ISS 310 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Anthropology - ANS "Anthropos" (human) and "logos" (thought/reason)
the study of human societies and cultures and biology and physiological characteristics
goal: to understand the human condition in all its diversity
holism - ANS theory that believes you cannot break things down into separate parts to study
them, but instead that everything has to be understood in relation to the whole or the sum of
its parts (focus on interrelationships)
-connects individual, social, biological, cultural, and environmental all together
what are the 5 subfields of anthropology? - ANS 1. biological/physical
2. archaeology
3. linguistics
4. cultural
5. applied
cultural anthropology - ANS study of the global patterns of belief and behavior found in
modern and historical cultures
-began with an interest in traditional societies (study lifeways that are now extinct)
interest: culture-learned, shared, dynamic, adaptive, integrated, contested
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,data: behavior and ideas
ethnography - ANS detailed descriptive studies of human societies
written(media/film) result of fieldwork
-form the basis for comparative studies of numerous cultures
-these techniques are applied to the study of diverse subcultures and their interactions with
one another in contemporary areas
ethnohistories - ANS historic written accounts of the behaviors of past societies
(some observer bias is present)
archaeology - ANS study of earlier cultures and lifeways through scientific recovery, analysis,
and interpretation of material remains of past societies
-can answer questions about the meaning of specific behaviors as they relate to broader social,
political, or economic organizations
linguistic anthropology - ANS study of human speech and language (connected to culture)
-trace historical ties between languages and groups of languages by examining similarities
between contemporary languages
physical anthropology - ANS study of human biology within the framework of evolution
-subfields:
1. paleoanthropology
2.primatology
3. forensic anthropology
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, applied anthropology - ANS refers to the application of anthropological data, perspectives,
theory, and methods to identify, assess and solve social problems
-work in groups to promote, manage, and assess programs aimed at influencing human social
conditions
medical anthropology - ANS An applied subfield of cultural anthropology that explores the
relationship between various cultural attributes and health and disease.
what are the hallmarks of anthropology? - ANS broad
holistic
comparative
historical concern for non-western world
evolutionary perspective (long view)
culture concept
fieldwork methodology
what is anthropology like with sociology? - ANS share interests in social organization,
relations, and behavior
-quantitative methods (sociology) and qualitative methods (anthropology)
-qualitative= less common now (more @ home, people don't want them)
what is anthropology like with psychology? - ANS study own society on psychological traits
like emotion, identity, etc.
who is patricia townshed? - ANS anthropologist who worked in Papua New Guinea among
the saniyo (foragers)
-did 2 years of fieldwork
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ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Anthropology - ANS "Anthropos" (human) and "logos" (thought/reason)
the study of human societies and cultures and biology and physiological characteristics
goal: to understand the human condition in all its diversity
holism - ANS theory that believes you cannot break things down into separate parts to study
them, but instead that everything has to be understood in relation to the whole or the sum of
its parts (focus on interrelationships)
-connects individual, social, biological, cultural, and environmental all together
what are the 5 subfields of anthropology? - ANS 1. biological/physical
2. archaeology
3. linguistics
4. cultural
5. applied
cultural anthropology - ANS study of the global patterns of belief and behavior found in
modern and historical cultures
-began with an interest in traditional societies (study lifeways that are now extinct)
interest: culture-learned, shared, dynamic, adaptive, integrated, contested
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,data: behavior and ideas
ethnography - ANS detailed descriptive studies of human societies
written(media/film) result of fieldwork
-form the basis for comparative studies of numerous cultures
-these techniques are applied to the study of diverse subcultures and their interactions with
one another in contemporary areas
ethnohistories - ANS historic written accounts of the behaviors of past societies
(some observer bias is present)
archaeology - ANS study of earlier cultures and lifeways through scientific recovery, analysis,
and interpretation of material remains of past societies
-can answer questions about the meaning of specific behaviors as they relate to broader social,
political, or economic organizations
linguistic anthropology - ANS study of human speech and language (connected to culture)
-trace historical ties between languages and groups of languages by examining similarities
between contemporary languages
physical anthropology - ANS study of human biology within the framework of evolution
-subfields:
1. paleoanthropology
2.primatology
3. forensic anthropology
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, applied anthropology - ANS refers to the application of anthropological data, perspectives,
theory, and methods to identify, assess and solve social problems
-work in groups to promote, manage, and assess programs aimed at influencing human social
conditions
medical anthropology - ANS An applied subfield of cultural anthropology that explores the
relationship between various cultural attributes and health and disease.
what are the hallmarks of anthropology? - ANS broad
holistic
comparative
historical concern for non-western world
evolutionary perspective (long view)
culture concept
fieldwork methodology
what is anthropology like with sociology? - ANS share interests in social organization,
relations, and behavior
-quantitative methods (sociology) and qualitative methods (anthropology)
-qualitative= less common now (more @ home, people don't want them)
what is anthropology like with psychology? - ANS study own society on psychological traits
like emotion, identity, etc.
who is patricia townshed? - ANS anthropologist who worked in Papua New Guinea among
the saniyo (foragers)
-did 2 years of fieldwork
3 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
