge other’s by your own standards 7. Globalization process by
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Fundamental Human Communication: Presentations Study Guide for Test 1 Fundamentals of Communication Chapter 1: Competent Communication What are the most common myths about communication? Communication is a cure-all Communicating is just common sense Communication Quantity Equals Quality Explain the differences between the three models of communication.a. Linear Model: The Straight Arrow View Involves a sender who sends a message through a channel to a receiver in an atmosphere of noise
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Intercultural Communication in the Workplace Paper University of Phoenix Cultural Diversity / SOC 315 Mary Hamilton July 27‚ 2006 Week Three Intercultural Communication in the Workplace Elaine Winters‚ a noted subject matter expert on Cultural differences and awareness says‚ "Few people seem to feel the need to truly face the underlying issues that cloud even the simplest of delicate‚ and frequently confusing‚ cross-cultural interactions." There is no doubt as to the many cultural
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Introduction to Sociology Test 1 MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Because of her outstanding and effective efforts at social reform as demonstrated in her work as co-founder of Hull House‚ ________ was a co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931. A) Jane Addams B) Alice Hamilton C) Elsie Clews Parsons D) Charlotte Perkins Gilman 2) Of the following influences‚ the one that C. Wright Mills most attributed
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August 22‚ 2012 Sub-Fields of Anthropology: 1. Biological Anthropology – can demonstrate: how populations vary (biological variations; hair color‚ blood type‚ etc.) that past populations have evolved that modern human populations are evolving and changing through time. Biological/Physical Anthropology: Foundations in 1900’s – recognition of variation‚ concern over how species came to be. Major research areas: Paleoanthropology – anthropology concerned with fossil hominids; study of
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Sam Harris believes he has identified a fatal flaw in contemporary thinking about morals and human values. For Harris‚ we are suffering from an epidemic of moral relativism‚ wherein most people‚ including secular academics‚ feel as though science and values are destined to belong to separate realms of thinking; science in the objective‚ morality stuck in the subjective. This notion of questions of morality not having right or wrong answers is seen as dangerous‚ Harris argues there are real answers
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