ANTH 1003 Ch.2

- A set of propositions about which aspects of culture are critical, how they should be studied, and what the goal of studying them should be

- A theoretical position in anthropology that held that cultures could best be understaff by examining the patterns of child rearing and considering their effect on adult lives and social institution

- A theoretical position in anthropology that examines the relationship between humans and plants in different cultures

- A focus within anthropology that examines the ways in which people in different cultures understand health and sicknesses as well as the ways they attempt to cure disease

- A focus within anthropology that examines the ways in which people in different cultures understand health and sicknesses as well as the ways they attempt to cure disease

- A theoretical position in anthropology that focuses on understanding cultures by discovering and analyzing the symbols that are most important to their members

- A theoretical position in anthropology that focuses on using humanistic methods, such as those found in the analysis of literature, to analyze culture and discover the meaning of culture to its participants

- The comparison of societies to living organisms

- A theoretical position in anthropology, common in the first half of the 20^th century, that focuses on finding general laws that identify different elements of society, show how they relate to each other, and demonstrate their role in maintain social order

- A theoretical position in anthropology that focuses on the relationship between environment and society

- Shared ideas about the way things ought to be done; rules of behavior that reflect and enforce culture

- Shared ideas about what is true, right and beautiful

- A group within a society that shares norms and values significantly different from those of the dominant culture

- The culture with the greatest wealth and power in a society that consists of many subcultures

- A theoretical position in anthropology associated with American anthropologists of the early 20^th century that focuses on providing objective descriptions of cultures within their historical and environmental context