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  • ANTHROPOLOGY - The field of social sciences that focuses
    on the study of man.
    Looks into the man’s physical/biological characteristics, his social influence and relationships that influences his culture.
  • 4 sub Fields of Anthropology
    Archaeology
    biological anthropology
    cultural anthropology
    linguistic anthropology
  • ARCHAEOLOGY - Focus on the past and how it may contribute
    to the present ways of
    how people conduct
    their daily lives.
  • BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Focus primarily on how
    the human body adapts to
    the different earth
    environments.
    • They look at the probable
    causes of disease,
    physical mutation, and
    death.
    They also want to
    know how people
    evolve from their
    early forms (based
    on fossilized
    remains).
  • LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY - focuses on using language as a means to discover group’s
    manner of social interaction and his world view.
    • They also study how language and modes
    of communication change overtime
  • CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY - interested in
    knowing what makes
    one group’s manner of
    living particular to that
    group and forms an
    essential part of
    members’ personal and
    social identity.
  • Theory of Cultural Relativism - Human nature is
    determined by the
    ideas, meanings,
    beliefs, and values
    learned as members
    of a society.
  • Ways in which culture can be manifest to people:
    Symbols
    Heroes
    Rituals
    Values
  • Symbols - the
    words, gestures,
    pictures or objects
    that have a
    recognized/
    accepted meaning
    in a particular
    culture.
  • Heroes: persons
    from the past or
    present who have
    characteristics that
    are important in a
    culture.
  • RITUALS: Activities participated in by a group of people for the fulfillment of desired objectives and are considered to be socially essential.
  • VALUES: The core of every culture. Values are unconscious and can neither be discussed nor be directly observed but can only be inferred from the way people act and react to circumstances and situations.