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| the study of humanity in all times and places (its considered a holistic science) |
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| the belief that ones old culture or ethnicity is centrally important and that all other cultural groups are inferior by comparison |
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| looking at the world based on the assumptions and values of ones own culture |
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| basing studies on observations instead of intuition or beliefs |
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| expieriencing the culture first hand instead of from the outside |
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| a detailed description of a particular culture, primarilly based on fieldwork and participant observation |
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| the study and analysis of different cultures from a comparative or a historic point of view to explain why differences or similarities occur among groups |
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| humanity non biological adaptions to the enviorment |
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| the process by which a societies culture is passed on from gen to gen |
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| an organized group or groups of interdependent people who generally share a common territory, language and culture |
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| a society in which 2 or more ethnic groups are politically organized into a territory |
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| cultural meanings assigned to the biological differentation between the sexes |
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| the ability to identify ones self as an individual, to reflect on oneself and to evaluate oneself |
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| personal names are important devices for self definition in all cultures |
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| the process by which a person or persons acquire the social and psychological characteristics of another group |
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| the distinctive way a person thinks, feels and behaves |
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| those character traits that occur with the highest frequency in a social group and are therefore most representative of the group |
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| the personality of a large scale social group, perhaps as seen and generalized from the outside |
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| the values that are promoted by a particular culture |
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| a network of relatives within which individuals pass certain mutual rights and obligations |
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| any kin oriented social group with a membership in the direct line of descent from a real or mythological common ancestor |
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| where descent is followed as exclusivly through the female or male line |
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