UCSP (Anthropology)

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is the study of humans and all aspects of its being including its origin

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Anthropology

Question 2

Derived from the Greek word ___ (humans) and ___
(the study of)​

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• Anthropos
• Logos

Question 2

• studies human cultures through the remains and artifacts in the past.​
• it explains the relationship between artifacts and the present and future of society

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Archaeology

Question 3

• studies the evolutionary origins of humans.​
• it uses concepts in biology and culture to explain how humans adapt and continuously evolve

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Physical or Biological Anthropology

Question 4

describes the existence, acceptance, or promotion of multiple cultural traditions within fixed boundaries.

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multiculturalism

Question 4

• studies the patterns of societies, and its beliefs, practices, and behavior across cultures. ​
• It explores the history of cultures around the world. ​
• It focuses on identifying the differences/commonalities of human societies

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Cultural Anthropology

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• documents the structure, use, and acquisition of language.​
• it explains how language influences the way people think or is used in the transmission of culture.

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Anthropological Linguistics

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is one of the methods anthropologists use to gather primary data in studying people.​

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fieldwork

Question 5

is a form of research that involves long-term participation while observing the daily lives and activities of people.

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ethnography

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pioneered using participant observation in 1915 to explore patterns and write a description of a culture.​

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Bronislaw Malinowski

Question 6

It reflects the goal for ___ - the practice to understand as many as possible cultural aspects and contexts.

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holism

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• from the Greek word ethnos (group) and logos (study), refers to the study of groups.​
• Ethnologists use the comparative method and ethnographic data to study a cross-cultural topic.

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ethnology

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• argues that all cultures are equal​
• no international or universal standard of culture

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cultural relativism

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• when one judges another culture based on his/her own culture.​
• judging another culture’s religion, rituals, or food.

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ethnocentrism

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• an outsider’s view of a culture​
• aims to understand the culture from the point of view of a non-member of a culture

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etic

Question 8

using this approach may lead to the ___ (happens when participants of a study alter their behavior under study)​

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hawthorne effect

Question 9

• an insider’s view of a culture​
• involves participating and fully integrating into everything about a culture.

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emic

Question 9

• established the University of the Philippines Diliman Department of Anthropology​
• taught the first anthropology courses at the university in 1914. ​
• produced ethnographic researches, by documenting Ifugao traditions. ​
• proposed the Wave Migration Theory

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henry otley beyer

Question 10

• one of the proponents who drafted the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act​
• co-founded the Ugnayang Pang-Agham Tao (UGAT), an anthropology organization in the Philippines

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ponciano bennagen

Question 10

documented and translated the epic poem Hinilawod and wrote numerous writings on Philippine folklore.

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f. landa jocano

Question 11

father of american anthropologist

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FRANZ BOAS