Cultural Anthropology
Anth. 200

Anth. 200 Cultural Anthropology -

Each Lesson has "Learning Objectives."

These Learning Objectives are the same as those in the:
Study Guide for the Telecourse - Faces of Culture. 9th-10th ed.

You need to buy and use the Study Guide to prepare for the Tests.
In each Lesson read and then do the "Assignments" - step by step:

1. Read the "Overview"and the Learning Objectives for each Lesson.
2. Use the Learning Objectives to guide your reading, viewing and thinking.
3. Take the "Self Test" several times and use the Answer Key to prepare for the real Tests.

You can find the answers to each Learning Objective in the Textbook on the pages listed. Note that pages are given for the old 10th and 11th editions and the new 12th edition of the Textbook so you can use these editions.

Be sure to write a paragraph or two in your own words to answer each Learning Objective. That way you will be prepared to answer the question on the Test.

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY * ANTH.200

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PART 1


LESSON # 1 - Ch.1 in Haviland:
"THE ESSENCE OF ANTHROPOLOGY"

1. Describe several significant ways in which anthropology is a scientific study of humankind.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 6-11, 19-24, video.
Text 11th ed. - pp. 5-11, 18-23, video.

2. List some other fields of study with which cultural anthropology shares subject matter.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 7-11, 25-26.
Text 11th ed. - pp. 7-9, 2-28.

3. Identify the focus of the field of physical anthropology.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 8-9, video.
Text 11th ed. - pp. 9-11, video.

4. Define cultural anthropology and the subareas of archeology, linguistic anthropology, and ethnology.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 8, 10-14, 18-19, video.
Text 11th ed. - pp. 3, 5, 11-15, 28, video.

5. Define ethnography, participant observation, informant, and holistic perspective.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 13-14.
Text 11th ed. - pp. 14-15.

6. Define the terms hypothesis and theory.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 19-20.
Text 11th ed. - pp. 19.

7. Identify some of the ways the study of cultural anthropology is relevant to today's world.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 12-13, 26-29, video.
Text 11th ed. - pp. 6, 8, 11-13, 15-17, 24-29, video.

Vocabulary Check:

physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, archeology ethnology, ethnography, hypothesis, theory.



LESSON # 2 - Ch.2 in Haviland:
"THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURE"

1. Compare Tylor's definition of culture with a modern definition of the term.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 34, Background Notes 2A.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
2. Explain what anthropologists mean when they say that culture is "shared."
Text 10th ed. - pp. 34-40, Background Notes 2A.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
3. Define society and explain its relationship to culture.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 34-40, Background Notes 2A.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
4. Explain what anthropologists mean when they say culture is "learned" and based on symbols.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 40-41, video, Background Notes 2A.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
5. Define integration as a characteristic of culture, and recognize that cultures can tolerate some internal inconsistencies.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 41-43, video, Background Notes 2A.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
6. Explain how adaptation is an important aspect of human culture.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 44-45, 47-48, video, Background Notes 2A.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
7. Recognize that all cultures change over time.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 48-50, video, Background Notes 2C.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
8. Explain how culture must balance the needs of both individuals and groups if a society is to survive.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 50.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
9. Contrast ethnocentrism and cultural relativism.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 51, video.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
10. Describe a standard for evaluating the success of a culture that avoids the extremes of ethnocentrism and cultural relativism.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 50-52, Background Notes 2A.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
Vocabulary Check:

Edward Bunett Tylor, society, social structure, culture, subculture, enculturation, language, integration, adaptation, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, gender, pluralistic societies.



LESSON # 3 - Ch.1-2 in Haviland:
"HOW CULTURES ARE STUDIED"

1. Contrast ethnology and archeology.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 11-14, 18-19.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
2. Identify the difference between ethnology and ethnography.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 13-14, 18-19, video.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
3. Describe the anthropologist's commitment to a scientific approach to studying culture.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 19-2, 50-52, Background Notes 3B and 3C.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
4. Explain how ethnographic studies are important to the understanding of cultures.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 13-14, 18-19, video.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
5. Put in the correct order and define: theory, hypothesis, and hypothesis testing.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 19-20.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
6. Describe ways fieldworkers attempt to deal with the problems of cultural bias and subjectivity.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 19-25, 43-44, 50-52, video, Background Notes 3A, 3B and 3C.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
7. List aspects of the Yanomamo culture studied by Napoleon Chagnon.
Text 10th ed. -  video, Background Notes 3A and 3B.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
8. Discuss the ethical questions raised by studying a traditional group where the fieldworker could be a source of change and modernization.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 26-27, video, Background Notes 3B.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
Vocabulary Check:

ethnology, archeology, ethnography, hypothesis, theory, holistic perspective, cultural relativism, hekura, ethnographic present.



LESSON # 4 - Ch.4  in Haviland:
"LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION"

1. Explain the difference between symbols and signals, and discuss how human language is symbolic, has meaning, and follows a set of rules.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 92-97, video.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
2. Discuss the implications of teaching symbolic communications to chimpanzees, orangutans and gorillas.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 65-69, 112-115.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
3. Define linguistics and distinguish between descriptive and historical linguistics.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 93-94, 97, 101-106, video.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
4. Define the following terms found in the field of descriptive linguistics:  
        phonology, phonetics, phonemes, morphemes, syntax, grammar.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 94-97, video.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
5. Describe and give examples of kinesic messages and paralanguage.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 97-101, video.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
6. Define the following terms found in the field of historical linguistics:
language family, linguistic divergence, glottochronology, core vocabulary.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 101-106.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
7. Describe the hypothesis developed by Benjamin Lee Whorf about the relationship between language and thought, and recognize differing points of view of other linguists.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 106-108, video.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
8. Define and give examples of ethnolinguistics, dialects, and proxemics.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 109, 112, video.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
9. Recognize that all known languages are complex, sophisticated, and able to express infinite meanings.
Text 10th ed. - pp. 92-94, 115, video.
Text 11th ed. - pp Text 12th ed. - pp.
Vocabulary Check:

signal, linguistics, descriptive linguistics, phonetics, phonemes, morpheme, syntax, grammar, paralanguage, kinesics, Indo-European, glottochronology, core vocabulary, code switching, dialects, displacement.



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