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| This human behavior varies from place to place as an element of culture |
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| A preconceived attitude applied rigidly to an entire group |
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| A detailed description of a particular culture. |
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| ______relativism is the thesis that one must suspend judgement of other people's ideas and practices to understand them in their own cultural terms. |
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| The modern scientific study of all aspects of language |
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| Marriage outside of a particular group |
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| ________ Characteristics such as height are determined by an interaction between the individual plant or animal's genes and the environment |
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| People who share this are able to interpret and predict each others behavior |
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| An___grade is an organized category of people based on age; every individual in the society passes through them over his or her lifetime |
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| A population of individuals able to interbreed and produce fertile offspring. |
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| Primates see the world in three dimensions due to their binocular stereoscopic color |
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| The only legal form of marriage in the United States |
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| In depth descriptive studies of specific cultures |
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| The child of your father's sister or mother's brother is this type of cousin |
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| Anthropology synthesizes data from many fields in an effort describe human behavior as a |
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| Languages can be concieved of as a bundle of these related forms of language that are mutually intelligible with varying degrees of difficulty |
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| Anthropologist that study living primates |
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| Rites of ____ are ceremonies that help individuals make major changes in their lives. |
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| Common interests_____ include such organizations as Amnesty International as well as street gans like the Crips and Bloods |
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| Concern with the sacred, as distinguished from material matters. |
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| The belief that the ways of one's own culture are the only proper ones. |
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| The kind of values that are emphasized by a particular culture |
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| The apes among which bonds between mothers and sons are the most significant in predicting rank and success. |
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| Marriage within a particular group. |
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| Behavior based on prejudice |
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| A family consisting of related women, their brothers, and the women's offspring |
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| The child of your father's brother or mother's sister is this type of cousin |
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| Brother-sister marriages in Roman Egypt show the despite the human tendency to avoid this that it occasionally occurs |
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| The process by which culture is passed from one generation to the next and through which individuals become members of society. |
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| A society composed of several groups of people that differ in their access to resources and prestige. |
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| Religion, magic, and witchcraft all share the common goal of improving social relationships within a community |
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| A language family is a group of languages_____from a common ancestral language |
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| The kind of training that fosters self-reliance |
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| The process by which organisms adjust beneficially to their environment, or the characteristics by which they overcome hazards and gain access to the resources they need to survive. |
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| The complex system of symbolic communication that appears to be unique to humans and enables us to preserve and transmit culture |
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| The belief that nature is animated with spirits. The kind of religion typical of people who see themselves as part of nature rather than superior to it. |
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| One of the primary controls used by members of society to enforce gender-appropriate behavior |
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| Romantic ______ is an emotion experienced by people in all societies that involves a biochemical reaction |
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| The kind of monogamy that exists when men and women are married to a series of partners, but only to one at a time. |
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| A linguist who inventories all of the permissible sounds of a language |
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| A rite of ____serves to help groups through crises such as September 11th |
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| Culture cannot exist without this |
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| an important cultural category in some societies. Also, the taxonomic category equivalent to subspecies that does not represent the true nature of human biological variation |
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| Sexual___ refers to the direction of an individuals sexuality |
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| A family formed on the basis of marital ties. |
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| The father of American anthropology who was a pioneer in using anthropology to combat racism |
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| The type of family formed by several closely related nuclear families clustered together into a large domestic group. |
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| An organized belief in the supernatural. All of them fulfill numerous social and psychological needs. |
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| The kind of training that fosters compliance in the performance of assigned tasks |
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| When it comes to enforcing gender scripts, American parents tend to be stricter with their |
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| Generally, if a bride price is paid, the couple will live with the family of the |
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| Two or more people related by blood, marriage, or adoption |
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| A closed social class in which membership is determined by birth and fixed throughout life. |
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| Involving objects and ideas that are treated with reverences and awe |
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| Monogamy is the most _____ form of marriage |
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